Ben Pope ('total delight' **** - Fest) is a bookseller by day and a stand-up comedian by night.

Come and join him as he stress-tests a new hour of book-flavoured jokes. There’ll be stuff about Where’s Wally?, airport thrillers, Dr Seuss, performative male readers, and Sylvia Plath’s bloody fig tree. Maybe he'll even read some bits of a book he's writing.

If you consider yourself a reader: this show is for you! If you don’t - well, I hate to break it to you, but you’re reading RIGHT NOW. I’ll see you there.

"Pope is superb company" ★★★★ (Evening Standard)

"Beautifully constructed" ★★★★ (The Scotsman)

"Could an audience with the actual Pope offer as much?" ★★★★ (The Telegraph)

This show is part of The Gaffe's 2026 Preview Season, which is your chance to see some of the most exciting comedians making their way up to the iconic Edinburgh Fringe this August or going on tour in the near future.

Show details:

● Doors 17:00

● Show 18:00-19:00 (no interval)

● Last entry is 18:00

● 18+ only

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