Lovingly curated live comedy in Sheffield

Gallery

squarehole

💥 Opening the show this Sunday is Sam See Sam

💥 Opening the show this Sunday is Sam See

Sam is an award nominated stand-up comedian currently based in Singapore. He has headlined in over 25 different countries, multiple international comedy festivals, and has crowd-surfed three times. His shows at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe has received the first Five-Star review for an act from South East Asia (On The Mic), and his recent 2022 show, Government Approved Sex, was on Fest Mag’s list of The Best of the Edinburgh Festivals. He also received fourteen 4 Star reviews from a Pakistani content farm that all copied another review but hey, a review’s a review. In 2022, Sam was longlisted for the Epigram Books Fiction Prize.

“Smart storytelling and star quality, quick-witted, warm and winning with clear appeal” — Chortle

“Dynamic and irrepressible, makes this show a joy from beginning to end” — On The Mic

“Insightful, accurate, honest, always humorous” — To Say Nothing of the Cat, Prague

“Within seconds, he has the audience laughing, clapping and clinging onto his every word” – Rice Media, Singapore

🔗 Full gig details and tickets via link in bio 🎟

👓 <whiteguysinglasses> We're back on Sunday wit

👓 <whiteguysinglasses>
We're back on Sunday with our first mixed bill of the year. Sandwiched between Jain Edwards and Sam See will be two white men in glasses. But these are special white men with glasses. They are both called Michael. Mannion is co-runner of Comedy For Hot People, one of Manchester's sweetest gigs. We're looking forward to some hot people vibes. Dolan is a Square Hole alum, has multiple Edinburgh shows and two wonderful comedy albums under his belt, and is one of host Rich's fave acts. Yes, Rich is a white guy in glasses.
</whiteguysinglasses>

Full gig details via link in bio 🔗

We had a great start to the year with our visit fr

We had a great start to the year with our visit from Harriet Dyer. Follow @harrietdyercomedy for all that she does.

We’re back on Feb 5th with our monthly smorgasbord @shakespearesshf. Link in bio for details and tickets to join the fun.

⭐️ We're back on Sunday 5th February with Jain

⭐️ We're back on Sunday 5th February with Jain Edwards, Sam See, Michael Mannion and Michael J Dolan 💥

Details and tickets via link in bio 🔗

Our seating tonight is SOLD OUT for Harriet Dyer's

Our seating tonight is SOLD OUT for Harriet Dyer's Trigger Warning. A handful - and we mean a handful - of tickets will be available on the door if you're willing to perch on a stool or stand at the back. They'll be available from 7pm on the door on a first-come-first-served basis. Doors open at 7.30pm, show starts at 8pm.

Tickets are already dwindling for our first show o

Tickets are already dwindling for our first show of 2023 as we play host to Harriet Dyer who is bringing her show Trigger Warning to @shakespearesshf this Saturday. Details and remaining tickets via link in bio 🔗

🎂 December marks our 12th birthday 😮 💌 M

🎂 December marks our 12th birthday 😮

💌 Mailing list email with details of our December 4th show dropping tomorrow morning ⛅️

🔗 Join the mailing list via link in bio 📩

Credit for highly flattering photo: @avaliversidge

📷 Here we are! Pics - courtesy of @benswithen -

📷 Here we are! Pics - courtesy of @benswithen - from Friday night’s collab with @_talesofwhatever 😍

Sam Nicoresti brought their incredible show, Cancel Anti Wokeflake Snow Culture, to Shakeys, with support from Joe Kent-Walters (aka the disconcertingly hilarious Franky Monroe).

These are two immensely gifted and deservedly award-winning talents.

Sam’s show was just stunning; powerful, personal, silly and sublime.

Lee and Rich were chuffed to be able to bring this night to @shakespearesshf

Follow @_talesofwhatever on socials for news of where they’ll be popping up in the new year.

📸 Some overdue pics from our gig on the 6th Nov

📸 Some overdue pics from our gig on the 6th Nov - featuring Foxdog Studios, Erika Ehler plus Jacob Nussey and Jack McLean.

Quite evidently our resident pic snapper Ben Swithen was not responsible for these and full credit is due to Rich and Ava. But Ben returned for Friday’s tour show… photos from which will be shared very shortly.

⚡️ Friday 18th November at @shakespearesshf we

⚡️ Friday 18th November at @shakespearesshf we and our pals at @_talesofwhatever bring you Leicester Square New Comedian of the Year 2021 Sam Nicoresti and their show CANCEL ANTI WOKEFLAKE SNOW CULTURE - plus support from Chortle Student Comedy Award Winner 2021 Joe Kent-Walters - linkage in the bio! 🔗

Sam Nicoresti brings their show Cancel Anti Wokefl

Sam Nicoresti brings their show Cancel Anti Wokeflake Snow Culture to Shakespeare’s on Friday, with support from Joe Kent-Walters - details and tickets via squareholecomedy.com

⚡ Friday 18th November: Sam Nicoresti's Cancel A

⚡ Friday 18th November: Sam Nicoresti's Cancel Anti Wokeflake Snow Culture

A surrealist satire from comedy’s odd prince of overthinking.

Presented in cahoots with @_talesofwhatever at @shakespearesshf ❤️

🎟 Details and tickets via link in bio 🔗

💥 Tomorrow!* Foxdog Studios, Erika Ehler, plus

💥 Tomorrow!* Foxdog Studios, Erika Ehler, plus Jack McLean and Jacob Nussey!

A handful of tickets remain if you don't want to miss this electric line-up ⚡

🎟 Full details and tickets via squareholecomedy.com - link in bio 🔗

*Sunday 6th November, if the algorithm cruelly rationed this for you until after the fact. Future tour show details are also on the website though, so all is not lost!

On Sunday 6th Nov the show will be opened up by Er

🦊🐶 Our next show is on Sunday 6th November a

🦊🐶 Our next show is on Sunday 6th November and features @foxdogstudios + @erikaehler and we can't wait.

🎟 Details and tickets via link in bio 🔗

@shakespearesshf

Some pics from Friday’s visit from Peter Fleming

Some pics from Friday’s visit from Peter Fleming, sharing his Woefully Inaccurate History of the BBC. He was supported by Stanley Norman.

Superlative stuff from both their alter egos, Tom Burgess and Stan Skinny.

Also pictured are Ava Liversidge, comic relief for host, Rich Milner.

(Pictures courtesy of @benswithen)

Here’s last night’s audience enjoying Peter Fl

Here’s last night’s audience enjoying Peter Fleming, with support from Stanley Norman. Tom Burgess and Stan Skinny have each created wonderfully hilarious characters with depth and dimension.

Peter Fleming’s Woefully Inaccurate History of the BBC is a sublime tribute to the Beeb and to the changing landscape of cultural consumption in general. The elegance with which the character moves from daftness to poignancy was remarkable. Bolstered by Burgess’ agility and wit, it’s a refined gem of a show.

It was a treat for Square Hole to present such talented performers - both of whom honed their craft in Sheffield.

Thanks to @_talesofwhatever for working with us on this and more shows to come!

These photos by Ava Liversidge - more soon to come from Ben Swithen.

📺 It's tonight! Mark 100 years of the BBC in st

📺 It's tonight! Mark 100 years of the BBC in style with befuddled children’s TV pioneer, Peter Fleming!

Warped telly nostalgia from award-winning character comedian and darling human Tom Burgess (as seen on BBC Two and heard on BBC Radio 4 Extra).

‘A comic love letter to a lost world of Reithian values’ ★★★★ – Stewart Lee

‘A daft, well-observed show’ – Sunday Times

‘Like a lost Fast Show character’ – Beyond the Joke

Best Debut Show – Leicester Comedy Festival 2018

🔗 Full details and remaining tickets via the link in bio! 🎟

Supporting Peter Fleming tomorrow is... Stanley No

Supporting Peter Fleming tomorrow is... Stanley Norman!

Stanley is an ideas man with big dreams trying to piece his life together and cut his teeth in the vicious world of business. Absurdist character comedy of the highest calibre from Stan Skinny (aka Captain the Butcher Reality).

Imagine throwing Harry Hill, Vic and Bob, Angelos Epethemiou and Count Arthur Strong in a blender, except without the gore and just the fun. Stan is Yorkshire Comedy Award nominee and twice great Yorkshire Show Off winner and is talented in more ways than should be allowed.

🎟 More details of the full show and tickets are available via squareholecomedy.com 🔗

Load More… Follow on Instagram