Leicester Comedy Festival // Brighton Fringe // Rosemary Branch Theatre // Bristol Wardrobe Theatre // Oxford Library Theatre // Assembly Roxy: Snug

The Mayor and his Daughter are in crisis. The soul of their beloved village is in tatters, besieged by the demonic forces of modern Britain. But there’s a light in the darkness; when they discover a sacred tome - a box set of Russell Howard’s Good News (Series 2). They make it their mission to repair their fractured community with laughter.

A Genuine Appreciation of Comedy is a chaotic, meta, performance art mash-up of sketches, songs and occult rituals harvested from classic comedic tropes, reinvented in a unique style somewhat akin to The Krankies crossed with The Wicker Man. This timely exploration of Englishness in the current crisis of national identity will make you question the rules of sketch comedy like never before. Jokes and set ups that seem familiar are trampled, reversed over, resurrected and worshipped - with unpredictable and disturbing results (but crucially, in a fun way)

Directed by Joz Norris // Produced by Rosie Nicholls // Elf Lyons ISH Award Winning Tech Support from Alice Greening // PR from Flick Morris // Poster Design by Sam Nicoresti