Come and enjoy some hilarious comedy and help fund arts opportunities for people with disabilities!

The Comedy Grotto is a night of laughs tipped by The Independent and The Sunday Times. Time Out praises its 'consistently excellent line-ups' that have 'comedy connoisseurs drooling.'

Money from ticket sales will help fund Square Peg Stories, our unique creative writing project for adults on the autism spectrum. Read more about the project here.

Tuesday 25 October at 19:45. The Star of Kings, 126 York Way, London N1 0AX. Tickets £8.

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The line-up is packed to the rafters with funny:

TOM ROSENTHAL - Star of Channel 4's Friday Night Dinner and ITV2's Plebs
“Crackles with energy and glows with originality” - Spoonfed
★★★★ - The List

SARAH KENDALL - Edinburgh Comedy Award Best Show Nominee 2015, Received 17 four and five star reviews at Edinburgh 2016
"Propulsive, involving, vivid, cathartic and very funny" ★★★★ - The Times

LOU SANDERS - As seen on Russell Howard's Good News
"Almost rupturing an organ laughing...a breathless adventure" ★★★★ - Fest
"Hilarious and compulsive viewing" ★★★★ - The Skinny

AHIR SHAH - Best Show at the Leicester Comedy Festival
"Sizzling quality...passion at his fingertips and the gags to back up his fire" ★★★★★ - The List
'Consistently insightful...a very funny, self-mocking comedy show' ★★★★ - Guardian

ROSE MATAFEO - Melbourne Comedy Award Nominee
"Uproarious...joyous, high-energy...as fresh and invigorating as an ice cold bottle of Steinlager. One of the undoubted highlights of this year's Fringe." ★★★★★ - The Telegraph

ALEX KEALY - So You Think You're Funny Finalist
"Ferociously quick-witted...flawless script" ★★★★ - EdFringeReview

IAN SMITH (MC) - Amused Moose Best Show Nominee 2015
"A hugely entertaining show" ★★★★★ - Three Weeks

Mainspring Arts is looking for volunteers to be part of our unique literary project, Square Peg Stories.

Square Peg Stories will involve an exciting programme of creative writing workshops for adults on the autism spectrum, led by published authors and resulting in an anthology of participants’ short stories. Read more about the project here.

We’re looking for a team of superstar volunteers to help run the workshops. You’ll be an indispensable part of our team, making the day run smoothly and supporting our workshop leaders and participants.

In return for your help, we’ll feed you, pay your travel expenses within London – and maybe even give you a lanyard.

The workshops will take place at Riverside Studios on the following Saturdays:

5 November 2016
12 November 2016
19 November 2016
10 December 2016
7 January 2017
14 January 2017
21 January 2017
11 February 2017

If you’d like to help out at one (or more!) of our workshops, please email hello@mainspringarts.org.uk. Tell us a bit about you, why you’d like to volunteer and the dates you’d be able to help.

Thanks!

Katya and Miranda
Co-directors