Richard Pulsford
@richardpulsford
My words are spoken by an actor. Stand-up comedian. UK Pun Champion and Scottish Comedian of the Year runner-up. BCOTY semi-finalist 2025. 3x Top 10 Jokes of Edinburgh Fringe. As seen on Channel 4. ON UK TOUR 2026.
I had fun at the Shaftesbury Fringe preview show last night. I decided to record what it's like stepping out in front of the curtain at a theatre - and found that it's very clunky without any intro music! I'll be doing 3 shows over the weekend at The Gold Hill Museum - see linktr.ee/richardpulsford
It's your last chance TODAY to see 'Yorkshire Dad, Immigrant Mum' and 'Gold Fashioned Jokes' in Buxton @buxtonfringe.bsky.social (17:30 and 19:00) Tickets from @undergroundvenues.bsky.social here: bit.ly/3RoqIWn
If you like one-liners and puns I will be performing a show full of them @edfringe.bsky.social for most of August at The Beehive Inn. Show time is 12:15 (lunchtime). Tickets PWYW: bit.ly/4qvLuz6
Please join me for my 2 shows at The Spotlites Theatre (Chatham) in the Medway Fringe Festival on Friday 17th July: Yorkshire Dad, Immigrant Mum (autobiographical) at 18:00 Tickets: bit.ly/4eyRjtg Gold Fashioned Jokes (one-liners & puns) at 19:30 "Quick, original and funny" Tickets: bit.ly/48AvN3G
I have 3 shows in the Scarborough Fringe this weekend and I would love to see you there! Gold Fashioned Jokes (quality 1-liners) bit.ly/4urwhlQ Yorkshire Dad, Immigrant Mum (about growing up in Scarborough) bit.ly/4saG2DJ It Just So Happened (history-themed panel show for podcast) bit.ly/4bBjIx3
Some losers make it onto the front cover of Time Magazine but I've made it onto the front cover of the Fringe TheatreFest 2026 brochure! Come and see me do so much more than just fold my arms looking smug, in Barnstaple at the end of June (and you should go and see lots of other amazing shows too)!
I have two shows in Derby @ramcomedyfest.bsky.social at The Royal Standard, Derwent Street, this Saturday, 30th May: It Just So Happened (history-themed panel show) at 2pm Tickets: bit.ly/4bqW46U Gold Fashioned Jokes (light-hearted one-liners) at 5pm Tickets: bit.ly/4q9y3Fc Hope to see you there!
Confirmed dates for 'Yorkshire Dad, Immigrant Mum' this summer! Tickets now on sale for Scarborough, Medway, Ventnor, Durham and Edinburgh Fringes. Tickets on sale from tomorrow for @buxtonfringe.bsky.social PWYW on the door in Barnstaple and Shaftesbury. See: linktr.ee/richardpulsford for links
Here's another date on the 2026 'Gold Fashioned Jokes' tour: SHAFTESBURY On 18th July at the Gold Hill Museum (at 20:30). Tickets only available on the door so get there early! Link: bit.ly/3Nn54jD
New one-liners show coming in 2026! Here is one of the confirmed dates for the 2026 tour of Gold Fashioned Jokes - 17th July - in The Spotlites Theatre (main theatre) in Chatham, Kent! Tickets now on sale: bit.ly/48AvN3G
** New 2026 Tour Dates ** I will be performing my new 2026 one-liner show Gold Fashioned Jokes in the @ventnorfringe.bsky.social at the Ventnor Arts Club, High St, on Tue 21st July and Wed 22nd July (19:00). You can book tickets here: bit.ly/4m6n7Yq #vfringe26
One of my jokes was selected in the 'best clean joke' @leicscomedyfest.bsky.social joke competition! www.chortle.co.uk/news/2026/03... If you want to see me telling award-winning jokes live I'm performing at 18:00 this evening in Tennent's Bar in the Glasgow Comedy Festival Tickets: bit.ly/4nzttPc
TONIGHT! See 5 Fife comedians in the Glasgow Comedy Festival show '5 Fifers for a Fiver' - for just £5! I will be introducing the hilarious @pepitaprods.bsky.social Iain Hume, Jay Miles and David Cruickshanks at Tennent's Bar on Byers Road from 20:30. Tickets: bit.ly/3Wrxp9A
Rachel Reeves' approach to budgeting: #LunchPun #SpringStatement
Tickets are still available for my solo shows coming up in the Glasgow Comedy Festival on 13th and 15th March. One-liners show at Tennent's Bar on Fri 13th March (18:00): bit.ly/4nzttPc Autobiographical show at Gael & Grain on Sun 15th March (14:15): bit.ly/3LeB2NS
Had a wonderful time at the Frazer Theatre in Knaresborough last night performing alongside Ed Aczel Pete Otway and David Eagle. Now on to Leicester for the @leicscomedyfest and 5 different shows and various guest spots over the next 4 days.
I'm willing to share the @leicscomedyfest.bsky.social UK Pun Championships trophy with Trump if it helps stop an invasion of Greenland, the disintegration of NATO and economic recession brought on by a trade war. Anything I can do to help. He deserves it as much as I do - he's a really funny guy!
My shows in @leicscomedyfest.bsky.social 2026: 1. Herr Strack and Hair Pulsford (double-header) 2. Yorkshire Dad, Immigrant Mum (solo) 3. It Just So Happened (history, panel show, podcast) 4. Ye Gods! (improv) 5. The Short Joke Teller Returns (one-liners) Deets/tickets via Linktree: t.co/bleOfIgoiI
I'll be appearing at The Cosy Club in the Nottingham Comedy Festival this Sunday at 16:30 performing one-liners and puns in my show 'The Short Joke Teller Returns'. If you're in the area, it would be lovely to see you there. Tickets: bit.ly/42dpBLQ
This weekend is the start of this year's wonderful @favershamfringe.bsky.social. I will be performing two of my shows, both on 18th October, at The Guildhall. One-liner show. Tickets: bit.ly/4fzQn6D Autobiographical, Yorkshire Dad, Immigrant Mum. Tickets: bit.ly/41vlJp4
I have 4 shows in the @dundeefringe.bsky.social between 12th and 18th September. Tickets are still available! Links: One-liner show: bit.ly/45RIgxU Yorkshire Dad, Immigrant Mum: bit.ly/4mD3RkK It Just So Happened: bit.ly/41WJqqx Ye Gods! bit.ly/47btdBr
The clouds finally gave way to reveal the lunar eclipse #Fife
Straight after Dundee I'll be taking my one-liner show to Southport at the Bijou cinema on 19th September (8pm). It would be great to see you if you're in the area. Tickets via southportbijoucinema.co.uk
It's about time they got rid of that eyesore of a building #LunchPun #Edinburgh