Flo & Joan - With Feeling

Flo & Joan bring their show With Feeling to the New Theatre Royal on Sunday 18 October, one date in a 2026 UK tour that runs to more than 50 stops. The duo are sisters Nicola and Rosie Dempsey, a multi-award-winning musical double act whose work sits right on the line between music and comedy.

They write their own material by taking a real band's setlist and ruminating on questions like 'What is music?', 'How do you be a band?' and 'Is it comedy?'. The whole thing is delivered in the sharp-tongued, deadpan style that's become their trademark. It's a bit of a strange way to build a show — starting with someone else's list of songs and working outwards from there — but that's exactly where the comedy comes from.

If you're not familiar with them, they're best known for their sketch show Before The Screaming Starts, which was longlisted for Best Stand Up Show at the 2021 National Comedy Awards. More recently, their musical One Man Musical took Best Show at the 2025 Chortle Awards and picked up a nomination for Most Outstanding Show at the 2025 Melbourne International Comedy Festival. They've also appeared on The Russell Howard Hour and Jonathan Ross' Comedy Club.

With Feeling is part of that larger 2026 tour, so the Portsmouth date is one of many they're playing across the UK this year. It's on Sunday 18 October at the New Theatre Royal.