If this is democracy - get me out of here?!
- Date
- 23 Feb 2024
- Venue
- The Social, Aviva Studios, Water Street, Manchester, M3 4JQ
- Tickets
- Free, no booking required.
5.30–6.45pm
Running time: 1 hour & 15 minutes.
Accessibility features available for this event: Wheelchair Access
Welcome to the democratic jungle in this riotous comedy show
Featuring Ed Gillespie, Stuart Goldsmith, Love Ssega, Daze Aghaji, Clare Farrell, Jennifer Reid and Lee Jasper.
Welcome to the democratic jungle! In a riotous and scurrilous mash-up of multiple popular game-show formats Futurenaut Ed Gillespie presents a comedy panel show like no other, replete with special celebrity guests.
They'll rampage through the history and culture of democracy like a well-fed bull in a Royal Doulton gift shop. Featuring bare-faced format rip-offs from all your favourite programmes, from ‘Missing word headlines’ to ‘Bushtucker trials’, compere Ed will mercilessly put two unsuspecting and entirely unprepared teams through their paces, until every last one of them is breathlessly screaming the eponymous title of the whole charade.
Expect laughter, irreverence, ‘kompromat’ evidence and taxation without representation. Democracy will never be quite the same again.
The Fête of Britain is a four-day celebration of collaboration and imagination in the face of the great challenges of our time. From the climate crisis to the cost of living, nothing is off the table. The Fête of Britain takes over Aviva Studios from 22 to 25 February. Find out more: The Fête of Britain
Image: Bogomil Mihaylov