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Infrequent Bulletin – December 2023

Dear Friends of German Humour,

2024 is around the corner and we know what this means. Presumably at least one UK general election and more importantly: Germany hosting Euro 2024!

Watching Nationalmannschaft has never been more exciting. These days we can lose to absolutely anyone. Being the underdog at home to Scotland in the tournament’s opening game certainly is a totally new sensation.

Despite coming up against one of the worst German sides in living memory I feel sorry for the Tartan Army.

Having failed to qualify for Euro 1988 and World Cup 2006 the Jocks didn’t experience tourist-destination Germany at its glorious best, the time before our infrastructure packed in.

Next summer you’ll be hard pressed to spot much of a difference between the Scotrail train from Cumbernauld to Robroyston and the ICE from Munich to Cologne. They’ll both be heavily delayed or cancelled and you’re quicker walking. The main difference will be the quality of food and drink available on the platforms.

It’s got so bad the Swiss Federal Office of Transport has proposed stopping Deutsche Bahn trains from entering Switzerland because persistent delays often end up disrupting the carefully coordinated Swiss railway timetable. Jings, Crivvens, Help ma boab! What an embarrassment!

Whisper it but it’s almost time to retire the whole “people in Germany don’t swear because things work” shtick as these days it’s more wishful thinking than reality. Then again, never let the truth stand in the way of a good story.

Talking of good stories: I have had the first few previews of my new show Acid Wehn, an unbiased look at climate change. It’s a topic sure to delight British audiences. After all, everyone in Britain loves talking about the weather.* Rain or shine, all will be fine. Or maybe it won’t. Who knows?!

Have a great Christmas and a good start to 2024

Henning

* Luckily some stereotypes still hold true.

Please find below a list of upcoming gigs. More are being added all the time. It would be great to see you at one of those. The one I’m looking forward to most is January 10th at the Betsey. At 2.30pm on a random Wednesday. No idea if there’ll be any takers. If there’s only a handful of us, we just grab a table and have lunch. Win-win.


February 2025

13th - Leeds - City Varieties - SOLD OUT
14th - Leeds - City Varieties - SOLD OUT
15th - Leeds - City Varieties - SOLD OUT
20th - Kings Lynn - Corn Exchange - TICKETS
21st - Lincoln - Engine Shed - TICKETS
22nd - Leicester - De Montfort Hall - TICKETS
27th - Hayes - Beck Theatre (Due to recent change of management, we have been asked to move this date to 26th October 2025. All tickets bought for the February date will be valid for the October one. If for some reason you are unable to attend this new date please get in touch with the Beck box office. Looking forward to seeing you in October)
28th - Peterborough - The Cresset - TICKETS

March 2025

1st - Northampton - Derngate - TICKETS
2nd - High Wycombe - Swan - TICKETS
14th - Dunstable - The Grove - TICKETS
15th - Southend - Cliffs Pavilion - TICKETS
16th - Dartford - Orchard (Due to building works this show has had to be rescheduled. Customers who have already bought tickets will be contacted by the theatre. As soon as we have a new date it will be added to the website.)
21st - Whitley Bay - Playhouse - TICKETS
22nd - Whitley Bay - Playhouse - TICKETS
27th - Worthing - Pavilion - TICKETS
28th - Folkestone - Cliffs Pavilion - TICKETS
29th - Royal Tunbridge Wells - Assembly Hall - TICKETS

April 2025

3rd - Evesham - The Regal - SOLD OUT
4th - Swindon - Wyvern Theatre - TICKETS
5th - Swindon - Wyvern Theatre - TICKETS
11th - Bath - Forum - TICKETS
12th - Guildford - G Live - TICKETS
24th - Canterbury - Marlowe - SOLD OUT
25th - Crawley - Hawth - TICKETS
26th - Reading - Hexagon - TICKETS

May 2025

2nd - Ipswich - Regent Theatre - TICKETS
3rd - Cambridge - Corn Exchange - TICKETS
8th - Malvern - Festival Theatre - TICKETS
9th - Shrewsbury - Theatre Severn - TICKETS
10th - Shrewsbury - Theatre Severn - TICKETS
15th - Crewe - Lyceum - TICKETS
16th - Buxton - Opera House - TICKETS
17th - Salford - The Lowry - TICKETS
18th - Nottingham - Theatre Royal - TICKETS
22nd - Yeovil - Westlands - TICKETS
23rd - Weymouth - Pavilion - TICKETS
24th - Poole - Lighthouse - TICKETS

June 2025

6th - Portsmouth - Theatre Royal - TICKETS
7th - Portsmouth - Theatre Royal - TICKETS

September 2025

26th - New Brighton - Floral Pavilion - TICKETS
27th - Cheltenham - Town Hall - TICKETS
28th - Aldershot - Princes Hall - TICKETS

October 2025

2nd - Chatham - Central Hall - TICKETS
3rd - Brighton - Dome - TICKETS
4th - Ramsgate - Granville Theatre - TICKETS
8th - Stafford - Gatehouse - TICKETS
9th - Wrexham - William Aston Hall - TICKETS
10th - Leamington Spa - Royal Spa Centre - TICKETS
11th - Birmingham - Town Hall - TICKETS
24th - Basingstoke - The Anvil - TICKETS
25th - Cardiff - New Theatre - TICKETS
26th - Hayes - Beck Theatre - TICKETS

November 2025

6th - St Albans - Alban Arena - TICKETS
7th - Doncaster - The Cast - TICKETS
8th - Stockport - Plaza - TICKETS
13th - London - Palladium - TICKETS
14th - Aylesbury - Waterside - TICKETS
16th - Southampton - The Mayflower - TICKETS
27th - Newcastle - Tyne Theatre - TICKETS
29th - Middlesbrough - Town Hall - TICKETS
30th - Harrogate - Grand Hall - TICKETS

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