But first, tonight! CHOP CHOP. wegottickets.com/event/652772

And in November!

Some of the good stuff coming up at your favourite* comedy club in October www.wegottickets.com/xsmalarkey *top five at least. Maybe top ten.

Are you ready for The Cut? The magnificent Ben Pope is bringing his acclaimed tour show to 53two this Tuesday (a special show but regular XS prices!). Support from Charlotte Cropper & Jess Perillo, and, of course, a whole lotta @tobyhadoke.bsky.social . Tickets at wegottickets.com/event/652772

A very special Malarkey presents show at 53two tonight, as we bring you the wonderful Felicity Ward's tour show "I'm Exhausting!". Tickets at wegottickets.com/event/654538 what a treat!

TUESDAY. The day of Tues. Also the day of Malarkey, since the dawn of time (/1997). And who do we have for you in our Tuesbag? Why, it's @chelseabirkby.bsky.social, Alex Stringer, @kathyrivett.bsky.social, & @deantbeirne.bsky.social 😍 But who's that carrying the bag? It's @tobyhadoke.bsky.social !

Without a doubt, the best weekly comedy club in the country Trouble is its 309 miles away! @castlecomedy.bsky.social do a brilliant job in and around Bedford, but I do miss the regularity of it - and wondering who on Earth would be up on stage!

We're about to open the doors for our Peter Fleming quiz! It's going to be scramblydacious!

If you’re near Manchester and you like what I like (archive TV, comedy), you’d have to be daft to miss this opportunity to be in the presence of Peter Fleming aka @nottomburgess.bsky.social on Sunday night. wegottickets.com/event/673651

Fans of archive TV may be interested in this tonight. See you there? wegottickets.com/event/673651 @xsmalarkey.com

Cleanse, tone, moisturise then @xsmalarkey.com. The only routine that counts.

Oooo I can't wait!!!

Massive congratulations to Mila on that well earned win. Alex, if you haven't already, come see us at the front desk and we'll hook you up with a membership card to pass on to Mila from us. x

And we have so much great stuff coming up between now and Christmas. Let Toby's photo ignite a flame of fomo that burns bright within you, compelling you to our cave every tuesday between now and the end of time. (it's not a cult.)

Also XS is lovely because of how many friends I always end up seeing every time I go.

It's nearly time to light the lights!

Last-minute lineup, but what a treat: tonight it's magnificent TOM LAWRINSON (king of the internet but not, it seems, Bluesky), Fringe nominee MOLLY MCGUINNESS, brilliant @justinasesel.bsky.social, & a debut from MURPH. All this and Shelflord @tobyhadoke.bsky.social www.wegottickets.com/xsmalarkey

And while we're at it, it's time to dust off your Blue Peter Annual (and burn your Magpie one): we've just released tickets for Peter Fleming's Dismally Ill-Prepared TV Pub Quiz, from @nottomburgess.bsky.social. Sunday 7th September, at regular XS prices! wegottickets.com/event/673651

The Malarkening approaches! This week with @bethanyblack.bsky.social, Tabish Akbar, @jackmcleancomedy.bsky.social, Katie Gill-Williams, and, of course, @tobyhadoke.bsky.social . Tuesday 19th August (tomorrow!) at 53two. Hooray! www.wegottickets.com/xsmalarkey

Saw a preview of this at @xsmalarkey.com the other day and it was utterly brilliant. I giggled and chuckled a fair amount. AuDHD humour and jokes about megafauna and bog bodies - love it. Decidedly not to be missed at the Fringe.

it's nearly time!!!!

TONIIIIIGHT! Lulu Popplewell and Jordan Brookes giving previews of their Edinburgh shows, and @androjonny.bsky.social as guest MC! www.wegottickets.com/xsmalarkey

Oh my, it's Tuesday! Old friends and new tonight, with Edinburgh previews from Jessica Fostekew and Ayo Adenekan. It's going to be delightful, and we're already more than 3/4 tickets sold, so please book ahead at www.wegottickets.com/xsmalarkey

Tonight sees two of my absolute favourites with their previews at @xsmalarkey.com Be Chill it's @bechillcomedian.bsky.social and Star of BudPod Season 2 @thenewsatglenn.bsky.social There are a few tickets left and I heartily recommend you go if you're able.

TONIIIIIGHT! Our full Edinburgh Previews season begins, with Jonny Pelham's "Is It Me" and Lou Wall's "Breaking the Fifth Wall". VERY EXCITING. Tickets at www.wegottickets.com/xsmalarkey

I am ridiculously excited about this. @xsmalarkey.com when the planets align!

If you haven't seen Lou Wall before, this review should convince you 😍

Also the Tuesday after (10th) we have @robauton.bsky.social and @vittorioangelone.bsky.social performing their shows "CAN" & "you can't Say Nothing any more". That one is already 3/4 sold, and looks like it'll sell out, so would recommend getting tickets for that asap www.wegottickets.com/xsmalarkey

XS Edinburgh previews season begins proper next week with a delightful combo of old pal Jonny Pelham ("kind of extraordinary"- Guardian) and XS newcomer Lou Wall (winner Best of the Fest, Sydney '24), performing their WIP shows "Is It Me?" & "Breaking the Fifth Wall" www.wegottickets.com/xsmalarkey

It is better to see John-Luke Roberts live than never to have seen John-Luke Roberts live at all! [citation needed]

Manchester! I'm doing my tour show in Manchester! Tonight, Manchester! wegottickets.com/event/653861

🥳 TONIGHT AT XS MALARKEY 🥳 The glorious return of Nick Doody! Along for the ride are the excellent Shalala Kurup, new material from perennial fave Hannah Platt, the XS debut of Lorna Gray, and @tobyhadoke.bsky.social fresh from his London book launch! Tix: wegottickets.com/event/652039

Anyway, more importantly, it's TUESDAY. And for the last 27.5 years that's been Malarkey Day. So if you don't have tickets for magnificent Tadiwa Mahlunge yet (alongside @ericrushton96.bsky.social, Elaine Robertson, Jacob Kohn & @tobyhadoke.bsky.social),get some now www.wegottickets.com/xsmalarkey

Also, they're all at ludicrously cheap XS prices because we believe comedy should be financially accessible; if you can afford more its very appreciated, we rely on the generosity of our audience and our lovely XSive patrons to keep the show running, pay the acts, and subsidise the cheapest tickets

It's worth pointing out that some of those previews are already looking like they'll sell out and the links only went up yesterday, so I'd very much recommend booking sooner rather than later 🤖💜

Right, Edinburgh previews are now all on sale, one spot still TBC but we're sorting it! So let's take a look shall we? Or you can find out yourself over at www.wegottickets.com/xsmalarkey

So proud of @tobyhadoke.bsky.social for his brilliant book launch yesterday, hosted by lovely friend of Malarkey Abby Cook. If you missed it you can find the book at @tenacrefilms.bsky.social tenacrefilms.bigcartel.com/product/the-... 🧡

Ok I haven't done the Edinburgh Previews announcement yet because we're just making sure if the details on one date BUT if you did happen to head over to www.wegottickets.com/xsmalarkey now you might find that all the others are now on sale 👀

Before any of those previews though, we've a whole May's worth of lovely shows, starting Tuesday with mighty Tadiwa Mahlunge, alongside returns from brilliant @ericrushton96.bsky.social & Elaine Robertson, a debut from Jacob Kohn, and plenty of @tobyhadoke.bsky.social www.wegottickets.com/xsmalarkey

I'll be announcing the full XS Malarkey Edinburgh Preview season tomorrow at 10am. Lots of very exciting shows to come!

Don't forget @tobyhadoke.bsky.social's Quatermass Experiment book launch is TODAY at (home of Malarkey) 53two in Manchester! There are I think four tickets still available to buy wegottickets.com/event/654142 Signed books will be for sale at the event

This is very lovely. The first review of my book - and from a very respected source.

Tickets sales will close early tonight because of the early preview, but you can still buy tickets on the door, either at 6pm early doors or 7.30pm main show doors!

I got hold of some in Edinburgh and can attest they are a thing of genuine beauty. Even the c*m one.

I (Jon from XS) also did the artwork for @stuartlawscomedy.bsky.social's prompt cards for Stuart Laws Has To Be Joking which you'll see tonight. He'll hopefully be selling packs after the show if he's got some left, which you can use like some kind of bodily-fluid-heavy tarot deck

Bank holiday Monday's over, so mothball your Maypole for another year and get ready for XS Tuesday! With a preview from @chloebadcliffe.bsky.social, tour show from @stuartlawscomedy.bsky.social, Hadokery from @tobyhadoke.bsky.social, & a bonus preview for early birds! www.wegottickets.com/xsmalarkey

We've got a real treat in store on Tuesday, with @stuartlawscomedy.bsky.social bringing us his tour show "Stuart Laws Has To Be Joking", a preview of @chloebadcliffe.bsky.social's show "Say When" plus a bonus early doors preview of "Stuart Laws is Stuck" www.wegottickets.com/xsmalarkey

Sure, the sun is great, but have you tried the moon? 👀

IT'S LUNARCY! See the whole of the moon tomorrow at XS, when Lucy Pearman brings a full preview of her new show Lunartic. It's going to be very silly, and very funny 🌚💜 Tickets: www.wegottickets.com/xsmalarkey