Laughter Lines

Laughter Lines is at Beeforth's Hive on Saturday 31 October, a one-person show built from a collection of humorous poems and stories the performer has written throughout their life. It's a local one, too: the material ranges from growing up and working in Scarborough to life with horses, illustrating and getting older. The show won 'Best Spoken Word' at the Scarborough Fringe 2026, and it's coming back to the town on the same weekend as Halloween.

Because the set is pulled from a lifetime of writing, it covers a fair bit of ground. There are poems and stories about childhood and working life here in Scarborough, alongside pieces about horses, illustrating and the process of getting older. It's a spoken word show, so you'll hear the poems and stories read aloud rather than seeing them on a page. And there's a bit of a twist to the format: the audience may be invited to draw something during the performance, so you might end up doing more than just listening.

It's a one-person show, with the performer on stage alone for the full hour. The material is all their own, written over the years and brought together into this one set. If you're into spoken word or just a good story told with a bit of a laugh, this is the kind of thing that fits. It's a single performer, a collection of their own writing, and a bit of audience participation mixed in.

Laughter Lines runs for 60 minutes, starting at 6:00 PM at Beeforth's Hive in Scarborough on Saturday 31 October.