Tim Key, Mark Watson, Sara Pascoe, Tiffany Stevenson, Rob Auton, Heidi O’Loughlin

Meet the comedians who are pushing the boundaries of stand-up by bringing poetic flair to their punchlines.

Superstar stand-up poet Tim Key’s offbeat verses have been delighting and unsettling readers since he appeared on Charlie Brooker’s Screenwipe and on BBC Radio 4. Key reads some of his seminal works from The Incomplete Tim Key, including the gem 'Tanya Googled herself – still nothing.'

Key is joined by comedy chum and collaborator Mark Watson, who is an acclaimed stand-up, featuring on a variety of panel shows including Mock the Week, and author of five novels.

The line-up also features award-winning stand-up Sara Pascoe, whose TV appearances include Live at the Apollo, QI, Twenty Twelve and W1A, and whose shows such as Sara Pascoe vs History pit her wits against big themes with hilarious results. Pascoe is also the author of the forthcoming book Animal: How a Woman is Made, which combines autobiography and evolutionary history to entertain and inform.

Join this starry array of first-class comedians, plus special guests including Tiff Stevenson, Rob Auton and Heidi O’Loughlin, for an evening of verbal fireworks and hilarious haikus, and discover why the secret to both comedy and poetry is all in the timing.

For ages 14 and over.