South London Previews Festival:
Sophie Duker & Rob Auton
Date: Mon 8th July 2024
Time: 7.15pm - 10pm
Members’ Price:
Standard: £11.20
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Join award-winning comedians Sophie Duker and Rob Auton in a comedy double bill as they work up their new shows ahead of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
About the Shows
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Hot comedy weirdo, Sophie Duker, hits Streatham to rustle up a new hour of comedy fire for 2024. What, like it's hard? All this race-baiter / big ol' freak needs is a working microphone, a tequila-based cocktail, and a captive audience - honey, that's you.
‘An incomparable stand-up voice of our time’ - Voice Magazine
‘Laugh-out loud funny’ - The Telegraph -
This is a show about eyes when they are open and eyes when they are shut. With this show I wanted to explore what I could do to myself and others with language when eyes are open and when they are shut. After writing ten shows on specific themes including the colour yellow in ‘The Yellow Show’, the sky in ‘The Sky Show’ and myself in ‘The Rob Auton Show’ I wanted to think about what makes me open my eyes and what makes me shut my eyes. The show will involve the audience shutting their eyes and opening their eyes at specific points. -Rob Auton
“A genuine original” - Guardian
“Brilliant” - Stewart Lee
“One of my absolute favourites” - Daniel Kitson
“Rob Auton is the mother freaking greatest” - James Acaster
About the Artists
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Sophie Duker is a comedian and writer whose favourite things include breaking hearts, taking names and telling jokes with the confidence of a cis straight middle-class white man. Her Edinburgh Fringe Show, Venus, saw her nominated for the Best Newcomer award and gained critical acclaim and five star reviews, leading to a two week sold out run at Soho Theatre.
Sophie is a regular guest on Frankie Boyle’s New World Order (BBC2). She has appeared on Live at The Apollo (BBC2), Mock the Week (BBC2), 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown (Channel 4) and Hypothetical (Dave). Sophie is the winner of the 13th series of Taskmaster (Channel 4).
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Rob Auton has written seven five star rated Edinburgh fringe shows, The Yellow Show, The Sky Show, The Face Show, The Water Show, The Sleep Show, The Hair Show, The Talk Show (the second best reviewed show at the Edinburgh Festival 2018) and The Time Show, which was one of the best reviewed shows at the Edinburgh Festival 2019. He then took The Time Show on a UK tour, which continues this autumn He has performed his unique brand of comedy on The Russell Howard Hour (Sky One) and on Rob Delaney’s Stand Up Central (Comedy Central). The latter set went viral on Facebook with 4.7m views and counting.
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Event Information
Duration: Show 1: 1 hour⎢30 min intermission⎢Show 2: 1 hour
Age Guidance: 14+
Please e-mail us ahead of the day to ensure we are aware of and can facilitate any access needs
Latecomers will not be admitted into the performance.
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