NEWS: Events @ Laurel’s

Image: Four Weddings & A Breakdown

Since opening in 2021, Whitley Bay’s fringe theatre and nightspot Laurel’s has swiftly become a magnet for artists and audiences looking for something a little different, with the venue playing host to off-the-wall comedy, quirky theatre productions and decidedly outside the mainstream productions.

This month Laurel’s has plenty to sink your teeth into, starting with Fesshole on Wednesday 12^th, in which Rob Manuel promises to bring “the internet’s naughtiest, funniest, cringiest confessions to the Bay”. The Club will be a long-running highlight throughout July (Tuesday 4^th–Saturday 22^nd), offering an immersive trip back to 1975 that vows to recreate the lively atmosphere of Club life. Comedian Stanley Brookes is at the venue on Wednesday 26^th to teach you how to be rich; whereas on Thursday 27^th-Friday 28^th The Merry Wives is a modern telling of the Bard’s play. Also on Thursday 27^th, Creepy Boys is described as “Oh Hello meets those twins from The Shining, meets My Super Sweet 16”, which is likely as bonkers as it sounds. Saturday 29^th sees another double bill of shows including A Slice Of Elvis, comedian Mike McAlpine’s hilarious escapades as an Elvis tribute artist, and comedian Phil Green’s midlife crisis influenced Four Weddings And A Breakdown. Finally, on Sunday 30^th, How To Survive And Thrive In An Impossible World – With A Piano is an interactive show with award-winning psychologist and songwriter Steve Bonham and composer and musician Chris ‘The Bishop’ Lydon.