Stand-up show by Oliver Samuels, billed as the funniest play to date, at the O2 Academy Birmingham.
Oliver Samuels brings Where Dere's a Will, Dere's a Criminal! to the O2 Academy Birmingham on Sunday 25 October. It's not a stand-up set in the usual sense, but a full-cast comedy play, and Samuels is the one leading it.
He's known as the Caribbean's 'King of Comedy', and that's the name he's touring under here. The show is billed as his funniest play to date, and he's not on his own — he's fronting a star-studded cast. The story centres on a family that discovers that when it comes to the complications of 'dead lef', death is just the beginning. It's a comedy blockbuster built around that one premise, and with a full cast on stage rather than a single comic at a mic, it's a proper night of theatre.
Alongside Samuels, the line-up includes Tesfa Edwards, Karen Harriot and Angela Jarrett. That's four names on the bill, so it's a shared stage rather than a solo turn. The whole thing is built around that family dynamic, and the 'dead lef' hook is the engine that drives the plot.
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Practical details for the night: it's Sunday 25 October at the O2 Academy Birmingham, with doors opening at 19:00 and a curfew of 23:00. The venue advises an age restriction of 14+.
