Rat Race - the knockout improv comedy game show
Sun 01 Feb
|The Stand Comedy Club
Fast, funny, and brilliantly chaotic, Rat Race is an improv comedy tournament inspired by audience suggestions. Which team will run off with the golden cheese? You decide! Best suited to ages 12+, with parental discretion advised.
Time & Location
01 Feb 2026, 16:00 – 17:45
The Stand Comedy Club, 31 High Bridge, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 1EW, UK
About the event
Fast, funny, and brilliantly chaotic, Rat Race is an improv comedy tournament inspired by audience suggestions. Two teams of improvisers (The Rats) are challenged to a series of hilarious and theatrical improv comedy games.
Which team will run off with the golden cheese? You decide!
The Rats: Charlotte Smith, David Frame, Helen Doyle, Korey Bonnett, Liam Raine, Matt Ward, Robbie Fagandini & Shay Raper.
Compere: Alex Redman
Commentators: Ian McLaughlin and Bev Fox
Musician: Jenni Winter