Rough & Ready: Crime Comedy Night
Doors: 7:30 pm - 10:00 pm
Following on from the sellout success of our spooky halloween short story night and lovely vday romance night, another small group of writers and comedians (line-up TBA) will once again gather in the gorgeous velvet basement of Aces and Eights to rapidly write (brave) and read (beautiful) some serious and/or funny criminal tales by candlelight.
Riffing on: Cosy crime / murder mystery / thriller / George Orwell’s Decline of the English Murder / procedural / Agatha Christie (specifically the bit at the end where the femme fatale’s face transforms as she confesses, does not repent, and pulls out a tiny pistol) / Jonathan Creek / Nancy Drew / Disgraced NY Mayor Eric Adam’s guide to searching your teenager’s bedroom for guns which was clearly filmed in his home office
Doors 7.30pm, Show Starts 8.00pm
Finished by 10pm, with Interval
Why not grab a pizza upstairs before
100% of ticket proceeds go to artists. Patron of the Arts ticket helps fund non-performing art (graphic design, photography)
October events
- 28/10/2026 at 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Calendar
MonTueWedThuFriSatSunMTWTFSS9:00 PM - Emperor Nortons Whiskey Symposium56787:00 PM - Ivor Dembina: Millwall Jew7:45 PM - Good News / Bad News117:30 PM - Laurie Black Presents Bad Luck Basement7:30 PM - Reject All Presents Acts TBA1416171819207:00 PM - Ivor Dembina: Millwall Jew268:00 PM - Jake Baker: Union Sundown8:00 PM - Jake Baker: Union Sundown8:00 PM - Leslie Ewing-Burgesse: Phenomenon (WIP)8:00 PM - Phil Green: Guilt8:00 PM - Phil Green: Guilt9:30 PM - David Ferguson: Trivial Hirsute (WIP)6:30 PM - Phil Green: Guilt9:30 PM - Improv Deathmatch5:00 PM - Emily McQuade: Duck Haunt6:30 PM - Andrew Coleman's Heart Problems9:30 PM - Jonny Collins: Andro-Jonny
