The Y Theatre

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🎶 Award-winning English singer-songwriter Lucy Spraggan brings her latest tour to our stage on Sun 31 May 2026

🤣 Due to phenomenal demand, we've added an extra date for the hilarious Sindhu Vee on Wed 18 November 2026

🎟 Book now at ytheatre.co.uk

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Two side-splitting shows to tickle your funny bone!

🎄 Auries Styla's Christmas Crack-Up
📅Fri 5 December 2025

🍑Ania Magliano: Peach Fuzz
📅 Sat 7 Feb 2026 @leicscomedyfest.bsky.social

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Star of Live At The Apollo, Chloe Petts, returns to our stage for @leicscomedyfest.bsky.social with a brand-new tour!

Expect routines about Page 3, lad culture and most importantly, big, fat naturals 🍉

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NEW SHOW ALERT! 🚨 Calling all GAVIN & STACEY obsessives!🚨

We’re talking all things Gavin & Stacey at this very special event, with none other than its lead: Mathew Horne!

📆 Sun 14 Sept 2025

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From the archive: Johnny Vegas wins Leicester Comedian of The Year, 1997.

📸: Shami Doshi

@dmuleicester.bsky.social  | @theytheatre.bsky.social

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We've got two exciting new shows from cracking comedy stars to give you that Friday feeling!

Desiree Burch: The Golden Wrath - Thu 23 October 2025

Jessica Fostekew: Iconic Breath - Sun 22 February 2026

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YouTube video by Jonny & The Baptists Jonny & The Baptists Attempt a TikTok

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐"A PROPER BELLY-LAUGH SHOW" British Theatre Guide

We can't wait to welcome Edinburgh Fringe favourites @jonnybaptists.bsky.social to our stage with their critically acclaimed show, The Happiness Index

📅 Sat 31 May

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✨ The Kids' Gala Preview (The UK Kids' Comedy Festival) - Sunday 14 Dec 2025

🍼 Hannah East Comedy: Express Yourself - Wed 18 Feb 2026 for @leicscomedyfest.bsky.social

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We're incredibly grateful to receive funding from
@theatrestrust.bsky.social & The Linbury Trust to improve our hearing loop and audio description provision

Read more at theatrestrust.org.uk/latest/news/...

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Leicester Comedy Festival and Edinburgh Fringe Festival award-winner @ianstonecomedy.bsky.social returns to Leicester next February and is "Looking for the Wow" 🤩

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Two fantastic acts make welcome returns to our stage!

🎶John Smith - Wed 22 October 2025
🎸The Britpop Hour with @20thcenturymarc.marcburrows.co.uk - Sat 21 March 2026

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⛵Attention All Shipping: A Celebration Of The Shipping Forecast with @charlieconnelly.bsky.social - Sun 15
March 2026
🎊Michelle de Swarte: The Afters - Thu 16 April 2026
🏅Tom Lucy: Golden Boy - Sat 28 April 2026

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✍️Words with Lucy Spraggan is back! After its sold-out debut in Manchester, Lucy, who turned her journaling into her Sunday Times Bestselling memoir, Process, is taking the interactive journaling event on the road for the first time ever

📆 Wed 28 May

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Beautiful blue skies today while I had a fantastic chat on BBC Radio about performing @theytheatre.bsky.social June 13th 🎶💛🙌
🔗 in bio 😊 x

#jazzfusion #souljazz #livemusic

🥳We still can't quite wrap our heads around Monday night at the @leicscomedyfest.bsky.social Awards 2025. We got the home run, the lucky four leaf clover - Best Large Venue for the fourth year running!!

Thank you SO much to everyone that voted for us, all of our amazing staff & partners!

As Leicester's oldest theatre, we want to keep entertaining you for many years to come and are excited to celebrate a milestone this December with our 125th anniversary 🎉

🎭Happy #WorldTheatreDay🌟

🙏 A big thank you to all of our brilliant customers, partners and community for your support, especially with the challenges arts organisations face in the current climate. Just coming to see a show makes all the difference to us and the work @ymcaleics.bsky.social does!

🎭Love new work? So do we!

@roughdraftle.bsky.social is back tomorrow to bring you the freshest and most fantastic work from local creatives... and all for FREE!

Come join us in our bar from 7pm 🍻

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The full line-up for this Saturday's The Peacock Lounge is here 😍

Grab one of the final tickets and join us for Leicester's most decadent cabaret and burlesque experience ⚜️

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🤣@geoffnorcott.bsky.social returns to our stage with Basic Bloke 2 on Thu 20 November 2025

🙏@callybeaton.bsky.social comes with her new show, Namaste Motherf*ckers, on Tue 9 December 2025

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We're rolling into the second week of
@leicscomedyfest.bsky.social with a sensational, side-splitting selection of some of stand-up's biggest stars⭐️ inc.
@ahirshah.bsky.social, @angelabarnes.bsky.social, @herring1967.bsky.social and more!

Limited tickets remaining for many shows
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Angela Barnes - Stand up comedian Angst tour 2025 now on sale... Official website for stand up comedian Angela Barnes - Latest live dates, news, pics and contact details.

📣 My new tour ANGST starts a week today - tickets available and more venues (inc Scotland) TBA soon! Come spend Valentines Day with me in Taunton, or World Pangolin Day (apparently) on Sat 15th in Leicester (they do need love after the 5 years they've had) Tickets here www.angelabarnescomedy.co.uk

Leicester Comedy Festival 2025 at The Y Theatre Take a look at the events taking place on our stage for Leicester Comedy Festival and The UK Kids' Comedy Festival 2025.

Look at us, making a handy guide for all of our @leicscomedyfest.bsky.social 2025 shows to make choosing easy for you. Very mindful of us. Very demure 😉

Have a flick through👇
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Right - if you want to come along to my BRAND NEW tour show ANGST this spring - get a move on, tickets are selling alright - though if you live in #Tewkesbury or #Leicester, I could really do with you pulling your finger out 😉

More dates (including Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿) to be announced sooooon 🎉

📢WE'RE HIRING!

Looking for a new role in 2025? We've got two exciting opportunities to join our busy team here at Leicester's Oldest Theatre

To find out more and to apply visit:
ytheatre.co.uk/about-us/

#artsjobs #vacancies

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World Poetry Slam Champion Harry Baker is back and more full of wonder than ever in his new show, Wonderful 2.0, coming to #Leicester on Fri 11 July

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The Y Theatre What's On Jan-Jun 25 A brochure featuring shows from The Y Theatre's January to June 2025 season of shows.

🎁Just in the Saint Nick of time to sort all of your Christmas present needs!

Our Spring 2025 has landed, full to bursting with fresh new comedy shows, amazing music, performance and family fun!

Have a gander 👇
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After a sold-out run at Edinburgh Fringe this year, Abi Clarke brings her debut show to our stage
📅 Thu 15 May 25

Kane Brown is back following a sold-out show with us earlier in the year, don't miss your final chance to catch it
📅 Fri 30 May 25

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😂 Richard Blackwood: Live - Fri 28 February 25
🎭 Dickens Theatre Company: Revision On Tour - Mon 7 to Wed 9 April 25
🃏 Pete Firman: Tricks & Giggles - Thu 25 September 25
🤣 Matt Richardson: Brash - Thu 16 October 25

Tickets for all shows at ytheatre.co.uk

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😂Comedian Simon Evans returns to our stage with another "masterclass" (The Scotsman) show on Fri 16 May 2025

🎶Cult multi-award winning musical-comedians Jonny & The Baptists bring a "Wickedly funny" (The Times) evening of songs and stories on Sat 31 May 2025

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