Fri 3rd 18:00 A Comedy Tapas (short spot) tickets

25th SEPTEMBER 2023

After the success of my shows in the Dundee Fringe, next up is Faversham Fringe where I will be performing Short Joke Teller on 7th October. The venue is The Mayor's Parlour in The Alexander Centre on Preston Street. You can buy tickets for that show here: Short Joke Teller (Faversham) tickets

28th AUGUST 2023

The Edinburgh Festival Fringe has come to an end for another year but there will be opportunities to catch more performances of my shows this autumn.

I will be taking both It Just So Happened and my solo show Richard Pulsford: Short Joke Teller to the Dundee Fringe on 17th September. You can buy tickets for these shows here: It Just So Happened (Dundee) and here: Short Joke Teller (Dundee)

My solo show will also be at The Faversham Fringe on 7th October. You can buy tickets for that show here: Short Joke Teller (Faversham) tickets

I will then take both shows to the Nottingham Comedy Festival on 3rd/4th November and you can buy tickets for these shows here: It Just So Happened (Nottingham) and here: Short Joke Teller (Nottingham)

29th JULY 2023

My show Short Joke Teller has been nominated for Best Stand-Up show at this year's Buxton Fringe. You can see the same show at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe at The Beehive Inn, Grassmarket every day from 4th to 27th August (not 16th) at 12:45pm. You can buy tickets for the show here Short Joke Teller

There is a 2 for 1 offer for both shows on Monday 7th and Tuesday 8th August.

16th JULY 2023

Tickets are on sale for my shows in this year's Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

It Just So Happened is on at the Hill Street Theatre every day from 4th to 12th August at 10:45am. You can buy tickets here It Just So Happened

Richard Pulsford: Short Joke Teller is on at The Beehive Inn, Grassmarket every day from 4th to 27th August (not 16th) at 12:45pm. You can buy tickets for that show here Short Joke Teller

There is a 2 for 1 offer for both shows on Monday 7th and Tuesday 8th August.

29th JUNE 2023

I have two more dates to add to my UK tour!
I will be appearing at the Duke Of Edinburgh in Barrow-in-Furness (15:20) and then the West End Playhouse in Morecambe (19:45) on Saturday 22nd July.
Tickets are £5 in advance or Pay What You Want. Tickets for the Morecambe show are now on sale and can be bought here: Link

26th JUNE 2023

I'm excited to announce an additional three performances of my stand-up show Short Joke Teller as part of my UK tour.
I will be appearing at the Alphabetti Theatre in Newcastle-upon-Tyne on Tuesday 25th, Wednesday 26th and Thursday 27th July.
Tickets for these shows go on sale from 10:30am tomorrow morning and can be bought here:
Short Joke Teller Newcastle tickets Link

17th JUNE 2023

I'm bringing both my shows to the Wandsworth Arts Fringe on Thursday 22nd June and then to Ludlow Fringe next weekend, on Saturday 24th and Sunday 25th June. Tickets for these shows can be bought here:
- It Just So Happened tickets in WAF (Thursday at 19:00) Link
- Short Joke Teller tickets in WAF (Thursday at 20:30) Link
- It Just So Happened tickets in Ludlow (Saturday at 18:00) Link
- Short Joke Teller tickets in Ludlow (Sunday at 16:30) Link

20th MAY 2023

I will be performing my solo stand-up comedy show Richard Pulsford: Short Joke Teller at the Holroyd Theatre near Oswestry on Thursday 8th June. The show starts at 20:30. It's reserved seating only in the theatre. Tickets for this special one-night-only performance are on sale and can be bought here Tickets

11th MAY 2023

Tickets have now gone on sale for It Just So Happened in the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2023. Shows will be at the Hill Street Theatre every day from 4th to 12th August at 10:45am. You can buy tickets here Tickets and there is a 2 for 1 offer on Monday 7th and Tuesday 8th August.

7th MAY 2023

Tickets are on sale for my tour shows at the Brighton Fringe on the weekend of 27/28th May 2023.
You can catch 'Richard Pulsford: Short joke teller' at the Rotunda Theatre's venue in Regency Square at 19:45 on Saturday 27th and at 15:15 and 19:45 on Sunday 28th Tickets and my comedy history podcast show It Just So Happened at The Toy and Model Museum on Saturday 27th at 17:30 Tickets

30th APRIL 2023

FURTHER TOUR DATES ADDED!

I'm bringing both my solo show and comedy history show to The Bedford pub in Balham as part of the Wandsworth Arts Fringe, on Thursday 22nd June. Tickets have just gone on sale and can be bought online here:
It Just So Happened tickets (at 19:00) Link
Short Joke Teller tickets (at 20:30) Link

22nd APRIL 2023

MORE TOUR DATES ADDED!

I'm bringing my solo show and comedy history show to Ludlow Fringe. It Just So Happened will be at the Ludlow Assembly Rooms on Saturday 24th June at 18:00 and Richard Pulsford: Short Joke Teller will be at The Chang Thai Bar on Sunday 25th June at 16:30.

Tickets have just gone on sale and can be bought online. Link to It Just So Happened tickets and Link to Short Joke Teller tickets

31st MARCH 2023

I'm very pleased to announce I will be returning to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe again this August, with my show 'Short Joke Teller', and back at my old haunt The Beehive Inn, in the Grassmarket.

My show will be at 12:45 every day between 4th and 27th August (16th excepted), with 2 for 1 tickets on 7th and 8th August.

Tickets have just gone on sale and can be bought online for £6.00 if you don't want to risk going Pay What You Want where the show might sell out. Link to EdFringe website

29th MARCH 2023

Tickets are now on sale for my solo stand-up show 'Richard Pulsford: Short Joke Teller' in this year's Buxton Fringe.

Performances are at the Rotunda Theatre on Friday 14th (19:45), Saturday 15th (16:45) and Sunday 16th July (16:45).

Tickets can be bought online. Tickets

3rd MARCH 2023

It's March already, and the Glasgow International Comedy Festival is fast approaching! I have two shows in this year's festival, both on Sunday 19th March:

- my comedy/history podcast show 'It Just So Happened' is at The Griffin Bar (Bath Street), from 1pm. Tickets
- my solo stand-up show 'Richard Pulsford: Short joke teller' is at McChuills (High Street), from 5pm. Tickets

28th JANUARY 2023

My diary is filling up fast for gigs at the Leicester Comedy Festival in a fortnight's time. Here are the places where you will be able to see me perform:-

Friday 10th February at 19:30 - Not the Tim Vine Show - a double-header with Chris 'Alf' Leworthy (PWYW), at LCB Depot Details / Bookings

Saturday 11th February at 12:00 - A Political Breakfast (guest spot), at Knight & Garter Tickets
Saturday 11th February at 21:45 - John's 30th Birthday Party, at Kayal Tickets

Sunday 12th February at 15:00 - AComedyTapas (guest spot), at Knight & Garter Tickets
Sunday 12th February at 17:30 - It Just So Happened - an alternative history show, at Wygston's House Tickets
I will also be appearing on Sunday evening in the Stand Up Sunday comedy night in Uppingham.

Monday 13th February is UK Pun Day! I'll be in the Radio Leicester studio between 2pm and 3pm to talk about today's UK Pun Championships. I will also be at this year's event, to hand over the trophy to this year's winner, at De Montfort Hall!

Tuesday 14th February at 21:00 - Richard Pulsford: Short joke teller (solo show) (PWYW), at Manhattan 34 Details / Bookings

30th DECEMBER 2022

I will be performing my new solo stand-up show at the Brighton Fringe on the weekend of 27/28th May 2023.
There will be three performances of 'Richard Pulsford: Short joke teller' (19:45 on Sat 27th and 15:15 and 19:45 on Sun 28th) at the Rotunda Theatre's venue in Regency Square, and tickets can be found here: Tickets

I will also be bringing my comedy history podcast show It Just So Happened back to The Toy and Model Museum. This show is on Saturday 27th May at 17:30, and tickets can be bought here: Tickets

8th DECEMBER 2022

I will be bringing my new 2023 solo stand-up show as well as It Just So Happened to the Glasgow International Comedy Festival next March. Both shows will be on Sunday 19th March.

Richard Pulsford: Short joke teller will be at McChuills (High Street) at 5pm. Tickets
It Just So Happened will be at The Griffin Bar (Bath Street) at 1pm. Tickets

19th NOVEMBER 2022

I have shows which I will be bringing to next year's Leicester Comedy Festival. My comedy history panel show 'It Just So Happened - an alternative history show', and which is recorded for podcast, will be returning to Wygston's House.

It will also be the first outing for my 2023 solo show, which is going to be called 'Richard Pulsford: Short joke teller'.

I will also be getting together with fellow one-liner comedian Chris 'Alf' Leworthy again to put on a double-header show called 'Not the Tim Vine show'.

The solo and double header shows are with Joke On Us so will be Free entry i.e. PWYW via the exit collection bucket / card reader. The history show is in association with Foxy Comedy and is ticketed.

Friday 10th February at 19:30 - Not the Tim Vine Show Details / Bookings
Sunday 12th February at 17:30 - It Just So Happened Details / Tickets
Tuesday 14th February at 21:00 - Richard Pulsford: Short joke teller Details / Bookings

3rd NOVEMBER 2022

If you're in Nottingham this weekend you can catch me in a number of different Nottingham Comedy Festival shows, all at The Playwright on Shakespeare Street. Each show is £5 (or pay £10 to watch three) except for the Sunday showcase which is only £3 per hour's show.

Sat 12:00 A Political Brunch (guest panellist) Tickets
Sat 18:00 Richard Pulsford: A Bit More Rich (solo show) Tickets
Sat 21:00 ukpunoff LIVE (guest panellist) Tickets
Sun 12:00 A Political Brunch (guest panellist) Tickets
Sun 15:00 Sunday showcase (spot) Tickets

I will also be performing at Augill Castle, Kirkby Stephen on Sunday evening if you're anywhere near there! Ticket details

12th OCTOBER 2022

Tickets are still available for my solo stand-up show at the Aberdeen International Comedy Festival on Saturday 15th October. Please note that the venue for the show has changed to Spin on Littlejohn Street. The show still starts at 17:00. Tickets

28th SEPTEMBER 2022

Tickets are on sale for my solo stand-up show at the Nottingham Comedy Festival on Saturday 5th November (21:00 at Playwright). Link
I'm also doing a double-header Lunchtime Laughs show with the excellent Paul McDaniel at The Glentanar on Holburn Street, at 12:00 on the same day.

15th SEPTEMBER 2022

Tickets are now on sale for my shows in Faversham Fringe, both of which are on Friday 28th October.
Solo show: Link
It Just So Happened: Link

10th SEPTEMBER 2022

Here's another festival I will be taking part in this autumn: Faversham Fringe (north Kent). I will be performing It Just So Happened and my solo comedy show on the evening of Friday 28th October.
Tickets will be £6.00 for each show and on sale soon.

4th SEPTEMBER 2022

I will be bringing my latest solo show to the Aberdeen International Comedy Festival next month.
The show will be at the Unit 51 venue on Carnegie's Brae at 5pm on Saturday 15th October.
Tickets are £7: Link

29th AUGUST 2022

The Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2022 has come to an end. It felt like really hard work this year with performing in over 100 shows (including 31 full shows of my own) but there were many rewards, not least receiving the 4-star review from Broadway Baby and getting in the Top Ten Jokes of the Fringe for the third year in a row. Audience reviews also mean a lot to me and there were some wonderful ones posted on the Fringe website and which I have included on the 'Reviews' page. Watch out for me appearing in at least two further festivals this autumn - announcements soon!

14th AUGUST 2022

My Edinburgh Festival Fringe 'Richard Pulsford: A Bit More Rich' has received a 4-star review from Broadway Baby.

"hit the mark more often than any decent comic should expect... Richard’s assured delivery and mastery of his material meant that the laughs kept coming... delivers fifty minutes of quick, original and funny jokes. Any audience will find plenty to laugh at and most will find a lot."

You have until 27th August to see the show!

Link to review: Broadway Baby review

29th JULY 2022

It's just one week away now! My Edinburgh Festival Fringe runs begin on Friday 5th August. My solo show 'Richard Pulsford: A Bit More Rich' runs until 27th August (not 14th) and my comedy/history podcast show 'It Just So Happened' is on until 13th August.

Ticket link: A Bit More Rich tickets

Ticket link: It Just So Happened tickets

16th JULY 2022

Announcement! I'm going to be performing my solo show A Bit More Rich at the Nottingham Comedy Festival in November! The show will be at Playwright on Saturday 5th November at 18:00. Tickets for the show are on sale now at a bargain price of just £5.00! Link: Nottingham

4th JULY 2022

I'm going to be performing my solo show A Bit More Rich twice at Buxton Fringe this year. Performances are at 21:00 on Saturday 23rd and 15:00 on Sunday 24th July at The Rotunda Theatre in The Pavilion Gardens. Tickets for the show are on sale now (£9.00 / £7.00 concessions)! Link: Buxton

22nd JUNE 2022

I will be performing my solo show A Bit More Rich at the Morecambe Fringe on Friday 22nd July (21:30). The venue is the West End Playhouse and tickets for the show are on sale now (£5.00 + booking fee)! Link: Morecambe

13th JUNE 2022

I am pleased to announce I will be returning to the Durham Fringe Festival this summer. I will be performing my solo stand-up show there at the Cafedral venue on Wednesday 27th July (22:15). Tickets for the show are on sale now! Link: Durham

Tickets are also still available online for my solo stand-up show at Hastings Fringe this Friday, 17th June. The venue is The Albion on George Street and the show starts at 19:30. Ticket link: Hastings

6th JUNE 2022

If you are in the Manchester area you can catch me performing my latest comedy show at The Ape and Apple in John Dalton St from 8pm on Wednesday 8th June. It's a Pay What You Want gig.

27th MAY 2022

Tickets are still available for both my shows at Brighton Fringe next week. There will be 5 performances of my solo stand-up show 'Richard Pulsford: A Bit More Rich' at The Rotunda Theatre in Regency Square between 2nd and 5th June and one performance of my history panel show 'It Just So Happened - an alternative history show' at The Toy and Model Museum on 5th June (the museum is located underneath the railway station in Trafalgar Street).

A Bit More Rich
It Just So Happened

19th APRIL 2022

Tickets are now on sale for my solo stand-up show at Hastings Fringe which will be at The Albion on George Street at 19:30 on Friday 17th June.

A Bit More Rich

14th APRIL 2022

Tickets are now on sale for 2 shows at the Derby Comedy Festival, my 2022 solo stand-up show A Bit More Rich and history panel show It Just So Happened.

A Bit More Rich
It Just So Happened

1st APRIL 2022

I am in the process of adding 2 more locations to my summer tour schedule. I'm looking forward to being able to announce these extra dates very soon.

16th MARCH 2022

Tickets are now on sale for both my shows in this year's Edinburgh Festival Fringe. My solo stand up show this year 'A Bit More Rich' is on from 5th to 27th August (at 20:10) and my history podcast show It Just So Happened will be on every day between 5th and 13th August (at 15:55). Both shows will be at theSpace venue in Surgeon's Hall on Nicolson Street. Links to the shows on the EdFringe website are below.
A Bit More Rich
It Just So Happened

2nd MARCH 2022

I will be performing my 2022 show A Bit More Rich in the Glasgow Comedy Festival on 13th March, at McChuills Bar on High Street.
Link

24th FEBRUARY 2022

I will be a guest on Channel 4's daily mgazine programme Steph's Packed Lunch tomorrow to talk about winning the UK Pun Championships and sharing some of my puns.

17th FEBRUARY 2022

Tickets for my solo stand-up comedy show at Brighton Fringe are now on sale. I will be performing my 2022 show A Bit More Rich at the Rotunda Theatre in Brighton between 2nd and 5th June.
Link

7th FEBRUARY 2022

I won the UK Pun Championships competition at the Leicester Comedy Festival this evening!
British Comedy Guide

31st JANUARY 2022

I'm appearing at a number of different shows in the Leicester Comedy Festival which opens on Wednesday. I am performing my solo show 'A Bit Rich', another It Just So Happened history podcast show and a double-header with Chris 'Alf' Leworthy, as well as taking part in The UK Pun Championships final and as a guest in a number of other shows. For full details see the 'Comedy Gigs' section.

24th JANUARY 2022

I have a short performance in Eddi Reader's Big Burns Supper which will be broadcast online tomorrow evening (starting at 19:00): Link

13th DECEMBER 2021

So last night I took part in the Scottish Comedian of the Year final and was voted runner-up by the panel of judges! I am very proud of this achievement! There is a review of the event in The Scotsman here: Review

10th DECEMBER 2021

I will be performing in the Scottish Comedian of the Year final this Sunday, 12th December at The Rotunda Comedy Club in Glasgow. Doors are open at 19:00 and the show gets underway at 20:00. Tickets: Link

6th DECEMBER 2021

Tickets are now on sale for shows at the Brighton Fringe in June 2022. I will be performing my new solo show 5 times at The Rotunda Theatre between 2nd and 5th June, as well as taking my history podcast show back to Brighton on Sunday 5th June. Tickets: Solo show link and Podcast link

26th NOVEMBER 2021

Today I can announce the launch of my very own joke book 'Richard Pulsford: The Punball Wizard', a book filled with over 600 of my very own original jokes. It is available for purchase now on Amazon Link

18th NOVEMBER 2021

Today is the launch day for the Leicester Comedy Festival 2022. I will be involved in at least 4 shows between 5th and 8th February.

'Rich and Alf', a double-header with Chris 'Alf' Leworthy at LCB Light Depot on Saturday 5th at 17:00 Link
'It Just So Happened' at Wygston's House on Sunday 6th at 17:30 Link
'The UK Pun Championships' at De Montfort Hall on Monday 7th at 19:00 Link
'A Bit Rich', my solo comedy show, at Manhattan 34 on Tuesday 8th at 20:00 Link

14th NOVEMBER 2021

Last night I took part in the first semi-final of the Scottish Comedian of the Year 2021 competition by performing a ten minutes set at The Blue Lamp in Aberdeen and was voted through to the final by the audience. Further details of the final to follow!

4th NOVEMBER 2021

Today is the launch of the Leicester Comedy Festival's book 'All Puns Blazing.' Featuring puns from a host of comedians on the circuit and new fewer than 60+ of my own jokes, the book will now be on sale in all good bookshops!

22nd OCTOBER 2021

Last night I took part in a heat of the Scottish Comedian of the Year 2021 competition at The Rotunda Comedy Club in Glasgow and won through to the semi-finals. Further details of which semi-final I am going to be in will be posted in due course!

21st AUGUST 2021

I have had one of my jokes selected for the (some guy called) Dave Top Ten Jokes of the Edinburgh Fringe 2021!

The joke was "I don't know what you call a small spillage from a pen but I have an inkling."
For further info see: Link

20th AUGUST 2021

I will be taking part in a showcase show on the BBC Festival stage on Tuesday 24th August at the High School Yards venue in Infirmary Street. The show starts at 6pm and you will need to book a ticket via the EdFringe website to watch.

25th JULY 2021

I can announce I am now able to perform a last-minute full run of my latest solo show Richard Pulsford: A Bit Rich, at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe with the Scottish Comedy Festival back at The Beehive Inn in the Grassmarket. Full Covid sanitisation and distancing rules are being adhered to in the venue with relaxation of some rules expected to be announced by the Scottish Government on 9th August and closing of the venue for 2 days to rearrange everything accordingly!

Tickets are already on sale via the EdFringe website for £5.00 which will guarantee you a seat at the show. See link for full details of dates and how to buy tickets: Link

21st JULY 2021

Tickets are now on sale for the 5-night run of my solo show Richard Pulsford: A Bit Rich, in Durham Fringe, starting on Wednesday 28th July and ending on Sunday 1st August (17:00 show start each day in Fabio's Bar, Saddler Street, Durham). Ticket link: Link

15th JULY 2021

You can catch my solo show in the Buxton Fringe at 20:00 on Friday 16th July at the URC in Hardwick Square. Tickets on the door!

And tickets are on sale online for the It Just So Happened show in Buxton Fringe at 18:30 on Saturday 17th July at the Green Man Gallery.
See: Link

27th JUNE 2021

I have had to withdraw from taking part in the Edinburgh Fringe Festival this year due to all the uncertainty surrounding distancing at events in Scotland. It's effectively a postponement until August 2022.

However I am now adding 5 nights to my England tour next month. I will be performing my new solo comedy show at the Durham First Fringe for 5 nights between 28th July and 1st August - so there will be further opportunities to see my shows on top of my appearances in Buxton, Guildford and Bedford. Tickets for the Durham shows are now on sale: Link to Durham tickets

3rd MAY 2021

I'm still unable to give any news on my participation in the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2021. The Scottish Government is being slow at informing the venues what they will and will not be allowed to do in August in terms of Covid restrictions and such decisions when they are made will have a huge impact on whether shows can go ahead or not. A bit of a frustrating time all round.

However I can announce that tickets are now on sale for 2 shows in England in July!

Firstly, my brand new solo show will be at The Guildford Fringe on Monday 19th July - tickets here: Link to Guildford tickets

And secondly, you can now get tickets for another edition of It Just So Happened will be at the Bedford Fringe on Friday 23rd July at The Quarry Theatre. Tickets here: Link to Bedford Fringe tickets

29th MARCH 2021

Fingers crossed I'll be back performing live sets in real venues from 1st July - watch this space, or the space marked 'Comedy Gigs.' Maybe this time round I really will be back with The Sunderland Comedy Project on Thursday 1st July in The Peacock Inn in Sunderland. In the meantime I will be trying my luck again at the NYC Punderdome online show from midnight on 7th April.

Link to Punderdome tickets

8th SEPTEMBER

My first live gig, actually in person, in the physical flesh, is now in the diary. I am due back with The Sunderland Comedy Project on Thursday 1st October. The venue is The Peacock in Sunerland. Doors open at 19:00.

Link to tickets

23rd AUGUST

The third in a series of It Just So Happened videocasts will be taking place live on Sunday 30th August at 14:00. It's free to watch / donations accepted.

Link to Ludlow Fringe

25th JULY

The second videocast for It Just So Happened is tomorrow, Sunday 26th July at 13:30. It's free to watch / donations accepted.

Link to Reading event

23rd JUNE

2 of the festival shows originally booked in for next month have survived the Covid-19 restrictions, albeit in a revised online format. It Just So Happened will be on in the Buxton Fringe on 18th July at 13:30 and in the Reading Fringe on 26th July, also at 13:30. Each show has its own unique panel and will concentrate on the place where the festival is based. Further information can be found via the links below.

Link to Buxton event

Link to Reading event

13th JUNE

I will be taking part in a 24 hour fundraising show for Diabetes UK over the weekend of 13/14th June. I'm performing in 2 slots, at 16:30 on Saturday 13th and at 10:30am on Sunday 14th, both of which will feature puns! Link to Diabetes UK event

29th APRIL

Obviously these have been unprecedented times for all of us these past few weeks and those of us who were working in the world of live comedy have of course had our lives turned upside down. Clubs are particularly badly affected - they rely on being open to sell tickets and drinks, and operate in a way which totally goes against the concept of social distancing. It is going to be very hard to reopen under the so-called 'new normal' expectations.

However, ever-innovative and optimistic, comedians, promoters and comedy clubs have been experimenting with ways of getting comedy to people directly through online means, much like the way TV and radio have had to adapt, in what is now an existential fight for financial survival. Some may thrive and survive but many may not. Those that do nothing will not.

Anyway, The Stand Comedy Club is doing its best to provide some light relief in these sobering times by recording and uploading free online content. Their next 'Saturday Night Live at The Stand' will be shown on Saturday 2nd May from 8:30pm. And yours truly has recorded some one liners which may be used in the show... Enjoy! Link to Saturday Night Live at The Stand

18th MARCH

All my gigs for the foreseeable future have been either cancelled or postponed in response to the health advice given by the government in relation to social and non-essential gatherings. Where tickets have already been purchased for shows these will be refunded in full, with the exception of Brighton Fringe which is looking to reschedule.

25th FEBRUARY

I'm running 2 shows in the Glasgow Comedy Festival next month, both on Thursday 26th March at DRAM on Woodlands Road.

Showcase show '5 Fifers for a Fiver' (also including Ross Leslie, Iain Hume and Graeme Lees), follows on from my solo stand-up comedy show 'Richard Pulsford: Roll Up for the Smirking Break' (also not including anyone else).

You can get your tickets here: Smirking Break (19:00) Tickets (£7.00 / £6.00) and 5 Fifers (20:15) Tickets (£5.00)

16th FEBRUARY

There's the admin still to do yet but I can announce a return to Buxton Fringe this year for all 3 main shows, back at the Rotunda Theatre.
It Just So Happened and my latest solo 'A Bit Rich' will be performed on Saturday 18th July and spoken word show Conflict of Interest will be performed on Sunday 19th July. Further details to follow.

24th JANUARY

Tickets are shifting nicely for my shows in the Leicester Comedy Festival next month. Here are links to tickets for each of the events:

1. Fri 7th February at 17:30 - It Just So Happened - history podcast recording (1) at King Richard III Centre, 4A St Martins, LE1 5DB Tickets (£5.00 / PWYW)
2. Fri 7th February at 20:30 - Double header show: Alf and Rich at King Richard III Centre, 4A St Martins, LE1 5DB Tickets (£5.00 / PWYW)
3. Sat 8th February at 20:30 - Solo show: Roll Up for the Smirking Break at LCB Depot Courtyard, 31 Rutland St, LE1 1RE Tickets (£5.00 / PWYW)
4. Tue 11th February at 19:00 - It Just So Happened - history podcast recording (2) at Wygston's House, 12 Applegate, LE1 5LD Tickets (£5.00 / PWYW)

20th DECEMBER

It has just been announced that I have been chosen as one of the UK Pun Championships 2020 finalists at the Leicester Comedy Festival in February.
This prestigious annual event takes place in the 800-seater De Montfort Hall in Leicester, and is always sold out. This year it will be on Monday 10th February.
I was a finalist in each of the first 4 years of the competition, 2014 to 2017, coming runner-up in 2016. This will see my return after 2 years out.
Tickets for the event can be purchased here: Tickets

16th DECEMBER

Tickets are now on sale for my shows at the Brighton Fringe on 3rd May 2020.
Solo show 'A Bit Rich' at The Caxton Arms: Tickets
History podcast recording 'It Just So Happened' at the Brighton Toy and Model Museum: Tickets

7th DECEMBER

I can announce I have 2 shows booked in with the Brighton Fringe next year. My solo show from the spring of 2020 will be called 'A Bit Rich' and will be performed first at The Caxton Arms, a venue close to Brighton Station on 3rd May. And there will be another edition of It Just So Happened in Brighton in the same festival. This will be at the Brighton Toy and Model Museum on the same evening.

24th NOVEMBER

My joke which made the Top Ten Jokes of the Edinburgh Fringe earlier this year has been included in The Mirror's top gags list of 2019. Link

22nd NOVEMBER

Here's another plug for the alternative history podcast I host, It Just So Happened as the 12th episode has now been uploaded and published. This episode is the first of three from the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in August and features Matt Duwell, Nav Chima, Dylan Dodds and Louise Leigh on the panel.

It Just So Happened: Episode 012

7th NOVEMBER

A reminder that this weekend I am performing 2 shows in the Nottingham Comedy Festival: Roll Up for the Smirking Break and It Just So Happened, both at The Castle pub on Sunday 10th November.

Roll Up for the Smirking Break tickets (16:30): Roll Up for the Smirking Break (£5.00/PWYW)
It Just So Happened tickets (18:00): It Just So Happened (£5.00/PWYW)

30th OCTOBER

The Leicester Comedy Festival 2020 has officially launched today. I will be performing / organising 4 hour-long shows in the Festival, in early February.

Roll Up for the Smirking Break, complete with new jokes, will be on Saturday 8th February at LCB Depot (20:30): Roll Up for the Smirking Break
There will be 2 It Just So Happened shows, on Friday 7th at the King Richard III Centre (17:30): It Just So Happened and on Tuesday 11th at Wygston's House (19:00): It Just So Happened 2
And I will be doing another double-header show with Alf the Prop Comic, on Friday 7th February at the King Richard III Centre (20:30): Alf and Rich
All tickets will be £5.00 in advance (except for my solo show which is non-ticketed) or Pay What You Want at the venue, if not sold out.

25th OCTOBER

Tomorrow will be the last scheduled edition of my spoken word talk Conflict of Interest, at least for 2019. It'll be taking place at 11:30 in my home town of Burntisland as part of the AGM of the Museum of Communication, which is in the High Street. Tickets £5.00 on the door.

23rd OCTOBER

I am putting on 2 shows in the Nottingham Comedy Festival next month. Roll Up for the Smirking Break and It Just So Happened, both at The Castle pub on Sunday 10th November. Both shows are ticketed (£5.00).

Roll Up for the Smirking Break tickets (16:30): Roll Up for the Smirking Break
It Just So Happened tickets (18:00): It Just So Happened

8th OCTOBER

My first festival solo show performance for 2020 is now booked in. The latest show will be in the Glasgow Comedy Festival at Dram! on Woodlands Road on Thursday 26th March. Although going by this year's show name of 'Richard Pulsford: Roll Up for the Smirking Break' the show will include a raft of new jokes for 2020! Tickets are already on sale: Glasgow solo show tickets

26th SEPTEMBER

Tune in to the latest episode of The Good, The Bad and The Unexpected on BBC Radio Scotland to hear me telling some of my one liners. The show will be broadcast on Friday 27th September at 13:30 and repeated on Saturday 28th September at 11:00. The guest panellists are Fred MacAulay, Jojo Sutherland and Gareth Waugh, and I perform 3 guest spots in the show.

20th SEPTEMBER

The latest episode of It Just So Happened is now available. It was recorded at the Bedford Fringe on 22nd July with guest panellists Simon Munnery, John Rands, Paul Kerr and Ben Aveling.
It Just So Happened

19th AUGUST

I'm 2 weeks in to my 3 week run at The Edinburgh Festival Fringe. I've just received the news that one of the jokes in my show was nominated for Dave's Best Joke of the Fringe. It came in at no.8 in the public poll: "After learning 6 hours of learning basic semaphore, I was flagging."

26th JULY

The Edinburgh Festival Fringe is getting underway next Friday. I will be performing 2 show runs at The Beehive Inn, Grassmarket.

Roll Up for the Smirking Break is on at 12:30 every day (except 14th) until 25th August.
It Just So Happened will be every Tuesday at 16:00 (so on 6th, 13th and 20th August).

Tickets for both shows can be bought via the Scottish Comedy Festival website:
Roll Up
It Just So Happened

17th JULY

I will be taking my alternative history show to a number of festivals over the next week and a half. Each show is completely different, based on the date of each show and the location in which it takes place. Each show will be recorded and released on the It Just So Happened podcast over the next few months. Tickets for all shows can be bought online:

Fri 19th July, 20:30 at Alt-Space, 21c Yorkshire Street, MORECAMBE LA3 1QE - show tickets It Just So Happened - Morecambe Fringe Tickets (PWYW)
Sun 21st July, 13:30 at The Rotunda Theatre, Pavilion Gardens, BUXTON SK17 6BE It Just So Happened - Buxton Fringe Tickets (£9.00)
Mon 22nd July, 19:30 at The Quarry Studio Theatre, 26 St Peter's St, BEDFORD MK40 2NN It Just So Happened - Bedfringe Tickets (£10.00 / £8.00)
Wed 24th July, 19:30 at The Star Inn, Quarry Street, GUILDFORD GU1 3TY It Just So Happened - Guildford Festival Fringe Tickets (£8.00)
Thu 25th July, 19:30 at The Three Guineas, Station Road, READING RG1 1LY It Just So Happened - Reading Tickets (£8.00)
Sun 28th July, 18:00 at 41 Monkgate, YORK YO31 7PB It Just So Happened - York Tickets (£8.00 / £7.00)

12th JULY

I have 2 shows booked in for the Nottingham Comedy Festival in November. I will be performing Roll Up for the Smirking Break and hosting It Just So Happened at The Castle pub on 10th November. Tickets for both shows are now online:
Smirking Break Nottingham Tickets
It Just So Happened Nottingham Tickets

18th JUNE

I am performing 4 shows at 2 festivals this weekend. There'll be Roll Up for the Smirking Break at the Telford Fringe on Friday night, at the Elephant and Castle, High St, Dawley TF4 2ET, starting at 20:00. Tickets are £5 on the door or £4 in advance, which is for a double bill of my own show and Laura Monmoth's. Tickets from:
Smirking Break Telford Tickets

Then I am performing at the Ludlow Fringe: Conflict of Interest at 12:00 and Roll Up for the Smirking Break at 17:00 on Saturday 22nd and It Just So Happened on Sunday 23rd. All shows will be in The Sitting Room at The Blue Boar, tickets at £8.00. Tickets from:
Conflict of Interest Ludlow Tickets
Smirking Break Ludlow Tickets
It Just So Happened Ludlow Tickets

2nd JUNE

There's one more Fringe preview to go before the summer Festival season gets underway - I'll be sharing the bill with Susie McCabe at The Old Toll Bar on Paisley Road West in Glasgow on Thursday 6th June.

21st MAY

It's been over 3 months since I performed this year's stand-up solo show, Roll Up for the Smirking Break, at the Leicester Comedy Festival. But it's time to dust it down again as we are about to enter 'Fringe preview' season and then the many festivals over the summer.

The first of these preview shows will be in Inverness on Friday (24th May) and Kinghorn (Fife) on Sunday (26th May). Full details are under the 'Comedy Show Tour' section.

15th MAY

I will be performing a full run of my latest solo show at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe again this summer. I'll be back at the middle room in the Beehive Inn in the Grassmarket with Roll Up for the Smirking Break between 2nd and 25th August (except on the 14th). As in previous years, it will be a lunchtime show, starting at 12:30, and is part of the Scottish Comedy Festival programme.

Tickets are on sale via the Fringe website which will guarantee you a seat, and a good one at that, for £5.00 : Roll Up for the Smirking Break tickets or you can take a chance with getting a seat, or a stool, and just Pay What You Want at the end of the show.

11th MAY

Tickets are now on sale for It Just So Happened at the Reading Fringe on 25th July. Further information and ticket purchases here: It Just So Happened

30th APRIL

I'm making my first trip to the Brighton Fringe this weekend, where I will be performing my spoken word show Conflict of Interest and my alternative history podcast recording of It Just So Happened.

Both shows are with Sweet at their Werks 2 venue in Middle Street. Conflict of Interest is at 14:15 on Friday, Saturday and Sunday Conflict of Interest
and It Just So Happened is at 11:35 on Saturday and Sunday It Just So Happened

Although there will be two history shows in Brighton they will have completely different panels on each day and material based on the date of the show, as well as covering different topics on Brighton's history.

25th APRIL

I have just been invited to take part in the Droitwich Comedy Festival so will be taking both my solo show and It Just So Happened there on Sunday 9th June. Tickets will be £5.00 in advance and can already be purchased online:
Roll Up for the Smirking Break
It Just So Happened

21st APRIL

Tickets are now on sale for all 3 shows I am performing at the Ludlow Fringe in June. Roll Up for the Smirking Break and Conflict of Interest will be on Saturday 22nd June, and It Just So Happened on Sunday 23rd June. All tickets are £8.00.

Links to the shows are here:
Roll Up for the Smirking Break
Conflict of Interest
It Just So Happened

18th APRIL

Tickets have just gone on sale for my 2 Edinburgh Festival Fringe shows Roll Up for the Smirking Break and It Just So Happened. These are for £5 advance tickets which reserve and guarantee a seat. Links to the shows on the festival's website are here: Roll Up for the Smirking Break
It Just So Happened

16th APRIL

It Just So Happened has been accepted into the Great Yorkshire Fringe which takes place in York. The show will be at 6pm on Sunday 28th July and tickets have just gone on sale for the show: It Just So Happened

11th APRIL

Tickets for It Just So Happened at The Bedford Festival Fringe have just gone on sale - just click on the link here It Just So Happened
Tickets are also now on sale for the same show in The Guildford Fringe Festival It Just So Happened
And for my solo show at The Guildford Fringe Festival Roll Up for the Smirking Break

5th APRIL

I am adding the Bedford Fringe to my July tour. On Monday 22nd July I will host the alternative history podcast show It Just So Happened in The Studio Theatre in Bedford. Further details will follow.

2nd APRIL

I can announce 3 shows I'll be taking to this year's Ludlow Fringe. This will be straight after my solo stand-up show at the Telford Fringe on 21st June.
So on Saturday 22nd June I will present Conflict of Interest and my stand-up show, Roll Up for the Smirking Break, and on Sunday 23rd June I will host the alternative history podcast show It Just So Happened. All 3 shows in Ludlow will take place in the Sitting Room venue which is at the Blue Boar pub. Further details tbc.

29th MARCH

I'm happy to announce I will be returning to the Reading Fringe this year. So in July I will be taking my alternative history show It Just So Happened to The Three Guineas venue at the railway station on Thursday 25th July. Further details tbc.

23rd MARCH

The second edition of my alternative history show It Just So Happened will be taking place on Tuesday night at The Iron Horse pub in Glasgow as part of the Glasgow Comedy Festival. Guests on the panel for this show include Matt Duwell and Vladimir McTavish. The start time will be 7:45pm, and tickets can be bought in advance here: It Just So Happened

18th MARCH

The showcase show I run for Fife stand-up acts '5 Fifers for a Fiver' will be at the Glasgow Comedy Festival on Wednesday evening, 20th March. The show will be at The Iron Horse on West Nile Street with a start time of 7:45pm. Tickets can be bought in advance here: 5 Fifers for a Fiver

14th MARCH

My solo stand-up comedy show is at the Glasgow Comedy Festival tomorrow evening, 15th March. Richard Pulsford: Uns-Pun is at the Mango venue in Sauchiehall Street and starts at 7pm. Tickets can be bought in advance here: Solo show Uns-Pun

10th MARCH

I've added another date to by summer tour: The Bedford Fringe, also known as the 'Bedfringe', which will be hosting my alternative history show It Just So Happened on Monday 22nd July. Further details to follow.

6th MARCH

I've moved my date at the Telford Fringe forward to Friday 21st June. This is so I can combine the show there with a trip the same weekend (Saturday and Sunday) to perform at the Ludlow Fringe. It's exciting to get a repeat booking at this festival after performing there last year and it looks as if I will be able to fit in performances of Conflict of Interest, my solo stand-up comedy show and then the alternative history panel show It Just So Happened. Watch this space!

1st MARCH

I'm pleased to announce 2 further tour shows this summer. It's going to be a return to the Guildford Fringe, for Conflict of Interest and It Just So Happened, both on Wednesday 24th July. Further details will follow.

24th FEBRUARY

I'm pleased to announce 3 dates at the Buxton Fringe this year. The Fringe is celebrating its 40th year, while I will be back for the 3rd year running, at The Rotunda Theatre, which is a super pop-up dome-shaped theatre space in the Pavilion Gardens. I will be performing my solo show there on Saturday 20th July, as well as my WW1 talk Conflict of Interest earlier the same day.

Alternative history podcast It Just So Happened will run in the Rotunda on the Sunday lunchtime (21st July). Further details of who the guest panellists will be will be shared as they are booked in.

21st FEBRUARY

I can announce another tour date for my solo comedy show Roll Up for The Smirking Break, which will be coming to the Telford Fringe on Friday 5th July at The Elephant and Castle pub, Dawley (Telford).

19th FEBRUARY

The audio recording of the alternative history show It Just So Happened which took place at the Leicester Comedy Festival on 10th February is now on SoundCloud: It Just So Happened
The show was in Wygston's House and the panellists were Kevin Hudson, Adham Fisher, Jack Topher and Ben Ennis.

5th FEBRUARY

The Leicester Comedy Festival is starting right now, and I'll be there from Friday, so if you want to catch me at some point in Leicester over the next week here's a summary of what I will be doing:-
Friday 8th (19:00) - Alf and Rich: One Liners (double header), at O'Neills (Loseby Lane)
Sunday 10th (14:30) - A Punchline Hour (guest, one liners), at Grays at LCB Depot (Rutland St)
Sunday 10th (18:30) - It Just So Happened (alternative history comedy show), at Wygston's House (Applegate)
Monday 11th (13:30) - Conflict of Interest (Spoken Word), at Attenborough Building room 001 (University Rd)
Tuesday 12th (13:00) - Outermission radio broadcast (host), at the LCB Depot (Rutland St)
Tuesday 12th (19:45) - A Punchline Hour (guest, one liners), at Manhattan 34 (Rutland St)
Tuesday 12th (21:15) - Roll Up for the Smirking Break (solo comedy show), The Exchange Bar (Rutland St)

2nd FEBRUARY

My brand new solo show has its premiere at The Leicester Comedy Festival in just 10 days. Roll Up for the Smirking Break is a Pay What You Want show at The Exchange Bar (Rutland St), at 21:15 on Tuesday 12th February.

25th JANUARY

I will be hosting a brand new history-themed comedy show at the Leicester Comedy Festival on Sunday 10th February at Wygston's House, Loseby Lane. The show is called It Just So Happened - an alternative history show and features 4 local-based panellists delivering stand-up sets on events and people from 10th February in years gone by, then having an improvised discussion on all things historical and Leicester. I'm guessing Richard III may get a mention!

The show start at 18:30 and tickets are priced £5 or Pay What You Want. A link to the Festival website is here: It Just So Happened show

The show will also be recorded for podcast.

22nd JANUARY

I will be co-hosting a Demon FM radio show at the Leicester Comedy Festival on Tuesday 12th February, between 1 and 2pm. The show is being run by the Outermission Radio team and will be broadcast from the LCB Depot venue.

18th JANUARY

A Glasgow Comedy Festival preview show has been announced, organised by Jest Below at Mango on Sauchiehall Street on Saturday 9th March. I will be appearing along with 11 other acts all doing short sets, with the show starting at 8pm. The full line-up to be announced soon, with a link to appear on the Festival's website.

My own show will be at the same venue on Friday 15th March at 7pm. Tickets here: Solo show Uns-Pun

16th JANUARY

Here's another date for my spoken word show Conflict of Interest - which coincides with the Leicester Comedy Festival. I'll be speaking at the University of Leicester from 13:30 on Monday 11th February, in room 001 of the Attenborough Building, which hosts arts and humanities faculties. This talk will be free entry.

14th JANUARY

I'll be taking my spoken word show Conflict of Interest to the Morecambe Fringe on 17th March in the first of a number of tour dates for 2019. Further details on timing and ticketing for this event will follow but it will take place in the Fringe's Alt-Space venue.

13th JANUARY

The Glasgow Comedy Festival has been officially launched and tickets are now on sale for the 3 shows I'm running.

I'll be performing a solo show this year at Mango on Sauchiehall Street on Friday 15th March, as well as the showcase of Fife acts 5 Fifers for a Fiver (on Wednesday 20th) and my new alternative history show It Just So Happened (on Tuesday 26th). These other shows will be performed at The Iron Horse on West Nile Street.

Tickets for all the shows can be bought via these links:
Solo show Uns-Pun
5 Fifers for a Fiver
It Just So Happened

7th JANUARY

My first solo show of the year will be at The Leicester Comedy Festival. Called 'Roll Up for the Smirking Break' it'll be the usual mixture of one liners, short jokes and puns, but with plenty of new and updated material and a new feature using background visuals.

It's at The Exchange Bar (downstairs) on Rutland Street on Tuesday 12th February, and the show starts at 21:15.

It's a 'Jokes On Us' production, is free entry (bucket donation) / Pay What You Want, and further details are on the Festival website here: Smirking Break

4th JANUARY

I'm performing for two nights at Yesbar in Glasgow this weekend, on Friday and Saturday night, as the opening act.
Tickets are £10, or £20 if including a three-course dinner, and can be bought here: Friday's show and here: Saturday's show

24th DECEMBER

I'm adding a couple of shows to my schedule for the Leicester Comedy Festival in February. I'll be doing a guest spot in A Punchline Hour! on Sunday 10th (14:30) at Grays@LCB Depot and in a further show under the same title on Tuesday 12th (19:45) at Manhattan 34.

The shows are free entry, and further details can be found on the Festival's website here: A Punchline Hour

19th DECEMBER

'Alf' who is the prop comic performing the double header show with me at the Leicester Comedy Festival on Friday 8th February 2019 has just been selected to take part in the UK Pun Championships, which next year takes place on Monday 11th February. So you can get a special preview of his act at O'Neill's on the Friday (from 7pm)!

Tickets are £5 in advance or Pay What You Want on the night. They can be bought from the Festival's website here: Alf and Rich tickets

14th DECEMBER

I'll be performing an updated version of my latest solo show at the Leicester Comedy Festival on Tuesday 12th February (9:15pm start) called 'Richard Pulsford: Roll Up for the Smirking Break'. I'll be performing the show back at The Exchange Bar, the venue I performed in in the Festival in 2015. Tickets are 'Pay What You Want' - see the Festival's website for further details: Smirking Break tickets

7th DECEMBER

I'll be performing a double header show at the Leicester Comedy Festival with the talented Chris Leworthy, a prop and one liner comic from Devon who appeared on Britain's Got Talent last year. We've called our show 'Alf and Rich' and we'll be using the hashtag #AlfAndRich on Twitter to promote the show.

Alf and Rich is on at O'Neill's on Friday 8th February (7pm start) and tickets (£5 / Pay What You Want) can be bought from the Festival's website here: Alf and Rich tickets

3rd DECEMBER

I'll be performing a short set at Dragonfly, West Port in Edinburgh on Wednesday evening. The 'Comedy Knights' show starts at 20:00 and tickets are £5 for advance entry to guarantee a reserved seat.
Comedy Knights tickets

6th NOVEMBER

I'll be taking my solo show 'Uns-Pun' for one last outing next March, as part of the Glasgow Comedy Festival 2019. It'll be in a new venue for me, 'Mango', which hosts events throughout the year, and can be found on Sauchiehall Street. My show will be at 7pm on Friday 15th March and I'll provide ticket links when these have been published on the Festival programme's website.

1st NOVEMBER

I'll be doing a spot at Bearfoot Comedy in Edinburgh tomorrow. The evening of comedy is at The Merlin on Morningside Road and it kicks off at 8pm. It's a very strong line-up which also includes Keir McAllister, Ro Campbell, Jamie Dalgleish and Ben Verth.

Tickets are £10.00 and can be bought online here: Bearfoot Comedy tickets

8th OCTOBER

The deadline has passed for applications to enter shows into the Leicester Comedy Festival in February of next year. I submitted mine before the deadline which means I'll be taking part in the Festival between 8th and 12th February.

I'll have a new solo show which I'll be taking to The Exchange Bar on Tuesday 12th February under the Jokes On Us banner, so will be a Free or Pay What You Want show. Further details of my full involvement in the Festival will follow nearer the time.

28th SEPTEMBER

I'm returning to the Comedy Lounge in Hull next Saturday evening. Also on the bill will be Carl Jones (very funny... a likeable comic - Chortle), Kieran Lawless (star of Irish TV Channel RTE) and Steffen Peddie ('Big Keith' in Hebburn). Tickets are £12 and can be bought here: Hull Tickets

11th SEPTEMBER

My spoken word show has been booked again for later in the year, and this time it's in the library in the town which features heavily in the show - the Yorkshire seaside town of Scarborough. It will be at 11:00 on Saturday 24th November. Tickets can be sourced via the venue, and will be priced at £5.00.

29th AUGUST

If you missed my comedy show Uns-Pun during the Edinburgh Fringe there will be another chance to see it in the Outwith Festival in Dunfermline on Wednesday 5th September. It will be performed in the British Legion at 7pm. Tickets are just £5.00 and can be bought online here: Uns-Pun tickets

20th AUGUST

So we are into the final week of the Edinburgh Fringe. You have until Sunday to see 'Richard Pulsford: Uns-Pun' and/or 'Conflict of Interest'.

15th AUGUST

'Conflict of Interest' is recommended by FringeReview in this 'War at the Fringe' article: War at the Fringe

13th AUGUST

After taking a scheduled day off today, I'll be resuming the second half of my run at the Edinburgh Fringe tomorrow. Both my stand-up show 'Richard Pulsford: Uns-Pun' and my spoken word show 'Conflict of Interest' will be on daily until 26th August.

5th AUGUST

There are two '2 for 1' days at the Edinburgh Fringe on Monday and Tuesday, and you can take advantage of this offer on tickets for Conflict of Interest.
Ed Fringe link

30th JULY

If you're looking for some lunchtime comedy at the Edinburgh Fringe then come and see my stand-up show Uns-Pun! It's on every day from Friday up until the 26th August at 12:30 at The Beehive Inn, Grassmarket (venue 178). No pre-booking required, just 'Pay What You Want' into the bucket at the end.
Ed Fringe link

28th JULY

It's less than one week to go until my first show at this year's Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
My 2018 spoken word show 'Conflict of Interest' starts on Thursday 2nd August. It's at the Sweet Novotel 2 venue and starts at 15:00.
Tickets can be bought here: Tickets

25th JULY

As the Reading Festival Fringe gets well and truly underway there is an opportunity to see Conflict of Interest tomorrow night at the Penta Hotel venue (from 8pm). The performance has been getting a very positive reception as I've started touring it around a number of different festivals this month, and this is a one-off opportunity to see it in Reading.
Tickets can be bought here: Tickets

23rd JULY

It's my spoken word show Conflict of Interest at the Star Inn in the Guildford Fringe Festival tonight at 9pm.
Tickets can be bought here: Conflict of Interest tickets

Tomorrow night I'll be performing my comedy show Uns-Pun at 17:30 at the Keep pub in the same festival!
Tickets for that one are here: Uns-Pun tickets

15th JULY

I will be performing my spoken word show Conflict of Interest at the Reading Festival Fringe on Thursday 26th July.
Tickets can be bought here: Tickets

10th JULY

Tickets are selling steadily for my new spoken word show Conflict of Interest at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe next month. It's on at one of the Sweet venues, Novotel 2, which is a hotel behind the Grassmarket and down from the BBC base on Lauriston Place, at 15:00 each day from the 2nd to the 26th August (except for the 13th).

In the show, I describe the extensive research which I undertook to find out the stories of two of my great uncles who died on active service in 1918, and uncover aspects of the First World War which have often received too little attention. Tickets can be bought here: Tickets

8th JULY

If you are in the Lancashire area, I will be taking Uns-Pun to the Morecambe Comedy Festival next Saturday, 14th July. It's a 'Pay what you want' show at The Exchange pub, and it starts at 17:50 precisely!

2nd JULY

I will be performing another run out of my Fringe comedy show Uns-Pun tomorrow night, at JnkYrd in Hamilton. It won't start until AFTER the World Cup football match between England and Colombia! The evening will also be a double bill with comedian Obie.

29th JUNE

It's time for the UK premiere of spoken word show Conflict of Interest, tomorrow at The Ludlow Fringe. It's on at The Blue Boar at 14:00. This will be followed by comedy show Uns-Pun in the same venue at 21:00.

15th JUNE

I'm doing my first 'Edinburgh preview' of 2018 next Friday (22nd June) in Leicester. It's at The Upstairs at The Western, 'Leicester's Pub Theatre', on Western Road, and the show starts at 8pm. Tickets are £5.00 and they can be bought online here: The Western preview

26th MAY

My new spoken word show 'Conflict of Interest' opened at The Prague Fringe last night. It's a show to mark the 100th anniversary of the end of the First World War, revealing the journey I have taken as I have researched my family tree and found out the stories of relatives who fought and died in that conflict - on both sides. I'll be performing the show again tonight, and on Sunday and Monday, at the lovely venue in The Museum of Alchemists. I'll also be taking this show to many different UK Festivals from June right through to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in August.

23rd MAY

BREAKING NEWS: I'm adding another date to my Uns-Pun tour. I'll be performing at the Morecambe Comedy Festival, on Saturday 14th July. Details to follow.

5th MAY

I can now publish full summer tour details for my Uns-Pun show. I'll be visiting festivals in Ludlow, Hamilton, Buxton, Guildford and Edinburgh. Further details are now on the Comedy Show Tour page including links to the relevant Festival websites and ticketing where required. Details have yet to be uploaded to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe website. I'm hoping you can make it to one of the show dates this summer. If you can't, there may still be a couple more festival performances to add, so watch this space!

28th APRIL

I'm still adding more festival dates on to my summer tour. I've been finalising details with a couple more festivals this past week. Hopefully I'll be coming to a town near you! Full details will be published as soon as everything is confirmed and the embargoes on advertising the events are lifted.

19th APRIL

I'm appearing at the Comedy Lounge in Hull on Saturday evening. It's likely to be the last club gig I perform before my tour starts later in the Spring. The event starts at 19:30. Also on the bill will be Chris Brooker, Barry Dodds and Fran Garrety (who was tour support for Jason Manford). Tickets are £12 and can be bought here: Hull Tickets

2nd APRIL

I'm appearing at the Hot Water Comedy Club in Liverpool this evening. It's a professionally recorded showcase special. There is still limited ticket availability - more information is here: Tickets

13th MARCH

I'm adding another Festival date to my 2018 UK tour. Richard Pulsford: Uns-Pun will be at this year's Guildford Fringe Festival on Tuesday 24th July, at The Keep Pub. Tickets are £7 and can be bought through the Festival website here: Tickets

8th MARCH

The next outing for 'Richard Pulsford: Uns-Pun' will be this Sunday at the Glasgow Comedy Festival. It's a one off show at this Festival. The venue is Yesbar and the show starts at 16:45. Tickets are £5 (£5.50 online) and can be bought here: Tickets

2nd MARCH

I'm pleased to announce I'm adding another Festival date to the 2018 UK tour of my solo stand up show Richard Pulsford: Uns-Pun. I'll be returning to the Buxton Fringe again this July and to the wonderful Rotunda venue in the Pavilion Gardens on Friday 20th July. The show is already listed on the Buxton Festival Fringe website here: Buxton Fringe

24th FEBRUARY

I'm performing at Carnegie Hall tonight. The one in Dunfermline of course.
For last minute ticket purchases go to: Carnegie Hall

4th FEBRUARY

I'll be heading down to Leicester for the opening weekend of the Comedy Festival next weekend. As well as performing my solo show 'Richard Pulsford: Uns-Pun' on the Sunday, I have a guest spot in Alex Hylton's Late night Jokes On Us showcase show on the Saturday at Manhattan 34. The show starts at 11pm.
Tickets for that show can be bought online here: Late night JOU tickets

14th JANUARY

If you are in the Leicester area during the Comedy Festival, specifically on Sunday 11th February, please come and see my latest solo show 'Richard Pulsford: Uns-Pun'.
The show is at The SoundHouse and starts at 17:15. Tickets can be bought online here: Leicester Festival tickets
IT IS FREE ENTRY / Pay What You Want. However seats are given preferentially to all ticket holders, so it's worth going online and ordering tickets, just in case the venue is full when you turn up. And I would hate anyone to be disappointed!

8th JANUARY 2018

Happy New Year!

I'm pleased to report some tickets have already been sold for 'Richard Pulsford: Uns-Pun' at the Glasgow Comedy Festival. It's a one off show at this festival so your one and only chance to catch it in Glasgow will be on Sunday 11th March, 16:45 in Yesbar. Tickets are £5 (£5.50 online) and can be bought here: Tickets

24th DECEMBER

I will be announcing my tour plans for 2018 in more detail in the New Year, but for now I wish you all a very happy Christmas and New Year. Peace!

7th NOVEMBER

Here is the brochure entry for 'Richard Pulsford: Uns-Pun', in the Leicester Comedy Festival on 11th February 2018.

"Master of wordplay Richard Pulsford brings his fourth solo show to the Leicester Comedy Festival" Leicester Festival tickets

4th NOVEMBER

Tickets are now on sale for my 2018 solo show, 'Richard Pulsford: Uns-Pun', in the Glasgow Comedy Festival next March. The show will be in Yesbar on Sunday 11th March at 16:45. Tickets are £5 and you can buy tickets online (link below).

"Master of wordplay Richard Pulsford brings his fifth solo show to the Glasgow International Comedy Festival" Tickets

14th OCTOBER

I have been asked via Twitter if I will be making an appearance at the Leicester Comedy Festival again next year. Well, the answer, I'm happy to say, is yes! I'll be performing a show at The Soundhouse, one of Leicester's premier live events venues, on Sunday 11th February 2018. The show will be at 19:15. It'll be a free, Pay What You Want event through the Jokes on Us Free Festival.

Hopefully this will be the first of many festival appearances in 2018!

5th SEPTEMBER

I will be providing the support for Simon Evans (Michael McIntyre Roadshow, Live at the Apollo, Mock the Week) at Haddo House on Saturday 9th September. The venue is a National Trust property near Ellon, Aberdeenshire and the show starts at 7pm.

You can buy tickets here: Tickets

28th AUGUST

The Edinburgh Festival Fringe may have ended but there will be another special one-off performance of Phrases Ready at the Hop Fest Fringe in Faversham, Kent on Saturday 2nd September.

The show is at the Fleur de Lis Heritage Centre and starts at 6pm.

You can buy tickets in advance here: Tickets or you can risk the event not selling out and 'Pay What You Want' at the venue (after the show).

21st AUGUST

There are just 6 more performances of Phrases Ready at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, 12:15 daily from Tuesday 22nd through to Sunday 27th August. It's a free entry and non-ticketed show, but I've had some full rooms recently so get there early to guarantee a seat. See you at The Beehive Inn in the Grassmarket!

15th AUGUST

If you're in Edinburgh on Wednesday and want to catch up with me I will be performing in these shows:

12:15 Phrases Ready - Beehive Inn (my show)
13:30 Afternoon Tea - Kasbar, Espionage
14:30 Worst show on the Fringe - Movement (with Shazia Mirza)
17:30 Lastminute Comedy Club - Bar Bados Room 1

9th AUGUST

My solo show is on every day at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe at the Beehive Inn (venue 178) until 27th August at 12:15 (afternoon) for about 50 minutes (except Mondays 14th and 21st). It's free entry with a bucket collection at the end.

25th JULY

I'm taking my solo show to the Merchant City Festival in Glasgow tomorrow night (Wednesday 26th July). The venue is the Brunswick Hotel and the show starts at 8pm. It's a free event with a bucket collection at the end.

6th JULY

I have some exciting news to share - I've been scouted to take part in another Festival this summer!

If you happen to live in or near Kent, I'll be bringing 'Phrases Ready' to the Hop Fest Fringe Festival in Faversham on Saturday 2nd September. Further details will follow.

10th JUNE

My show 'Phrases Ready' returns to the UK for performances at the following festivals in England in July:
Kings Arms Salford, Greater MANCHESTER Fringe - Saturday 8th July (9pm). Tickets £6.00: Manchester Fringe Festival show
Rotunda Theatre, BUXTON Fringe - Sunday 9th & Wednesday 12th July (9pm). Tickets £6.00: Buxton Fringe
Crown Inn, TELFORD Fringe - Tuesday 11th July (8pm). Tickets: £5.00

30th MAY

A reminder that 'Phrases Ready' opens at the Prague Fringe tonight at 18:30, and even if you can't make it along to a given performance, you can still participate using the hashtag #PhrasesReady on Twitter. The idea is you can suggest hashtag topics for me and the audience to make puns on and I'll share any successful jokes after each show. Get tweeting well before show time!

26th MAY

My show 'Phrases Ready' opens at the Prague Fringe on Tuesday (at 18:30, for 5 nights). Tickets are CZK150 and can be obtained online here: Prague Fringe show

You can also submit ideas for the interactive section of the show using the hashtag #PhrasesReady on Twitter. I'll share the best ideas and jokes after each show. My Twitter handle is @richardpulsford

15th MAY

There is an amendment to the line up for the Comedy Tent at the Foxlake Outdoor Festival this Saturday. I will now be performing my spot at between 12:00 and 12:30. Come and say hello!

Foxlake Festival

1st MAY

Tickets are now on sale for my show at the Prague Fringe. Dates: 28th May to 3rd June, and tickets are CZK150.

Prague Fringe show

24th APRIL

I'm performing a spot at the Comedy Club at the Foxlake Outdoor Festival on Saturday 20th May. I'll be on at 12:40. Other acts on the Saturday (between 12:10 and 18:10) include Janey Godley and Des Clarke. Sunday sees another full line up, including Tom Stade and Gary Little.

Foxlake Festival show

13th APRIL

Tickets are now on sale for my show at The Buxton Fringe Festival, which is taking place in The Rotunda Theatre on Sunday 9th and Wednesday 12th July. Both performances start at 9pm and tickets are £6.00.

Buxton Fringe Festival show

31st MARCH

Tickets are now on sale for my show at The Greater Manchester Fringe Festival, which is on Saturday 8th July at The Kings Arms in Salford. The show starts at 9pm and tickets are £6.00.

Manchester Fringe Festival show

19th FEBRUARY

Here are some of the articles covering the UK Pun Championships 2017 and/or my participation in the event.

Sunday Herald

Daily Mirror

The Metro

Courier & Advertiser

10th FEBRUARY

I've been offered an opportunity to perform another solo show for a full run at this year's Edinburgh Festival Fringe in August. It's looking like being another lunchtime spot at The Beehive Inn, and in the same room as last year. That room is great as there is a bar on the same level and it offers the use of a tv screen for visual material. Full confirmation in due course - there is the minor matter of another (at least) 6 Festivals before then!

And the first Festival show outing for Phrases Ready in 2017 will be at Manhattan 34 in Leicester this Tuesday, 14th February at 18:45. It's a 'pay what you want' show. I'd love to see you there, but if you can't be there in person, I'll still be looking for hashtag ideas on Twitter for themes in the show - so you can still join in, by tweeting to #PhrasesReady.

4th FEBRUARY

Publicity is ramping up for the UK Pun Championships a week on Monday. I received a 'Google alert' today which pointed me to a nice article in the Lifestyle section of Fife Today. Oddly, it quotes puns from Tim Vine and Masai Graham rather than ones of my own, but then I would prefer to keep my powder dry! I had submitted copy for this Thursday's edition of the Fife Free Press but haven't sought out a copy to check. They said I would be on page 3 - make of that what you will!

Article in Fife Today

I was also interviewed by Kingdon FM this morning, both for Euan Notman's Kingdom Daytime show, and for their newsdesk. And I believe the Daily Mirror are going to run a feature at some point. So all the publicity is welcome.

14th JANUARY 2017

I'm busy working on the arrangements for the tour of my solo show Phrases Ready. Until today I only had two confirmed bookings, at the Leicester Comedy Festival (on 14th February) and at the Glasgow Comedy Festival (on 15th March). I'm pleased to say I can now add the Telford Fringe to the list. The show there will be at The Crown Inn on 11th July.

I do have a confirmed run at another Festival but do not yet have the green light to publicise it, and am also negotiating venues at two other festivals. So the tour is slowly coming together but there is still a lot to do before I can publish the full list of tour dates!

And as promoters are already open to offers for shows at this year's Edinburgh Festival Fringe, I don't want to end up forgetting about and overlooking that rather important festival!

24th DECEMBER

I've been selected to take part in the UK Pun Championship finals at the Leicester Comedy Festival 2017. It's going to be on Monday 13th February. This time the venue will be the largest in Leicester, the De Montfort Hall. Let's say I'm more than a little chuffed to be asked to take part in this fantastic event again. UK Pun Championships 2017

28th OCTOBER

I have a place in one of the heats for the Scottish Comedian of the Year 2016 competition. My heat is on Thursday 3rd November, at the new Monkey Barrel venue on Blair Street in Edinburgh. Doors are open at 7pm with the heat getting underway at 7:15pm. NB This is the earlier of two heats on the same night in the same venue. Tickets available on the door.

20th OCTOBER

I'm taking part in a Stand Up To Cancer gig at The Blackpool Tower Circus venue tomorrow evening, 21st October. It's free entry and family-friendly, with donations to a worthy cause. The event starts at 7pm.

Here is a link to an article in The Blackpool Gazette: Gazette

5th OCTOBER

I'm taking part in Week 1 of the new Aberdeen Comedy Festival later this month, doing a spot at a comedy night at The Copthorne Hotel, with Matt Green and Keith Farnan. It kicks off at 8:30pm on 19th October.

Here is a link to the relevant ticketing website: Ticket link

17th SEPTEMBER

After doing a guest spot on Stirling City Radio's afternoon show on 4th September I was invited back as a guest for the whole show the following Sunday. And as that went well, I was invited back again for the next one (tomorrow) as well, but unfortunately I can't make it due to prior commitments. However, I expect to return on Sunday 25th September - so tune in between 2pm and 4pm for more commentary on local and national news stories, and some more off the cuff puns.

Here is a link to the radio station: Stirling City Radio

4th SEPTEMBER

I'm doing a guest spot on Stirling City Radio's afternoon show, 2-4pm today. If you tune in, you can expect to hear some puns!

3rd AUGUST

It's time to put the finishing touches to my Edinburgh Festival Fringe show 'Phrases Ready' and now, to invite you to take part. It would be great to see you at the show, but even if you can't be there in person, you can interact with us via Twitter.

Followers familiar with the hashtag games on Twitter will know all about the instant puns which are tweeted based on a hashtag theme including film titles, songs, celebrities etc. e.g. #WineaFilm or #FruitandVegaSong. If you're one of these fans, or want to give it a try, I'm giving you the opportunity to come up with some fresh 'hashtags' for each show. This will mean each show will be unique and not entirely pre-scripted, as myself and my guest for the day will attempt to come up with some puns to go with those new 'hashtags'. Also, you can tweet your own puns based on the hashtags for the day, and I'll read them out to the audience. And I'll tell you which ones went down best, including any good ones which we thought of during the show.

I'll tweet about our who our daily guest is before the show, and you are invited to send in your hashtag ideas each day between 10:00 and 13:00 BST. Make sure you include the hashtag #phrasesready so I pick them up!

28th JULY

It's just over a week until the first performance of my show at this year's Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Each performance in this year's run will feature a short set from a fellow comedian and a 'hashtag challenge' where we both have to come up with puns on the spot based on 'hashtags', following the idea of the hashtag pun topics which regularly appear on Twitter. I am hoping that these can be provided real time by some of my followers on Twitter; or we will be relying on the audience on the day.

Anyone can post topic suggestions using the hashtag #phrasesready and I'll do my best to incorporate them into a show, and post some of our best ideas after each show. The show is Richard Pulsford: Phrases Ready and runs from 5th to 28th August at 13:30, except Mondays. It's free entry and non-ticketed.

Here is a link to the show online: Phrases Ready

6th JULY

It's been a bit quiet recently. It's like taking a holiday before getting into a long spell of work, but soon I'll be getting into performing lots of Edinburgh previews and guest spots before performing that full run at The Beehive Inn again this August. Here's the flyer for my show, Richard Pulsford: Phrases Ready, courtesy of Alex Leam. The show runs from 5th to 28th August at 13:30 (not on Mondays). It's free entry and non-ticketed.

8th JUNE

The Edinburgh Festival Fringe launched their 2016 brochure today. I should be in there somewhere, in the Comedy Section. That's because I will be performing a full run at The Beehive Inn again this August. My show this year is called Richard Pulsford: Phrases Ready and runs from 5th to 28th August at 13:30, except Mondays. It's free entry and non-ticketed.

Here is a link to the show online: Phrases Ready

18th MARCH

I had the pleasure of taking part in a podcast last weekend, called 'Besides the Norm', with Steven and Craig Duncan. They are based in Fife and their aim is to interview local (Fife) people such as politicians and musicians on topics of interest. I was asked about some of the gigs I run and the art of pun making.

The podcast can be found via this link: Besides the Norm website

9th MARCH

A quick reminder that tickets are on sale for my one-off solo show in the 2016 Glasgow International Comedy Festival, 'As If...' which is at the Yesbar venue. The show starts at 18:00 on Sunday 13th March. Tickets can be purchased online via this link: Seetickets site but if this allocation becomes sold out you can always take a punt on getting a ticket on the door.

10th FEBRUARY

So I was runner up in the UK Pun Championships on Monday night. Here's a video with some highlights from the event.

5th FEBRUARY

Here's legend Lee Nelson giving notice of the UK Pun Championships final on Punday 8th February.

4th FEBRUARY

I'm all over Page 3... of this Thursday's Fife Free Press. There's a half page spread in the newspaper with an article/photo about my participation in this year's UK Pun Championships Final. It seems there is no equivalent online article.

17th JANUARY 2016

I've just been invited to take part in another show at Dave's Leicester Comedy Festival. I'll be a guest in the Tom Allen's Society show. Tom has appeared on the John Bishop show (BBC1), Just a Minute (Radio 4) and 8 out of 10 Cats does Countdown (Channel 4).
The event takes place at the Peter's Pizzeria venue in Leicester on Sunday 7th February at 7pm (doors open 6:45pm).
Tickets are £7, and can be purchased online via this link: Tom Allen tickets

30th DECEMBER

I'm very excited to announce that I have made it through to the finals of the UK Pun Championships at Dave's Leicester Comedy Festival in 2016. It's the 3rd year running I'll be competing in the final.
The event takes place in Hansom Hall in Leicester at 7pm on Monday 8th February, and the host is Lee Nelson.
Tickets can be purchased online via this link: UK Pun Championships tickets

29th NOVEMBER

Tickets are now on sale for my solo show in the 2016 Dave's Leicester Comedy Festival, 'Unexpected Items in Badinage Areas'.
It takes place at The Exchange Bar (downstairs, opposite The Curve Theatre) at 5pm on Sunday 14th February.
Tickets can be purchased online via this link: DLCF tickets site

16th NOVEMBER

Tickets are now on sale for my solo show in the 2016 Glasgow International Comedy Festival, 'As If...'.
As in the previous two years, my solo show will be at the Yesbar venue. It starts at 18:00 on Sunday 13th March.
Tickets can be purchased online via this link: Seetickets site

23rd OCTOBER

I've been selected for one of the 3 heats of the Scottish Comedian of the Year competition 2015. My heat is at Maggie Mays in Glasgow on Tuesday 10th November and the show, packed with about 12 comedians performing up to 7 minutes each, starts at 19:30. Tickets can be purchased on the door.

22nd SEPTEMBER

I've just been booked in to do a show in the Greater Manchester Comedy Festival. I'll be performing 'Unexpected Items in Badinage Areas' in the Kings Arms Salford on Tuesday 3rd November. Tickets will be £5.00 and the show starts at 19:30.

Further details here: GM Fringe

2nd SEPTEMBER

I will be taking part in the Kings Arms Festival, Salford this weekend. The Festival doesn't like to announce the line-ups until the day it starts, but I think it's close enough to the event to announce my own appearance, otherwise no-one will have any warning I'm going to be there!

Facebook event here: Facebook event

11th AUGUST

I took part in a podcast at The Stand in Edinburgh on 8th August, where I was challenged to perform as many puns as I could in 3 minutes. I managed 21. I know I could have done better, but I only had a few minutes' notice, and felt the need to stop to let the laughter die down at one point!

Link here: Dabster Productions clip

31st JULY

Here is an interview published in The List about punning, and my solo show 'Unexpected Items in Badinage Areas':

There are also contributions on the same topic from the likes of Milton Jones and Stewart Francis.

Link here: Article in The List

4th JUNE

My solo show 'Unexpected Items in Badinage Areas' is now advertised on the Edinburgh Fringe Festival website

The show opens on 6th August and runs through to the 30th August at The Beehive Inn, Grassmarket. Performances are every day at 15:00 (except Mondays).

Link here: Edinburgh Fringe show 2015


21st MARCH

Here is an article I wrote about my solo show 'Richard Pulsford is Going On', which I brought to the Glasgow Comedy Festival in March
Glasgow Comedy Festival show 2015

11th FEBRUARY 2015

Here is an article from The Daily Mirror about the participants in the UK Pun Championships final held at The Leicester Comedy Festival in February 2015, along with some of our best puns
Daily Mirror article

You can contact Richard directly via Twitter or via email at mirthofforth@gmail.com