Hey! Guess what! We’re going to be on Radio 4. You know – that radio station you acknowledge! The one that all radios in the family home are automatically tuned to! The one where James Naughtie shouts at people, and The Archers discuss the genuinely inconsequential in fifteen minute bursts (yes, and the Sunday omnibus. ‘Omnibus’. Honestly. God I bloody love Radio 4.)

We’re doing a show called Sketchorama. It’s got us, and a whole bunch of the best sketch acts that exist in the world, and it’s hosted by Humphrey Ker. YEAH.

Have a listen, mum, yeah? It’ll be on at 6.30pm, sometime in late June/early July [we'll come back with a date when we've got one]. It’ll be a nice comedic pre-prandial, before Shula and Usha gravely discuss the state of organic pig farming, or something.

Sketchorama – here’s what’s happening. Air dates TBC.

We’ll be Upstairs at Three and Ten at 10pm on Friday 25th and Saturday 26th May, with our brand spanking new show ‘Max and Ivan are… Con Artists’

The Independent’s Arts Editor has selected us as one of their 22 for i magazine highlights – so that means you have to go now!

http://boxoffice.brightonfringe.org/event.aspx?evId=3833

We’re writing a show. It’s going to be ideal. Here’s the title:

‘Max and Ivan are… Con Artists’

Good, eh? It’s going to be a narrative-sketch-comedy-heist-thriller, that will teach us the meaning of love and friendship via an hour of abdomen-imploding belly laughs intermingled with some actual genuine sadness.

Previews are happening in London here and here.

We’re taking it to the Brighton Fringe here.

And the performing it at Latitude here.

And we’re doing it in Ireland, would you believe. Here.

And then, of course, it’s going to Edinburgh… [watch this space. Prepare yourself for the onslaught of e-promotion, if anything]

And here’s a picture:

Come along – we’ve got an awesome line-up for your delectation and delight:

The Beta Males - snappy dressers, sketch genii and genuinely great people. [★★★★★Three Weeks ★★★★★ Broadway Baby]

Bec Hill - creator of critically-acclaimed total sell-out night ”The Pun Run’, and deeply adorable Aussie jokestress. [★★★★ The List ★★★★ Chortle]

Jigsaw - A trio of hugely talented, highly acclaimed comedians (Tom Craine, Nat Luurtsema and Dan Antopolski), selfishly muscling in on the sketch comedy scene. Also, buy Nat’s book.

Jess Ransom - Obscenely talented actress-writer-comedian-director. Recently ran a half marathon. [As seen on Horrible Histories, Doc Martin, Fast and Loose]

Colin Hoult - Dark, demented and absolutely extraordinary character comedian. [As seen on… Life's Too Short, Russell Howard's Good News]

TICKETS! BUY ‘EM! HERE: http://leicestersquaretheatre.ticketsolve.com/shows/126520568/events

Holy cocks.

The Soho Theatre run of Holmes and Watson – the last time it’ll be performed for a fair old while – was completely sold out.

Sensational.

It was also the first time Max has performed the show without crutches since breaking his ankle performing at The Wrestling and all that jazz, and it went damn well. He’s still got an ankle, at least. One day, he may run again. Until then, he’s enjoying trying to convert his limp into either some kind of Byronic posturing or a Crip swagger.

Sorry, we got sidetracked.

If you came to the Soho run, thank you. Also, why not ‘like’ us on Facebook? There are plenty of naked photos of Ivan, and if you don’t like us on Facebook he’ll find your address and post them to you.

x

In a beautiful and auspicious prelude to the EPIC SIX-NIGHT SOHO THEATRE RUN of our show ‘Max and Ivan are Holmes and Watson’, the good people of the Guardian have recommended us in the Guide!

Here’s proof, and everything (and don’t worry about losing your sight trying to read it – just click the picture for the article):

And we’re in damn good company, sharing a page with Simon Munnery (he’s at the bottom, believe us) and those ever-dazzling Pajama Men (who rocked the house at The Roffle Club last month, incidentally).

So, if for some incomprehensible reason you’ve forgotten to grab your tickets to Holmes and Watson (“Hugely ambitious and impressive” – THE GUARDIAN, ahem), DO IT NOW!

Love,

M&I
xxxx

How can one best convey the feeling of pure, white-knuckle, terror-flecked excitement? For six wildly-ambitious nights, we’re taking ‘Holmes and Watson’ to the infamous Soho Theatre. It’s a venue which has played host to Tim Key, Tim Minchin, Kim Noble, Rich Hall, The Pajama Men, Adam Riches, Jimmy Carr and now, somehow… us.

We’re spreading the six performances over two weeks, to make the whole process last longer (tantric-style), so we’re doing two sets of Thursday, Friday and Saturday performances. The dates? The 12th, 13th, 14th, 19th, 20th and 21st of January. The time? 8pm. The duration? Just a single English hour.  Should you forget any of this, incidentally, all of the above information can also be found etched directly across the very core of my consciousness.

The show is getting tweaked, buffed, polished and tightened with the guidance of our director, the obscenely talented Jessica Ransom. I’ll be performing the show without cruches for the first time since August 15th.

If you’ve seen the show before, not even I have the bare-faced audacity to ask you to come again. But I am fuelled by enough brazen chutzpah and scrotum-shrivelling fear to implore you to tell your friends, relatives, loved ones, work colleagues and organ donees about the show, and usher them towards the bright lights of the Soho. And if you haven’t seen the show? Well, now is truly the time. It’s going to be really, really good.

Love,

Max

Max and Ivan are Holmes and Watson comes to the Soho Theatre – 8pm, 12th, 13th, 14th, 19th, 20th and 21st of January. Tickets are £10 – book here.