A highlight of the last two Merlin season’s Fearg and New Old Friends (Crimes Against Christmas) are back hosting another all new evening of wonderful entertainment featuring the best in local and national comedy & music acts, plus maybe something just a little bit different. Previous nights have featured award winning stand-ups, stunning music, improvisation […]
Mark is back on tour in 2026 with Jest To Impress, a brand-new show packed with even more expertly crafted one-liners, alongside his trademark off-the-cuff jokes based on random audience suggestions. WINNER Dave’s Funniest Joke of the Fringe 2024 As Seen on Mock The Week, BT Sport and ITV, ‘Master of one-liners’ Mark Simmons had a groundbreaking 200+ date […]
Frome Comedy Club returns on Saturday 13th June! Get ready for a huge night of stand-up as a mixed-bill comedy night headlined by Russell Kane comes to town on Saturday 13th June 2026. Expect big laughs, electric energy, and a packed lineup of top-quality comedians, all performing live in one unforgettable evening. Headlining the show […]
Since winning the prestigious Channel 4 So You Think You’re Funny Award at the Edinburgh Festival in 1998, Rob Rouse has toured the world for the last 27 years! Fortunately, over a quarter of a century in ‘the biz’ hasn’t made him (me – obviously I’m writing this) in the slightest bit sensible, and he’s […]
Summer 2026, Miracle Theatre will bring their magical twist and love of laughter to the classic story of Peer Gynt. Young Peer is a lazy dreamer, who misinterprets Shakespeare’s advice “To thine own self be true” to mean “Look after number one”! He chases after riches and pleasure and lives a life of moral failure […]
Dirty Laundry returns to the Merlin for its biggest summer show yet – headlined by the unstoppable Diz Undone (formerly Dizraeli). Rapper, poet, producer, and multi-instrumentalist, Diz is “a genre of his own”. From his cult debut Engurland / City Shanties to the explosive Joy Machine, his work fuses hip-hop, post-punk, and jazz into something […]
On sale to Friends of Frome Festival Fri 15 May General on sale Sun 17 May A Special Gala Performance to celebrate the 25th Anniversary of the Frome Festival “King of Fools” is a new musical comedy written by former Frome Festival Director Martin Dimery in musical collaboration with Helen Turner, formerly of the Style Council and […]
Beloved as Neil the hippy from The Young Ones and a founding figure of the 80’s alternative comedy scene, Nigel brings his memoir ‘Young Once’ to life in a warm, sharply funny live show of storytelling. Full of dry wit, theatrical flair, and a knack for finding humour in both disaster and triumph, he offers […]
Step back in time to meet one of the UK’s most celebrated cult Television entertainers! Wacaday’s utterly brilliant, ‘Timmy Mallett’ will be joining us on Friday 10th July at Rook Lane Chapel, Frome. The evening will feature an intimate up close and personal event with an onstage live interview plus an audience Q&A hosted by […]
On sale to Friends of Frome Festival Fri 15 May General on sale Sun 17 May Multi-award winning ‘comic genius’ (The Scotsman) and the new star of Taskmaster (Ch4), Phil Ellis is going on his first full national stand-up tour. Following his three big award wins at the 2025 Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Phil presents his brand-new show […]
In this play, Shakespeare explores Love in all its guises. Four pairs of soulmates meet in the mysterious Forest of Arden. One pair leaps straight into bed. Another pair is instantaneously dumbstruck by each other’s beauty and pledges their undying troth. The third pair torment each other: he showers chaste love upon her, which she […]
Michael Spicer, the online sensation who brought you the award-winning viral hit The Room Next Door, brings another hilarious and brilliantly entertaining satirical stage show packed with sketches, short films and stories about why we’re witnessing such a gigantic political and global shitshow, featuring characters from his BBC Radio 4 show ‘No Room’ as well […]
