UNDERBELLY FESTIVAL SOUTHBANK 2019 LINE-UP: FIRST 74 ACTS ANNOUNCED
• 5 April - 29 September 2019, Southbank London SE1 8XX
• First headliners confirmed: legendary circus show A Simple Space, Edinburgh Festival smash Little Death Club & Drag sensation YUMMY • Podcast Live: a new season brings the hottest new podcasts to the stage • Family Fest runs throughout Easter, featuring: The Gruffalo, The Witch and The Warthog with Julia Donaldson, The Wind in the Willows & Monstersaurus • Underbelly Festival Lates: A twist on the classic Big Night Out from Massaoke, Cocoa Butter Club, Blunderland & Silent Disco Show • London Comedy Allstars: a brand-new mixed bill spectacular featuring the likes of Ed Gamble, Josie Long & John Robins
Tickets for these shows are on sale today (Thursday 24th January) exclusively via Today Tix and on general sale from Monday 28th January
Underbelly Festival Southbank - Central London’s home of affordable live entertainment - today announces the first 74 acts of a 2019 line-up which features four new programming strands, as well as its first three headline shows.
Opening The Belly theatre, Gravity & Other Myths’ legendary Southbank headliner returns with an all-new cast; the awe-inspiring array of acrobatics, athleticism, games and utterly unique talents known as A Simple Space.
Opening the Paradiso Spiegeltent is the London premiere of one of the most successful shows of this year’s Edinburgh Festivals, Bernie Dieter’s Little Death Club: a spectacular cabaret variety show with an all-star line-up of punks, freaks and weirdos from across the globe.
Following this will be YUMMY - another breakout smash of this year’s Edinburgh Fringe this drag extravaganza is an explosion of dazzling costumes, electrifying dance, gasp-inducing performance and filthy humour which makes your average episode of Ru Paul look like an Amish funeral.
Running alongside these spectacular headliners Underbelly Festival’s new programming model will include a new two-week season Podcast Live which will bring a huge range of the funniest, most fascinating, agenda-settingest podcasts out there to the stage, including one of the most varied, fun, challenging and popular, the woman’s lifestyle sensation Standard Issue which comes to Underbelly live as In Conversation with Standard Issue, A Gay and a non-Gay where two friends offer a hilarious insight into our differences and similarities, celebrated comedians Mark Watson & Sofie Hagen setting the world to rights, Irish sketch comedy, YouTube and podcasting sensations Dreamgun, acclaimed dark audio sitcom about rival funeral directors Wooden Overcoats and a showcase of the Best of the British Podcasting Awards with more to be announced.
Underbelly Festival’s biggest family programme ever will kick off with Family Fest – running throughout the Easter Holidays - which includes the acclaimed adaptation of The Gruffalo, The Witch and The Warthog in which live readings from author Julia Donaldson bring her stories to life within a spectacular theatrical world. Other classic children’s tales gracing the Southbank stage include the mega hit Monstersaurus and a new theatrical adaptation of The Wind in the Willows. On top of this spectacular theatre, this year’s family programme includes the ultimate family singalong Massaoke for Kids, the original adult and baby mixed bill comedy Screaming With Laughter and the wildly popular Fun Kids Radio Hour.
This year’s comedy programme includes solo shows from John Robbins, Vikki Stone, Mark Watson, Abandoman and Fin Taylor as well as the launch of London Comedy Allstars, a brand-new mixed bill running each Saturday in the Belly theatre with top names set to appear including Ed Gamble, Josie Long, John Robins, Felicity Ward, Jen Brister, Rachel Parris, Phil Wang, Pierre Novellie, Jayde Adams, Ahir Shah, Dane Baptiste, Rosie Jones and many many more.
For those looking for a Big Night Out (BNO) with a twist, Underbelly Lates bring together live entertainment, clubbing and a famously buzzing festival atmosphere with a series of unique events including karaoke with a mob mentality in Massaoke, Cocoa Butter Club – the cabaret-variety show made by people of colour where comedy, circus, burlesque and drag are set down neo-soul, R&B and Disco, The Silent Disco Show the only show to mix silent disco with live performance, Blunderland – the legendary mixed-bill cabaret whose previous performers have included Le Gateau Chocolat, Lady Rizo, Empress Stah and Fancy Chance, and Southbank institution Marcel Lucont’s Cabaret Fantastique.
Now in its 11th year on the Southbank in the heart of the world’s cultural capital, Underbelly Festival has become a staple of London’s live entertainment scene – the original, biggest and best pop-up festival providing world class performance at affordable prices across two distinctive and atmospheric venues, a sumptuous array of street food and drinks, and some of London’s finest outdoor bars.
Underbelly directors Ed Bartlam and Charlie Wood said:
“After celebrating a decade on the Southbank last year we’ve looked at ways to keep our programme fresh and surprising, while always retaining Underbelly Festival’s ethos of high-quality entertainment at an affordable price. We’re delighted to be able to announce three first class and totally distinctive headliners which do exactly that.
“We’re also bringing a wider and higher quality range of family shows than ever before - starting with a jam-packed Easter holiday, producing our own comedy nights which will bring the largest ever collection of the best comedians in the business to the Southbank, bringing some of London’s most unique nights out to life, and - in Podcast Live – creating a platform specifically to put this brilliant (and still-growing) artform on stage for the first time at the festival.”
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NOTES TO EDITORS
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About Underbelly
Underbelly is a UK based live entertainment company. Their events and festivals division is one of the largest operations at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, selling over 460,000 tickets for over 200 shows, in 22 venues over 25 days in 2018.
2018 was the sixth year Underbelly produced Edinburgh’s Christmas for City of Edinburgh Council (2017/18 saw a record breaking 781,520 tickets issued to visitors from 47 different countries), and the second year of producing Edinburgh’s Hogmanay also on behalf of City of Edinburgh Council, which in 2017-18 welcomed 160,000 over 3 days.
2019 marks the eleventh year of Underbelly Festival on the Southbank - one of the biggest multi-arts offerings in London - with over 100 shows programmed over 6 months on the South Bank.
Underbelly also produces Christmas in Leicester Square, Udderbelly Festival in Hong Kong, West End Live in Trafalgar Square for Westminster City Council and the Society of London Theatre.
Underbelly Productions is the theatrical arm of Underbelly, presenting, producing and promoting a diverse programme of international work. In 2017, in association with Cameron Mackintosh, they produced a major revival of the classic musical Five Guys Named Moe, which ran for 30 weeks at the purpose-built Marble Arch Theatre. This scorching production garnered rave reviews and was nominated for 3 Whats On Stage Awards (including Best Musical Revival) and as Best Entertainment and Family at the 2018 Olivier Awards. In 2017 they were also Associate Producers on the UK Premiere of the musical Big Fish starring Kelsey Grammar, which enjoyed a sold-out Christmas run at The Other Palace. As part of the 2018 Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Don’t Tell Me Not to Fly a one-woman cabaret featuring a revolving cast of some of the West End’s favourite leading ladies premiered in the 900- seat McEwan Hall.
In 2018 Underbelly sold over 1.5 million tickets to their various events.
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SHOW LISTINGS (ALPHABETICAL)
A Gay and A Non-Gay Genre: Podcast Date: 8 June Time: 5pm (6pm) Venue: The Spiegeltent Ticket Prices: £12.50 (£11)
A Simple Space Genre: Circus Time: 3pm, 6pm & 7.30pm (4pm, 7pm & 8.30pm) Venue: The Belly Dates: 5 April – 5 May Ticket Prices: Preview £15, Weekday £17.50 & Weekend £21.50 (Sirloin Seats £5 more)
Abandoman (AKA Rob Broderick): BassDrop Genre: Comedy Time: 7.30pm & 7.45pm (8.30pm & 8.45pm) Venue: The Belly Dates: 10 – 13 June Ticket Prices: £15.50 (£14)
Alternative Eurovision Genre: Cabaret and Variety Time: 9.30pm (11.15pm) Venue: The Spiegeltent Dates: 17 May Ticket Prices: £15.50 (£14)
Anoushka Lucas Genre: Cabaret Time: 9.15pm (10:15pm) Venue: The Spiegeltent Dates: 2 May Ticket Prices: £12.50 (£11)
Best of Musical Comedy Awards with Abandoman Genre: Comedy Time: 9.15pm (10.30pm) Venue: The Belly Dates: 9 May Ticket Prices: £15.50 (£14)
Best of the British Podcast Awards Genre: Podcast Time: 7.45pm (8.45pm) Venue: The Belly Dates: 3 & 16 June Ticket Prices: £12.50 (£11)
BLUNDERLAND Variety Show Genre: Cabaret and Variety Time: 9.30pm (10.30pm) Venue: The Spiegeltent Dates: 20 – 21 June Ticket Prices: £14.50 (£13)
Chores Genre: Family Time: 3pm (4pm) Venue: The Belly Dates: 16 – 19 April Ticket Prices: £10 (£35 Family Ticket)
Club Briefs Genre: Cabaret and Variety Time: 9.30pm (11pm) Venue: The Spiegeltent Dates: 1 – 2 August Ticket Prices: £22 (£20.50)
Comedy Club 4 Kids Genre: Family Time: 3pm (4pm) Venue: The Belly Dates: 22 April, 11 May, 2 June Ticket Prices: £10 (£35 Family Ticket)
Criminal: An Improvised Murder Mystery Genre: Comedy Time: 7.45pm (8.45pm) Venue: The Belly Dates: 25 May Ticket Prices: £14 (£12.50)
Criminal: An Improvised Murder Mystery Genre: Comedy Time: 9.30pm (10.50pm) Venue: The Spiegeltent Dates: 5 September Ticket Prices: £14 (£12.50)
Ctrl Alt Delete Genre: Podcast Time: 5pm (6pm) Venue: The Spiegeltent Dates: 9 June Ticket Prices: £12.50 (£11)
David Baddiel’s AniMalcolm The Musical Genre: Family Time: 11.15am (12.15pm) Venue: The Spiegeltent Dates: 8 April Ticket Prices: £12 (£40 Family Ticket)
Dreamgun Film Reads: Jaws Genre: Podcast Time: 4pm (5pm) Venue: The Spiegeltent Dates: 15 June Ticket Prices: £12.50 (£11)
Elmer the Patchwork Elephant Genre: Family Time: 1pm & 3.30pm (2pm & 4.30pm) Venue: The Spiegeltent Dates: 20 July – 21 July Ticket Prices: £12 (£40 Family Ticket)
Fantastic Beaver 2: The Rhymes of Grindr-Wald Genre: Cabaret and Variety Time: 9.30pm (10.30pm) Venue: The Spiegeltent Dates: 9 May Ticket Prices: £12.50 (£11)
Fast Fringe Genre: Comedy Time: 7.30pm (10.15pm) Venue: The Belly Dates: 1 July Ticket Prices: £17.50 (£16)
Fin Taylor: When Harassy Met Sally Genre: Comedy Time: 9.15pm (10.15pm) Venue: The Belly Dates: 3 May Ticket Prices: £14 (£12)
Gals Aloud Genre: Cabaret and Variety Time: 9.30pm (10.40pm) Venue: The Spiegeltent Dates: 18 July & 19 September Ticket Prices: £15.50 (£14)
Ida Barr: Granarchist Bingo Genre: Cabaret and Variety Time: 3.30pm (4.45pm) Venue: The Spiegeltent Dates: 18 May, 29 June, 7 September Ticket Prices: £12.50 (£11)
In Conversation with Standard Issue Genre: Podcast Time: 6pm (7pm) Venue: The Belly Dates: 8 June Ticket Prices: £12.50 (£11)
It's Miss Hope Springs Genre: Cabaret and Variety Time: 9.30pm (10.30pm) Venue: The Spiegeltent Dates: 11 April Ticket Prices: £12.50 (£11)
John Robins - Work In Progress Genre: Comedy Time: 9.15pm (10.15pm) Venue: The Belly Dates: 15 May Ticket Prices: £12 (£10)
Journey Through Jazz Genre: Family Time: 1.15pm (3.15pm) Venue: The Spiegeltent Dates: 14 April Ticket Prices: £12 (£40 Family Ticket)
Little Death Club Genre: Cabaret and Variety Time: 7.15pm, 7.45pm & 9.30pm (8.15pm, 8.45pm & 10.30pm) Venue: The Spiegeltent Dates: 18 April – 23 June Ticket Prices: Weekday £20, £30 & £15 Preview. Weekend £25, £35 & £20 Preview. Private Booths available and seat up to 8.
London Comedy Allstars Genre: Comedy Time: 9.15pm (10.45pm) Venue: The Belly & Spiegeltent Dates: Belly 6, 13, 20 & 27 April, 4, 11, 18 & 25 May, 1, 8, 15, 22 & 29 June, 6 & 13 July. Spiegeltent 31 August, 7, 14, 21 & 28 September. Ticket Prices: £18.50 (£16.50)
Magical Bones: Unboxed Genre: Cabaret and Variety Time: 9.15pm (10.15pm) Venue: The Belly Dates: 10 April, 12 & 26 June Ticket Prices: £15.50 (£14)
Marcel Lucont’s Cabaret Fantastique Genre: Cabaret and Variety Time: 7.45pm (8.45pm) & 9.30pm (10.30pm) Venue: The Spiegeltent Dates: 6 April & 27 September Ticket Prices: £15.50 (£14)
Mark Watson: How You Can Almost Win Genre: Comedy Time: 9.15pm (10.15pm) Venue: The Belly Dates: 13 June Ticket Prices: £12.50 (£11)
Mawaan Rizwan: Juice Genre: Comedy Time: 9.15pm (10.15pm) Venue: The Belly Dates: 28 June Ticket Prices: £14 (£12)
Miss Kiddy & the Cads Genre: Cabaret and Variety Time: 9.30pm (10.30pm) Venue: The Spiegeltent Dates: 7 June & 30 August Ticket Prices: £12.50 (£11)
Monski Mouse's Baby Cabaret Genre: Family Time: 11am (11.50am) Venue: The Spiegeltent Dates: 24 – 26 July Ticket Prices: £8 (£28 Family Ticket)
Monski Mouse's Baby Disco Dance Hall Genre: Family Time: 11am & 1.15pm (11.50am & 2.05pm) Venue: The Spiegeltent Dates: 26 – 27 May, 2 June, 20 – 21 July, 27 – 28 July Ticket Prices: £8 (£28 Family Ticket)
MONSTERAURUS! Genre: Family Time: 11am & 1pm (12pm & 2pm) Venue: The Belly Dates: 15 – 22 April Ticket Prices: 12.00 ()40 Family Ticket of 4
Morgan & West's Utterly Spiffing Spectacular Magic Show For Kids (and Childish Grown-ups)! Genre: Family Time: 1pm, 1.15pm & 3.30pm (2pm, 2.15pm & 4.30pm) Venue: The Spiegeltent Dates: 21 April, 25 May, 30 June & 1 September Ticket Prices: £10 (£35 Family Ticket)
Mother's Ruin: A Cabaret About Gin Genre: Cabaret and Variety Time: 9.30pm (10.30pm) Venue: The Spiegeltent Dates: 30 May Ticket Prices: £12.50 (£11)
My Leonard Cohen Genre: Music Time: 3.30pm & 7.30pm (4.50pm & 8.50pm) Venue: The Belly Dates: 17 & 23 June Ticket Prices: £16.50 (£15)
NewsRevue 2019 Genre: Comedy Time: 7.45pm (8.45pm) Venue: The Belly Dates: 4 May Ticket Prices: £14 (£12.50)
Nobody Panic Genre: Podcast Time: 7.45pm (8.45pm) Venue: The Spiegeltent Dates: 10 June Ticket Prices: £12.50 (£11)
Opening Gala Genre: Cabaret and Variety Time: 9.15pm (11pm) Venue: The Spiegeltent Dates: 5 April Ticket Prices: £17.50 (£16)
Pappy's Flatshare Slamdown Genre: Comedy Time: 9.15pm (10.15pm) Venue: The Belly Dates: 6 June Ticket Prices: £10 (£8.50)
Pete Firman Genre: Comedy Time: 9.15pm (10.15pm) Venue: The Belly Dates: 5 July Ticket Prices: £12.50 (£11)
Police Cops In Space Genre: Comedy Time: 9.15pm (10.15pm) Venue: The Belly Dates: 25 & 26 April Ticket Prices: £12.50 (£11)
Screaming with Laughter Genre: Comedy Time: 1pm (2pm) Venue: The Spiegeltent Dates: 20 April & 13 July Ticket Prices: £10 (£8.50)
Sean McLoughlin: Hail Mary Genre: Comedy Time: 7.45pm (8.45pm) Venue: The Belly Dates: 11 May Ticket Prices: £12.50 (£11)
Shakespearience Genre: Family Time: 11.15pm & 1pm (12.15pm & 2pm) Venue: The Spiegeltent Dates: 11 – 12 April & 14 July Ticket Prices: £12 (£40 Family Ticket)
Shark in the Park Genre: Family Time: 1pm & 3.30pm (2pm & 4.30pm) Venue: The Spiegeltent Dates: 23 – 28 July Ticket Prices: £12 (£40 Family Ticket)
Sh!t-Faced Showtime: Guys ’n’ Dolls Genre: Comedy Time: 6pm, 7.45pm & 9.15pm (7pm, 8.45pm & 10.15pm) Venue: The Belly Dates: 6 – 7 July, 9 – 13 July Ticket Prices: £15.50 (£14)
Shlomo's Beatbox Adventure for Kids Genre: Family Time: 3pm (3.45pm) Venue: The Belly Dates: 27 May Ticket Prices: £10 (£35 Family Ticket)
Silent Disco Show Genre: Cabaret and Variety Time: 9.30pm (11.30pm) Venue: The Spiegeltent Dates: 6 April, 3 May, 28 June, 26 July & 6 September Ticket Prices: £15.50 (£14)
Sofie Hagen & Mark Watson: Better Genre: Comedy Time: 9.15pm (10.15pm) Venue: The Belly Dates: 8 May Ticket Prices: £12.50 (£11)
SPANK! Genre: Cabaret and Variety Time: 9.15pm (10.45pm) Venue: The Belly Dates: 10 May Ticket Prices: £15.50 (£14)
Squad Goals Genre: Cabaret and Variety Time: 9.30pm (10.30pm) Venue: The Spiegeltent Dates: 3 – 5 July Ticket Prices: £15.50 (£14)
Stephen K Amos: Bouquets and Brickbats Genre: Comedy Time: 9.15pm (10.15pm) Venue: The Belly Dates: 17 May Ticket Prices: £18 (£16.50)
Swing Out! A Night of Live Swing Music and Dancing Genre: Dance Time: 7pm (10:30pm) Venue: The Spiegeltent Dates: 8 April, 6 May, 3 June, 8 July, 5 August, 2 September Ticket Prices: £12.50 (£11.00). On the Door Tickets: £15.50 (£14)
The Amazing Bubble Man Genre: Family Time: 1pm (2pm) Venue: The Belly Dates: 4 – 6 May Ticket Prices: £10 (£35 Family Ticket)
The Art of Drag Genre: Cabaret and Variety Time: 9.30pm (10.30pm) Venue: The Spiegeltent Dates: 10 July Ticket Prices: £12.50 (£10)
The Cocoa Butter Club Genre: Cabaret and Variety Time: 9.30pm (10.50pm) Venue: The Spiegeltent Dates: 19 July, 23 August & 13 September Ticket Prices: £12.50 (£11)
The Fun Kids Epic Roadshow Adventure Genre: Family Time: 1.15pm (2.15pm) Venue: The Spiegeltent Dates: 22 April Ticket Prices: £10 (£32 Family Ticket)
The Gruffalo, The Witch and The Warthog with Julia Donaldson Genre: Family Time: 10.30am, 11am, 1pm & 3pm (11.30am, 12pm, 2pm, 4pm) Venue: The Belly Dates: 11 – 13 April Ticket Prices: £12 (£40 Family Ticket)
The Hoovering Podcast - Live Genre: Podcast Time: 4.30pm (5.30pm) Venue: The Belly Dates: 9 June Ticket Prices: £12.50 (£11)
The Massaoke Band Genre: Music Time: 9.30pm (11pm) Venue: The Spiegeltent Dates: 12 April, 10 May, 14 June, 12 July, 16 August, 20 September Ticket Prices: £15.50 (£14)
The Massaoke Family Show Genre: Family Time: 3.30pm (4.30pm) Venue: The Spiegeltent Dates: 6 & 13 April Ticket Prices: £12.50 (£40 Family Ticket)
The Scummy Mummies Show Genre: Podcast Time: 9.30pm (10.30pm) Venue: The Spiegeltent Dates: 25 April Ticket Prices: £15.50 (£14)
The Showstoppers’ Kids Show Genre: Family Time: 3pm (4pm) Venue: The Belly & Spiegeltent Dates: Belly: 8 April, 6 May, 16 June, 7 July. Spiegeltent: 8 September, 29 September Ticket Prices: £15 (£13.50), £52 Family Ticket.
The Thinking Drinkers Genre: Comedy Time: 7.45pm & 9.15pm (8.45pm & 10.15pm) Venue: The Belly Dates: 12 – 13 April Ticket Prices: £16.50 (£15)
The TuckShop Live! Genre: Cabaret and Variety Time: 9.30pm (11pm) Venue: The Spiegeltent Dates: 19 April Ticket Prices: £12.50 (£11)
The Wind in the Willows Genre: Family Time: 1.15pm & 3.30pm (2.15pm & 4.30pm) Venue: The Spiegeltent Dates: 6 – 7 April Ticket Prices: £10 (£32 Family Ticket)
Trash Test Dummies Genre: Family Time: 1pm & 3pm (2pm & 4pm) Venue: The Belly Dates: 29 May – 2 June Ticket Prices: £12.50 (£11), £40 Family Ticket.
Variety Club 4 Kids Genre: Family Time: 1.15pm (2.15pm) Venue: The Spiegeltent Dates: 13 April, 19 May, 8 June Ticket Prices: £10 (£35 Family Ticket)
Vikki Stone - Song Bird Genre: Comedy Time: 9.15pm (10.15pm) Venue: The Belly Dates: 20 June Ticket Prices: £12.50 (£11)
Wooden Overcoats Genre: Podcast Time: 3pm (4pm) Venue: The Belly Dates: 9 June Ticket Prices: £12.50 (£11)
YUMMY Genre: Cabaret and Variety Time: 7.15pm, 7.45pm & 9.30pm (8.15pm, 8.45pm & 10.30pm) Venue: The Spiegeltent Dates: 27 June – 28 July Ticket Prices: Weekday £20, £30 & £15 Preview. Weekend £25, £35 & £20 Preview. Private Booths available and seat up to 8