STEVE PUNT & ROBIN INCE

Edinburgh Festival works in progress

Tuesday 21st July, 2026

Door time: 7:30pm, start time: 8:00pm

15+ (under-18s must be accompanied by an adult)

Comedy

Red Imp T&Cs:

Many of our bigger acts use our gig as a 'work in progress' and may be using notes. Whilst we endeavour to keep our line ups as advertised, due to the nature of showbiz if one of our acts is offered Hollywood, TV or a massive corporate gig that we cannot compete with, line ups are subject to change, even on the day of the gig. Any change of headliner and you will be notified via email and a refund offered. Please note, the booking fee will not be refunded. We will do our level best to find a like for like headliner. Any change of MC or support act will not be notified as we assume you don't really give a monkeys. All seating is unreserved and any ticket holder who hasn't arrived by the first interval may not get a seat but be offered standing at the back. We will fill your seat as we will assume you are doing a 'no show'. Doors 7:30pm, Show 8pm, unless stated otherwise.

By buying a ticket you are agreeing to these T & Cs

Event information

STEVE PUNT has been looking at the news for a living for over thirty years, as a host of The Now Show and The Mary Whitehouse Experience, and as a writer for everything from Spitting Image and Mock the Week to Horrible `Histories. But what - if anything - has he learned?

What lessons can he draw from watching the world change, history unfold, leaders come and go - and trying to be funny about it? Starting out on a BBC typewriter with a pile of newspapers, he has watched the news go 24-hours, digitize, go multi-channel, social-media, AI-driven and often fake to start with. The era of getting our news from papers and major broadcasters is almost over - young people don’t use either of them. And yet, news is our conduit to the world outside our own lives. It shapes our opinions and views. Looking back, sideways and forwards at the 24-hour barrage of information pouring at us from all angles, Steve poses the question - what is news, and should we care? (Answer - after the break.)

ROBIN INCE no longer of Monkey Cage sadly but still the funniest ADHD king. Come see him warming up for Edinburgh.

Tickets

Non Trades Members

Tickets are available

Total price: £17.60
Ticket price: £16.00, Booking fee: £1.60

Trades Hall Members

Tickets are available

Total price: £15.40
Ticket price: £14.00, Booking fee: £1.40

Venue information

61-63 Tower Hamlets Rd
Walthamstow
London
E17 4RQ

0	LONDON: Walthamstow Trades Hall (info)
P	Tuesday 21st July, 2026
N	Door time: 7:30pm, start time: 8:00pm
.	15+ (under-18s must be accompanied by an adult)
C	Comedy
`	Red Imp T&Cs: Many of our bigger acts use our gig as a 'work in progress' and may be using notes. Whilst we endeavour to keep our line ups as advertised, due to the nature of showbiz if one of our acts is offered Hollywood, TV or a massive corporate gig that we cannot compete with, line ups are subject to change, even on the day of the gig. Any change of headliner and you will be notified via email and a refund offered. Please note, the booking fee will not be refunded. We will do our level best to find a like for like headliner. Any change of MC or support act will not be notified as we assume you don't really give a monkeys. All seating is unreserved and any ticket holder who hasn't arrived by the first interval may not get a seat but be offered standing at the back. We will fill your seat as we will assume you are doing a 'no show'. Doors 7:30pm, Show 8pm, unless stated otherwise. By buying a ticket you are agreeing to these T & Cs