The Big Christmas Assembly with James B Partridge

James B Partridge brings The Big Christmas Assembly to The Engine Shed on Monday 21 December, starting at 7:30pm. It's a festive comedy show that takes its name and its whole premise from the primary school assembly—the kind of thing most of us remember from our early years, only this time it's for adults and it's on a stage.

Partridge is a singing teacher from Poole who built his career on exactly that. He started by performing 'Primary School Assembly Bangers Live' for his own pupils, and it grew from TikTok fame into a nationwide phenomenon. From there it went to the big stages: he closed the field at Glastonbury Festival, appeared on The One Show, This Morning, Loose Women, and Songs of Praise, and featured on Virgin Radio, BBC Radio 2, and Jeremy Vine's radio show. His online videos, built around nostalgic primary school tunes and music education, have been written about in The Independent and Buzzfeed and featured in plenty of podcasts.

As a content creator, he's worked with the BBC Proms, Nordoff Robbins, TikTok, the Royal Albert Hall, the MiXiT app, Maidwell Marketing, and Wicked the Musical. He also launched Notes from School, a music and education podcast that's been one of the top charting music podcasts on Spotify, and has played Latitude, Camp Bestival, and the Silverstone F1 British Grand Prix. This Christmas show is the festive version of the act that started it all.

Tickets are from £28.60, which includes the booking fee. The show is at The Engine Shed, part of the University of Lincoln Student Union at Brayford Pool, on Monday 21 December at 7:30pm.