The Orchard Theatre presents upcoming Comedy Highlights

by | Jul 26, 2021 | Dartford Entertainment, Dartford News, Entertainment, What's On?

David Baddiel Trolls | Dartford Living

David Baddiel
Trolls: Not The Dolls
Thu 30 September 2021


Following his five-star Olivier-nominated hit My Family: Not The Sitcom and the return to number 1 of his seminal football anthem Three Lions, David Baddiel comes back to the stage with a brand new one-man show, Trolls: Not The Dolls.
Trolls – the terrible people who spend all day insulting and abusing strangers for no other reason than to fill the huge gaps in their souls. There is a common wisdom about how to deal with trolls: don’t, for goodness sake, encourage these people by replying to them.


It’s a good law. And it’s one that David Baddiel has consistently broken. Because David has always seen trolls as hecklers, and if a comedian gets heckled, it is their duty not to ignore the heckler, but to wittily put them down. Over the years, David has spent a lot of time doing this, which has led him to think that there might be a show in it: a show that would say something about how we live now.


David has stories to tell, of the dark, terrible and hysterically absurd cyber-paths that interacting with trolls has led him down. Come with him on this comedy journey into our culture’s most dank virtual underground. You will come back safe, more able to deflect your own trolls, and only a little bit soiled.

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Al Murray: Landlord of Hope and Glory
Fri 1 October 2021


The year is 2021. The world stands on the brink. Turmoil is the norm. Questions have been asked and none answered. What we need is one man, to step forward, one man with all the answers. Well you’re in luck, ladies and gentlemen – he’s here and touring the nation.

Russell Brand 33 small | Dartford Living

Russell Brand: 33
Sun 24 October 2021


Russell Brand doing stand up on the strangeness of the last 18 months.
What have we learned and not learned?
And how do you ‘get back to normal’ if you’ve never been normal?

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ED BYRNE
If I’m Honest…
Mon 25 October 2021


Join him as he takes a long hard look at himself and tries to decide if he has ANY traits
that are worth passing on to his children.

A TV household name, Ed has been seen on pretty much every TV program in the UK including Mock The Week, Top Gear, Have I Got News For You, The Graham Norton Show, Live At The Apollo (Host), The One Show, The World’s Most Dangerous Roads, Dara & Ed’s Big Adventure, Dara and Ed’s Road to Mandalay and most recently QI and The Pilgrimage.


The shows will be at The Orchard Theatre in September and October 2021. Pre-show dining is also available before the show. The Orchard Theatre’s Restaurant provides a delicious range of, unique and memorable dishes, using thefreshest local produce and prepared daily by the Head Chef.  erve your table when booking your show tickets.
To book tickets or for more information visit orchardtheatre.co.uk.

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