The Beta Males in THE SPACE RACE

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After a third critically acclaimed run on the Edinburgh Fringe, sketch storytellers, THE BETA MALES return for a new run of their Time Out Recommended residencies at THE WILMINGTON ARMS. Over the next few months The Betas will pilot evenings of NEVER-BEFORE-SEEN (and possibly unrepeatable) sketches, each set in a world of their own creation.

This month we're launching into new territory as The Beta Males enter THE SPACE RACE, a sci-fi sketch show that will take you into the FINAL FRONTIER 1962: JFK says America will go to the Moon. 1963: Professor Brian Brilliance says Blighty will f**k the s**t out of Mars.

The only things that stand in his way are foreign saboteurs, paranoid governmental officials, abandoned wives and the unfortunate propensity of his SPACEONAUTS to turn into fire. The Beta Males give you the SECRET HISTORY of Britain's entry in the Space Race and why you've never heard of it.

A slick, hilarious sketch show... Genius." - The Sunday Times
"A joy" - Steve Bennett, Chortle
"Highly inventive and gloriously funny" - Time Out

★★★★★ Spoonfed ★★★★★ FringeGuru ★★★★★ ThreeWeeks ★★★★★ Broadway Baby ★★★★ Chortle ★★★★ Fest ★★★★ The List ★★★★ Time Out

Also blasting off with us this month are...

...Spacetastic sketches from FOUR SAD FACES!
★★★★ - side-splittingly funny" - Broadway Baby
★★★★ "a hefty slice of comedy pie... don't miss this, so you can say 'I saw them when...'" - Three Weeks
"mature, robust and polished... catch this gem before it's standing room only" - Edinburgh Evening News

...Jukebox jives with plenty of va-va-voom care of THE BALCONETTES!
aka HELEN ARNEY (“An elegant performer with rich witty numbers” — Chortle) and RACHAEL PARRIS (“Champion of musical whims” — Evening Standard)

...And standup from Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year 2011 and star of Channel 4's Friday Night Dinner, TOM ROSENTHAL!
"A clever comic who's never afraid to look cocksure in the name of humour" - The Guardian
"Vibrant, intelligent and fantastically-arranged…crackles with energy and glows with originality" - Spoonfed
"Talented upcoming star" - Timeout

All this plus a SPACE ART COMPETITION so you can win SPACE PRIZES!*

Doors are 7.30pm for an 8pm start. Tickets are £6 for normal people, £5 for students and £4 if you turn up on the door in Space costume (tin foil trousers/tin foil hats/tin foil anything to be honest)

*Might just be Space Chocolate**

**Which is a lot like Regular Chocolate***

***It's just chocolate.