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Plus three guest acts, seasonal songs on the mandolin, caption competition and stupid questions, you won't want to miss it!
Tickets: thegulbenkian.co.uk/events/funny...
Ho ho ho! Our Xmas Special on Friday includes a festive gift especially for you!
Yes, it's the most precious gift of all. THE GIFT OF LAUGHTER!
And with the mighty @markthomasinfo.bsky.social onstage, belly laughs are a cast iron guarantee!
"White Christmas" thrown together by Joe and me.
Joe's on the new ukulele we got him for his birthday. I'm on the octave mandolin I got recently after saving up.
Festive musical fun from me and my son.
Just a week to go before our amazing Funny Rabbit Christmas Special, starring the legend that is Mark Thomas!
We're in the theatre, so still plenty of tickets available.
Don't miss it!
thegulbenkian.co.uk/events/funny...
Jac made the mistake of letting me decorate one of her gingerbread men.
Is that a straggly Santa beard or is he just drooling heavily?
You be the judge.
#gingerbreadman #stragglysantabeard #droolingheavily
I love creepy Santas. And they don't get much creepier than this blood-curdling white-clad Santa I spotted in a Thai restaurant in Whitstable.
#creepysanta
Jac, Joe and Tom have decorated the Christmas tree while I've been work. Lovely to come home to a tree that's full-on festive.
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Booking link: thegulbenkian.co.uk/events/funny...
30.11.2025 12:01 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0As well as Mark, we'll have guest acts, stupid questions, daft mandolin songs and our ever popular caption competition.
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Our next show is an absolute belter, starring the mighty @markthomasinfo.bsky.social
That's right! Mark freakin' Thomas!!
Due to popular demand, we've had to move the show to the theatre.
Start the festive season in style at Funny Rabbit!
Red Bull advent calendars are "a thing" now.
Spotted this in Tesco's last night.
24 days of feeling festively jittery, yours for a mere thirty five freakin' quid!
Wow.
#adventcalendar #redbull #bizarrelynonfestive
Homemade beans on toast adapted from a recipe on the BBC website.
#banginsomebeans
Comedian Oliver Double speaking at KWI in front of an audience.
Laughing audience at KWI.
Comedian Oliver Double speaking at KWI in front of an audience.
Comedian Oliver Double speaking at KWI in front of an audience.
How do comedians use their bodies as a defining feature of their onstage identity and as a tool for establishing a relationship with the audience? In his KWI lecture, @oliverdouble.bsky.social questioned the notion that stand-up is primarily a verbal form. Now online on YouTube: tinyurl.com/2mwmxxsf
24.11.2025 09:53 — 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 1A fantastic line-up with Morgan Rees and Sam See plus guests, joke competition, stupid questions and two killer mandolin numbers.
Don't miss it!
I had to miss the last Funny Rabbit due to Covid. So to avoid wasting all the prep I'd done for what was to be the Funny Rabbit Halloween Special, I now declare that
THIS FRIDAY'S FUNNY RABBIT WILL BE THE FUNNY RABBIT HALLOWEEN SPECIAL 2025.
Magnificent night @thegulbenkian last night with the mighty Billy Childish & CTMF supported by the fab Lord Rochester.
And for an encore, both bands playing together with sweet kids doing backing vocals.
Lovely!
Heartily recommend Nigel Planer's autobiography Young Once - not least because look who's mentioned ON THE VERY FIRST FLIPPIN' PAGE!!
Nigel has written a book that's fun and interesting and sometimes moving.
I zipped through it quickly, because it's such a joy to read.
First frosty windscreen of the winter this morning
#frost #frosty #frostywindscreen #scraper
Weird shop names in Essen. The third one makes "Nanu-Nana" sound positively normal.
#essen #essengermany #weirdshopnames
Here's what I'm in Essen to do - tonight's keynote for Materiality Matters: Figurations of Comic Bodies and Things.
I'm using Lenny Bruce's tattoo as a starting point.
And the papers we've had do far have been ace!
#materialitymatters #lennybruce #standupcomedy #standup #comedy #comicbodies
UPDATE! Not only do they still have Woolworth's in Essen, Germany, just take a look at the poster I spotted!
SANTA DOES HIS SHOPPING THERE!!
This is unbelievable news!
#woolworths #essen #santa #santaclaus #fatherchristmas #santadoeshisshoppinginwoolworthsinessengermany
I'm in Essen in Germany - and they still have Woolworth's there!
THIS IS NOT A DRILL! THEY STILL HAVE WOOLWORTH'S!!
#woolworth #woolworths #essen #germany #theystillhavewoolworthsingermany
When you ask an audience a question in song, and their own confusion is enough to make 'em laugh.
A little moment from my beans song at the Bean Summit on Wednesday.
Beans - good for you, good for your purse, good for the planet!
#banginsomebeans
Nice new sticker for my office doorframe. BANG IN SOME BEANS!
Beans are cheap, healthy and good for the planet and I'm delighted to be involved with this campaign.
Eat more beans!
#banginsomebeans
The conference is called "Materiality Matters: Figurations if Comic Bodies and Things"
www.kulturwissenschaften.de/.../material...
Giving a keynote at a conference in Essen, Germany next week.
First pic shows the title - first slide of the PowerPoint.
Second pic gives you an idea of the kind of frenzied process of putting it all together.
Just a few finishing touches and it's ready to go!
Just me and the legend that is Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall at the Bean Summit yesterday.
#banginsomebeans
Today, I've been compering the Bean Summit - part of a campaign to persuade people to eat more beans - they're cheap, healthy and good for the planet.
I debuted a new song I wrote about beans. I knew it was going down well when I saw people getting their phones out.
#banginsomebeans
Insights into the University of Kent study into harassment in live comedy.
Free access to resources.
The event is free, but spaces are limited – so please register for a ticket in advance.
What to expect?
A live comedy show featuring comedians who tackle the theme of harassment in the industry with honesty and humour.
A panel discussion with researchers, Get off Live Comedy, and comedians.
