Roll up! Roll up all under 18 year olds and tell us your favourite jokes! Become a comedian on Showtown’s pop-up stage during Blackpool Comedy Festival. It could be a joke you have written or one you have heard that made you snot out your nose! Pop-along and join in!
Free drop in event!
Showtown presents a humorous adventure around Blackpool town centre for the whole family!
A couple of precious artefacts disappeared from the museum during a magic trick that went wrong… can you help us find them? Dust off the clues with your tickling sticks, zigzag through Blackpool in a clown car and outwit a puppet to bring them back to Showtown.
Learn about history with a laugh along the way!
Recommended for ages 6+.
Showtown presents a humorous adventure around Blackpool town centre for the whole family!
A couple of precious artefacts disappeared from the museum during a magic trick that went wrong… can you help us find them? Dust off the clues with your tickling sticks, zigzag through Blackpool in a clown car and outwit a puppet to bring them back to Showtown.
Learn about history with a laugh along the way!
Recommended for ages 6+.
Showtown’s Youth Academy have invented a time machine and brought games from the past to the resort. Help us on our mission to complete a variety of fun games from across time.
Think carnival stalls to board games and everything in between. Guest hosts from different time periods will bring the fun to life and cheer you on.
This event is perfect, silly fun for families.
FREE event – Pay what you feel in donations on the day.
Showtown’s Youth Academy have invented a time machine and brought games from the past to the resort. Help us on our mission to complete a variety of fun games from across time.
Think carnival stalls to board games and everything in between. Guest hosts from different time periods will bring the fun to life and cheer you on.
This event is perfect, silly fun for families.
FREE event – Pay what you feel in donations on the day.
Showtown and Queer Amusements present this peek behind the process of realising your very own character comedy creations with comedian and art-school dropout Gareth Joyner.
Spend the day exploring the process of developing comedy characters from the ground up whist discovering how drag and gender-play can enhance an act. Learn the basics of connecting with an audience in live performance and discuss the long history and traditions in which these art forms exist.
Fun for seasoned pros and absolute beginners alike with a lovely lunch included!
Recommend for ages 18+
A little about Gareth…
Gareth Joyner is a writer and character comedian who likes to explore being northern, working class and queer, and how those subjects manifest themselves in the heady world of light entertainment. Incorporating both drag and clowning in their practice, Gareth is perhaps best known for their work with registered empath Myra DuBois and (to a lesser extent) the last straight man in showbiz: Frank Lavender.
Gareth has performed with Myra DuBois and Frank Lavender on television, in film and on stages both nationally and internationally with sold out tours around the UK, as well as lighting up social media with hilarious viral videos, and packing out London’s notorious Royal Vauxhall Tavern with Myra’s weekly smash hit residency.
Recently, following a performance of both Frank Lavender and Myra DuBois, an academic type described Gareth as an “artist using two wonderfully distorted poles on a binary to thoroughly interrogate current queer discourses using popular forms” and frankly, Gareth Joyner couldn’t think of a better way to describe their work. Which really, is quite a damning indictment of their ability as a writer.
Roll up! Roll up all under 18 year olds and tell us your favourite jokes! Become a comedian on Showtown’s pop-up stage during Blackpool Comedy Festival. It could be a joke you have written or one you have heard that made you snot out your nose! Pop-along and join in!
Free drop in event!
Showtown presents a humorous adventure around Blackpool town centre for the whole family!
A couple of precious artefacts disappeared from the museum during a magic trick that went wrong… can you help us find them? Dust off the clues with your tickling sticks, zigzag through Blackpool in a clown car and outwit a puppet to bring them back to Showtown.
Learn about history with a laugh along the way!
Recommended for ages 6+.
Showtown presents a humorous adventure around Blackpool town centre for the whole family!
A couple of precious artefacts disappeared from the museum during a magic trick that went wrong… can you help us find them? Dust off the clues with your tickling sticks, zigzag through Blackpool in a clown car and outwit a puppet to bring them back to Showtown.
Learn about history with a laugh along the way!
Recommended for ages 6+.
Showtown’s Youth Academy have invented a time machine and brought games from the past to the resort. Help us on our mission to complete a variety of fun games from across time.
Think carnival stalls to board games and everything in between. Guest hosts from different time periods will bring the fun to life and cheer you on.
This event is perfect, silly fun for families.
FREE event – Pay what you feel in donations on the day.
Showtown’s Youth Academy have invented a time machine and brought games from the past to the resort. Help us on our mission to complete a variety of fun games from across time.
Think carnival stalls to board games and everything in between. Guest hosts from different time periods will bring the fun to life and cheer you on.
This event is perfect, silly fun for families.
FREE event – Pay what you feel in donations on the day.
Showtown and Queer Amusements present this peek behind the process of realising your very own character comedy creations with comedian and art-school dropout Gareth Joyner.
Spend the day exploring the process of developing comedy characters from the ground up whist discovering how drag and gender-play can enhance an act. Learn the basics of connecting with an audience in live performance and discuss the long history and traditions in which these art forms exist.
Fun for seasoned pros and absolute beginners alike with a lovely lunch included!
Recommend for ages 18+
A little about Gareth…
Gareth Joyner is a writer and character comedian who likes to explore being northern, working class and queer, and how those subjects manifest themselves in the heady world of light entertainment. Incorporating both drag and clowning in their practice, Gareth is perhaps best known for their work with registered empath Myra DuBois and (to a lesser extent) the last straight man in showbiz: Frank Lavender.
Gareth has performed with Myra DuBois and Frank Lavender on television, in film and on stages both nationally and internationally with sold out tours around the UK, as well as lighting up social media with hilarious viral videos, and packing out London’s notorious Royal Vauxhall Tavern with Myra’s weekly smash hit residency.
Recently, following a performance of both Frank Lavender and Myra DuBois, an academic type described Gareth as an “artist using two wonderfully distorted poles on a binary to thoroughly interrogate current queer discourses using popular forms” and frankly, Gareth Joyner couldn’t think of a better way to describe their work. Which really, is quite a damning indictment of their ability as a writer.
We’re Blackpool’s brand new all-singing, all-dancing museum and you’ll find us right in the heart of the Golden Mile, next door but one to Blackpool Tower!
Showtown is the ultimate celebration of Blackpool, the greatest seaside resort in the UK and world famous as a capital of entertainment.
When we open our doors on Friday 15 March 2024 you’ll be able to discover the stories of the the comedians, dancers, acrobats and characters who turned our resort into the home of show business.
Our six galleries showcase the very best of the seaside, magic, circus, illuminations, shows and dance.
Whether you’re a fun-seeker or future star performer, everyone is welcome at Showtown.
We can’t wait to discover what you love most about our fabulous museum.
Roll up! Roll up all under 18 year olds and tell us your favourite jokes! Become a comedian on Showtown’s pop-up stage during Blackpool Comedy Festival. It could be a joke you have written or one you have heard that made you snot out your nose! Pop-along and join in!
Free drop in event!
Showtown presents a humorous adventure around Blackpool town centre for the whole family!
A couple of precious artefacts disappeared from the museum during a magic trick that went wrong… can you help us find them? Dust off the clues with your tickling sticks, zigzag through Blackpool in a clown car and outwit a puppet to bring them back to Showtown.
Learn about history with a laugh along the way!
Recommended for ages 6+.
Showtown presents a humorous adventure around Blackpool town centre for the whole family!
A couple of precious artefacts disappeared from the museum during a magic trick that went wrong… can you help us find them? Dust off the clues with your tickling sticks, zigzag through Blackpool in a clown car and outwit a puppet to bring them back to Showtown.
Learn about history with a laugh along the way!
Recommended for ages 6+.
Showtown’s Youth Academy have invented a time machine and brought games from the past to the resort. Help us on our mission to complete a variety of fun games from across time.
Think carnival stalls to board games and everything in between. Guest hosts from different time periods will bring the fun to life and cheer you on.
This event is perfect, silly fun for families.
FREE event – Pay what you feel in donations on the day.
Showtown’s Youth Academy have invented a time machine and brought games from the past to the resort. Help us on our mission to complete a variety of fun games from across time.
Think carnival stalls to board games and everything in between. Guest hosts from different time periods will bring the fun to life and cheer you on.
This event is perfect, silly fun for families.
FREE event – Pay what you feel in donations on the day.
Showtown and Queer Amusements present this peek behind the process of realising your very own character comedy creations with comedian and art-school dropout Gareth Joyner.
Spend the day exploring the process of developing comedy characters from the ground up whist discovering how drag and gender-play can enhance an act. Learn the basics of connecting with an audience in live performance and discuss the long history and traditions in which these art forms exist.
Fun for seasoned pros and absolute beginners alike with a lovely lunch included!
Recommend for ages 18+
A little about Gareth…
Gareth Joyner is a writer and character comedian who likes to explore being northern, working class and queer, and how those subjects manifest themselves in the heady world of light entertainment. Incorporating both drag and clowning in their practice, Gareth is perhaps best known for their work with registered empath Myra DuBois and (to a lesser extent) the last straight man in showbiz: Frank Lavender.
Gareth has performed with Myra DuBois and Frank Lavender on television, in film and on stages both nationally and internationally with sold out tours around the UK, as well as lighting up social media with hilarious viral videos, and packing out London’s notorious Royal Vauxhall Tavern with Myra’s weekly smash hit residency.
Recently, following a performance of both Frank Lavender and Myra DuBois, an academic type described Gareth as an “artist using two wonderfully distorted poles on a binary to thoroughly interrogate current queer discourses using popular forms” and frankly, Gareth Joyner couldn’t think of a better way to describe their work. Which really, is quite a damning indictment of their ability as a writer.
In tandem with the publication of his memoirs, SitCom legend Jeffrey Holland, best-loved as holiday camp comic Spike Dixon in Hi-De-Hi!, will be in conversation with Britain’s Comedy Historian Robert Ross.
Jeffrey will be sharing memories of working on such classic shows as Dad’s Army, Russ Abbot’s Madhouse, Are You Being Served?, You Rang, M’Lord? and Oh, Doctor Beeching!; as well as reflecting on his comedy influences and favourites, including Arthur Askey, Peter Sellers, and the bowler-hatted genius who inspired his celebrated, sell-out solo show And This is My Friend Mr. Laurel.
It’s laughter guaranteed!
The performance will be followed by a book signing of The First Rule of Comedy..!, published by The History Press.
