December 2009
Dear Friends of German Comedy,
As I am writing this I have just come back from a gig in Shepherd’s Bush and I am still upset about a terrible piece of collective anti-social behaviour on the way there.
When I got off the tube at Shepherd’s Bush a station assistant was helping a blind lady and her guide dog on a crowded but not over-crowded Central Line train. When her carriage drove past me on my way down the platform the frail, blind woman was still standing. No one had given up their seat and none of the other passengers organized her one.
British sociologists frequently blame such incidents on the Thatcher years. I wasn’t in the country at that time and hence don’t know what life was like under the Iron Lady. I know she said ‘there is no such thing as society’ but there must be basic human empathy in all of us.
And before anyone points out that ordinary Germans lacked empathy during the Third Reich – that’s true but unlike hiding Jews in the attic, giving up your seat on the tube won’t lead to you being put on a death train.
On this merry note – enjoy your Christmas and have a great 2010 – have you made your New Year’s resolutions yet? – Mine are: ‘make the monthly bulletin sound less self-righteous’ and ‘grow a mullet’.
Henning
Please find below a list of my upcoming gigs. It would be great to see you at one of those. I particularly recommend the German Christmas Do at the Betsey Trotwood. Dec 9th is sold out but there are still a few tickets available for Monday 7th. Tickets at www.henningwehn.de
Another show I can highly recommend is the DVD recording of my Australian housemate Wayne Deakin at the Kings Head in Crouch End on Dec 15th. As warm-up he got Ava Vidal, who you might have seen on Michael McIntyre’s Roadshow on BBC1. You can even get in FOR FREE if you email him via his website: www.waynedeakin.com – what a fool!
January 2025
19th -
Hastings - Electric Palace Cinema
- SOLD OUT
27th -
London - Betsey Trotwood
- SOLD OUT
28th -
London - Betsey Trotwood
- SOLD OUT
February 2025
2nd -
Hastings - Electric Palace Cinema
- SOLD OUT
7th -
Brierley Hill - Civic Hall -
TICKETS
(30 min set on mixed bill show)
9th -
Sutton Coldfield - Town Hall
- SOLD OUT
(30 min set on mixed bill show)
13th -
Leeds - City Varieties -
TICKETS
(EXTRA DATE ADDED - On General Sale Thursday 28th November)
14th -
Leeds - City Varieties
- SOLD OUT
15th -
Leeds - City Varieties
- SOLD OUT
20th -
Kings Lynn - Corn Exchange -
TICKETS
21st -
Lincoln - Engine Shed -
TICKETS
22nd -
Leicester - De Montfort Hall -
TICKETS
27th -
Hayes - Beck Theatre -
TICKETS
28th -
Peterborough - The Cresset -
TICKETS
March 2025
1st -
Northampton - Derngate -
TICKETS
2nd -
High Wycombe - Swan -
TICKETS
14th -
Dunstable - The Grove -
TICKETS
15th -
Southend - Cliffs Pavilion -
TICKETS
16th -
Dartford - Orchard
(Due to building works this show has had to be rescheduled. Customers who have already bought tickets will be contacted by the theatre. As soon as we have a new date it will be added to the website.)
21st -
Whitley Bay - Playhouse -
TICKETS
22nd -
Whitley Bay - Playhouse -
TICKETS
27th -
Worthing - Pavilion -
TICKETS
28th -
Folkestone - Cliffs Pavilion -
TICKETS
29th -
Royal Tunbridge Wells - Assembly Hall -
TICKETS
April 2025
3rd -
Evesham - The Regal
- SOLD OUT
4th -
Swindon - Wyvern Theatre -
TICKETS
5th -
Swindon - Wyvern Theatre -
TICKETS
11th -
Bath - Forum -
TICKETS
12th -
Guildford - G Live -
TICKETS
24th -
Canterbury - Marlowe
- SOLD OUT
25th -
Crawley - Hawth -
TICKETS
26th -
Reading - Hexagon -
TICKETS
May 2025
2nd -
Ipswich - Regent Theatre -
TICKETS
3rd -
Cambridge - Corn Exchange -
TICKETS
8th -
Malvern - Festival Theatre -
TICKETS
9th -
Shrewsbury - Theatre Severn -
TICKETS
10th -
Shrewsbury - Theatre Severn -
TICKETS
15th -
Crewe - Lyceum -
TICKETS
16th -
Buxton - Opera House -
TICKETS
17th -
Salford - The Lowry -
TICKETS
18th -
Nottingham - Theatre Royal -
TICKETS
22nd -
Yeovil - Westlands -
TICKETS
23rd -
Weymouth - Pavilion -
TICKETS
24th -
Poole - Lighthouse -
TICKETS
June 2025
6th -
Portsmouth - Theatre Royal -
TICKETS
7th -
Portsmouth - Theatre Royal -
TICKETS
September 2025
26th -
New Brighton - Floral Pavilion -
TICKETS
27th -
Cheltenham - Town Hall -
TICKETS
28th -
Aldershot - Princes Hall -
TICKETS
October 2025
2nd -
Chatham - Central Hall -
TICKETS
3rd -
Brighton - Dome -
TICKETS
4th -
Ramsgate - Granville Theatre -
TICKETS
8th -
Stafford - Gatehouse -
TICKETS
9th -
Wrexham - William Aston Hall -
TICKETS
10th -
Leamington Spa - Royal Spa Centre -
TICKETS
11th -
Birmingham - Town Hall -
TICKETS
24th -
Basingstoke - The Anvil -
TICKETS
25th -
Cardiff - New Theatre -
TICKETS
November 2025
6th -
St Albans - Alban Arena -
TICKETS
7th -
Doncaster - The Cast -
TICKETS
8th -
Stockport - Plaza -
TICKETS
13th -
London - Palladium -
TICKETS
14th -
Aylesbury - Waterside -
TICKETS
16th -
Southampton - The Mayflower -
TICKETS
27th -
Newcastle - Tyne Theatre -
TICKETS
29th -
Middlesbrough - Town Hall -
TICKETS
30th -
Harrogate - Grand Hall -
TICKETS
