Droitwich will host the inaugural Rik Mayall Comedy Festival during the first week of next month.

Running from Saturday 31 May to Saturday 7 June, the festival comprises 130-plus events taking place across more than 25 venues around the town. Free family days, plays, spoken word, improv, music, magic, dance, storytelling and singing all feature. Comedians signed up to take part in the event include Greg Davies, Peter Richardson, Helen Lederer, Shaparak Khorsandi and Dan Skinner as Angelos Epithemiou. 

These individually-ticketed curated events will underpin an open fringe festival across the town, supporting the local community and bringing new customers to local businesses. A free pop-up museum will focus on Rik’s influential body of work.

The festival is volunteer-led and pays tribute to alternative comedian Rik, who grew up in Droitwich. The Young Ones and New Statesman star died in 2014 at the age of 56. 

The Rik Mayall Comedy Festival is a new volunteer-run festival based around the Norbury Theatre in Droitwich Spa, where Rik’s parents produced plays and where Rik made his first on-stage appearances.

Tickets are selling fast, so follow the link below to book!