Live Comedy

Ed Byrne: Tragedy Plus Time

One of the UK's favourite TV household names, Ed Byrne returns to the stage with a brand-new show as he heads to Edinburgh this summer and then on the road in autumn.

From the quote attributed to Mark Twain, humour is defined as Tragedy Plus Time. Come and join one of our leading laugh specialists as he tests that formula by mining the most tragic event in his life for laughs.

2023 dates

01 September: Bedford The Quarry Theatre
02 September: Spalding South Holland Centre
03 September: Kingston Rose Theatre
06 September: Guildford Yvonne Arnaud
07 September: Hereford Courtyard
09 September: Bridport Electric Palace
10 September: Winchester Theatre Royal
11 September: Epsom Playhouse
13 September: Sheffield Leadmill
14 September: Runcorn The Brindley
15 September: Hexham Queens Hall
16 September: Stockton Arc 8pm
17 September: Tamworth Assembly Hall
19 September: Wellingborough Castle Theatre
20 September: Maidstone Hazlitt Theatre
21 September: Radlett Radlett Centre
22 September: Redhill Harlequin Theatre
23 September: Horsham Capitol
24 September: Aldershot Princes Hall
27 September: Swindon Wyvern
28 September: Frome Cheese and Grain
29 September: Chorley Chorley Theatre
01 October: Huddersfield Lawrence Bately Theatre
04 October: Bury St Edmunds The Apex
05 October: Milton Keynes The Stables
06 October: Leamington Spa Spa Centre (comedy festival)
07 October: Harrow Arts Centre
11 October: Lichfield The Garrick
12 October: Evesham Regal
13 October: Coventry WAC
14 October: Walsall Arena
15 October: Leeds CVMH
18 October: Redditch Palace Theatre
19 October: Worcester Huntingdon Hall
20 October: Loughborough Town Hall
07 November: Aberdeen Music Hall
08 November: Motherwell Concert Hall
09 November: Perth Theatre
10 November: Glasgow Pavilion
11 November: Dunfermline Alhambra
15 November: Stafford Gatehouse Theatre
16 November: Lytham Lowther Pavilion
17 November: Wrexham William Aston Hall
18 November: Blackwood Miner's institute
23 November: Exeter Corn Exchange
24 November: Torquay Babacombe
25 November: Trowbridge Civic Centre
26 November: Stroud The Sub Rooms
29 November: Canterbury Gulbenkian
30 November: Farnham Maltings
01 December: London Arts Depot
02 December: Southend Palace Theatre
06 December: Bangor Theatr Bryn Terfel
07 December: Thornton Little Theatre
08 December: Ilkley King's Hall
13 December: Launceston Town Hall
14 December: Teweksbury Roses Theatre
15 December: Eastleigh The Point
16 December: Lyme Regis Marine Theatre
17 December: Plymouth The Quad

2024 dates

Tamworth
Thursday 26 September
Assembly Hall

Hull
Friday 27 September
City Hall

Newark
Saturday 28 September
Palace Theatre

Sheffield
Sunday 29 September
Leadmill

Aberdeen
Wednesday 2 October
Music Hall

Edinburgh
Thursday 3 October
Queens Hall

Inverness
Friday 4 October
Eden Court

Oban
Saturday 5 October
Corran Halls

Swansea
Wednesday 9 October
Grand

Gloucester
Thursday 10 October
Guildhall

Worcester
Friday 11 October
Huntingdon Hall

Oxford
Saturday 12 October
North Wall

Stroud
Sunday 13 October
Sub Rooms

Barnard Castle
Wednesday 16 October
The Witham

Hexham
Thursday 17 October
Queens Hall

Salford
Friday 18 October
Lowry

Bridlington
Saturday 19 October
Spa Theatre

Lytham
Sunday 20 October
Lowther Pavilion

Aberdare
Wednesday 6 November
Coliseum

Blackwood
Thursday 7 November
Miner's institute

London
Friday 8 November
Arts Depot

Northampton
Saturday 9 November
Royal

Richmond
Sunday 10 November
Theatre

St Albans
Wednesday 13 November
Alban Arena

Cardiff
Thursday 14 November
New Theatre

Newtown
Friday 15 November
The Hafren

Limerick
Saturday 16 November
Lime Tree Theatre

Waterford
Sunday 17 November
Theatre Royal

Wimborn
Wednesday 20 November
Tivoli

Lyme Regis
Thursday 21 November
Marine Theatre

Isle of Wight
Friday 22 November
Shanklin

Eastleigh
Saturday 23 November
The Berry

Canterbury
Sunday 24 November
Gulbenkian

Dun Laoghaire
Thursday 28 November
Pavilion Theatre

Kilkenny
Friday 29 November
Watergate Theatre

Greystones
Saturday 30 November
The Whale Theatre

Cork
Sunday 1 December
The Everyman

Maidenhead
Wednesday 4 December
Norden Farm

Evesham
Thursday 5 December
Regal

Bakewell
Friday 6 December
Town Hall

Colne
Saturday 7 December
Muni Theatre

Ipswich
Wednesday 11 December
Corn Exchange

Milton Keynes
Thursday 12 December
The Stables

Cambridge
Friday 13 December
Corn Exchange

2025 dates

09 January: Maidenhead Norden Farm
10 January: Barnstaple Queens Theatre
11 January: York Grand Opera House
12 January: Barrow In Furness The Forum
15 January: Epsom Playhouse
16 January: Poole Lighthouse Theatre
17 January: Oxford Playhouse
18 January: Wolverhampton Grand Theatre
19 January: Weymouth Pavilion
22 January: Dorking Halls
23 January: Lincoln Theatre Royal
24 January: Hertford BEAM
25 January: Leeds City Varieties
26 January: Bracknell South Hill Park
28 January: Doncaster Cast
29 January: Tewkesbury Roses Theatre
30 January: Portsmouth New Theatre Royal
31 January: Exmouth Pavilion
01 February: CarmarthenThe Lyric
02 February: Winchester Theater Royal
05 February: Rotherham Civic Theatre
06 February: Lancaster Grand
07 February: Durham Gala
08 February: Ormskirk Arts Centre
13 February: Croydon Ashcroft Theatre
14 February: Tallinn Von Krahl Theatre
15 February: Chelmsford Theatre
16 February: Aylesbury Waterside
27 February: Newbury Corn Exchange
28 February: Bedford Quarry
05 March: Dublin Liberty Hall Theatre
07 March: Naas Moat Theatre
08 March: West Cork
09 March: Killarney INEC
10 March: Athlone Dean Crowe
13 March: Alnwick Playhouse
14 March: Newcastle Dance City
15 March: Berwick Maltings
19 March: Launceston Town Hall
20 March: Eastbourne Hippodrome
21 March: Chipping Norton Theatre
22 March: Plymouth Quad
26 March: Ilkley Kings Hall
27 March: Stockton The Arc
04 April: London Blackheath Halls

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Press

1. 1st October: Ed Byrne review (Forge Press)
2. 30th September: Comedy review: Ed Byrne at the Newark Palace Theatre (Leftlion)
3. 6th September: Interview: Ed Byrne (Leftlion)
4. 31st May: Ed Byrne interview (The Irish News)
5. 14th February: Ed Byrne review (Number 9)
6. 8th February: Chortle Awards 2024 nominees announced
7. 22nd January: Ed Byrne: 'The better the audience, the more emotional I get' (The Guardian)
8. 6th March: Ed Byrne announces Tragedy Plus Time tour