Mik Artistik is a poet, performer, artist and comedian . With his compadre Jonny Flockton on guitar, and a selection of well heeled bass players, they hypnotise audiences with their special brand of joyous madness. Delightful, frightening, strange and hysterically funny, Mik throws shapes and straws, and croons like a dream - sometimes. Jonny holds him in check with forceful, elegant and sublime guitar work. Iggy Pop proclaimed their song 'Sweet Leaf of the North' ‘the song of the decade’ on NPR, and often features the band regularly on his 6Music Show 'Iggy Confidential'.

Dietrich, Lemper, La Voix…The cabaret has given rise to some of the most boundary- pushing female performers of the 20th & 21st Centuries. Yet the songwriters that get remembered remain staunchly male. No more, we say!

Amy J Payne, Anna Pool and Oliver Rundell invite you to a relaxed and intimate cabaret of words and music from a dazzling array of female songwriters. Expect riotous laughter, quiet reflection, and plenty of joyful surprises as we journey from Piaf to protest song to…penguins?

Museum Bums takes a cheeky look at butts in art and this will be a fun afternoon for those interested in history, art and peaches of the past!

This free Queer History Club event will take place at Leeds City Museum where you can join a talk with book signing.

Jack Shoulder and Mark Small – co-authors of Museum Bums – will use bums in the collections to explore some of the themes covered in the book, with their book chapters "They're Just Good Friends!", "When is a Bum not a Bum?" and "All Women Are Venus(?)" as jumping off points.

International drag artist* and Drag Idol runner-up Ruby DeLong dazzles Leeds with her sensational one woman show, "Painting The Town Ruby”.

Following the sold-out success and rave reviews of the February debut, Ruby is ecstatic to bring the magic to LEEDS, the birthplace of her drag odyssey!

“Prepare for uproarious stand-up comedy, outrageously campy performances, and captivating tales, all revolving around everyone's favourite subject: me” - Ruby DeLong

Indulge in cabaret-style seating with intervals to ensure you can drink the bar dry!

Free stand up comedy every Sunday evening at Boot & Rally, 7.30pm  presented by Leeds Comedy Project. 

From the award-winning theatre company Hambledon Productions (Just Like That! The Tommy Cooper Show, Steptoe and Son) comes the Godfather of all sitcoms, live on stage!

In 1954, comedian Tony Hancock burst onto the BBC with a comedy show unlike anything the British public had experienced before. Surrounded by a stellar cast including Carry On greats Sidney James, Hattie Jacques and Kenneth Williams, the series proved just as successful when it transferred to television.

Ian Stone will embark on his first UK national tour -“... about f***ing time” -  with a brand new show, ‘Ian Stone is Keeping it Together’

Ned Boulting returns again! But this time he’s 101 years too late for the 1923 Tour de France.

In his latest celebration of the greatest race on earth, Ned delves into the hidden mysteries of a roll of film from the 1923 Tour de France that fell into his possession during the Covid pandemic, and inspired his bestselling book 1923!

“The most feel-good show in town”****  (The Daily Mail) has spread nostalgia and laughter throughout the UK and has the seal of approval from Victoria’s very own school-chums and colleagues.

Featuring the star of BBC1’s ‘All Together Now’, Paulus The Cabaret Geek “King of Cabaret” (The Stage) with Michael Roulston (Fascinating Aïda) on piano, it is an evening of pure joy filled with Victoria’s best-loved songs, including the iconic ‘Ballad of Barry & Freda’ (Let’s Do It) and the classic ‘It Would Never Have Worked’.

A bi-monthly night of improvised comedy courtesy of Leeds’ very own award-winning improvised sketch group, The Discount Comedy Checkout. 

All the characters, scenarios, and situations are created using your suggestions.

'The comedy is creative and crude, quick and quirky, the performers commit completely to the games and create funny & fantastic characters at a moment’s notice.' -  ★★★★★ – Remotegoat