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Laugh_Able presents FEST_Able – Wanstead’s Inaugural Disability Comedy Festival!

Join us for FEST_Able, a groundbreaking event celebrating the vibrant and diverse talents of the disability and mental health comedy scene. Enjoy a lineup of professional, semi-professional, and emerging comedians as they present their Edinburgh Fringe previews, full-length shows, and more.

The FEST_Able schedule promises 16 shows on 8 dates between 3 to 31 July!

Wednesday, 3rd July – Opening Night

– Mark Nicholas: “This Is Not the Autistic You Are Looking For” (WIP)

– Benny Shakes Things Up: “Respect” (WIP)

Friday, 5th July

– Pauline Eyre: “Body”

– Jamie Green: “The Special One”

Monday, 8th July

– Stephen & Hamlet: “Blind and Mad”

– Ethan Madds & Emerson Young: “Neurodiversions”

Friday, 12th July

– Emily McQuade: “Duck Hunt”

– Alex Gibbon: “Fat Femme and Crippled”

Wednesday, 17th July

– Nicky Vere Compton & Rubynia Reubens: “Freaks and Fools the Musical” (WIP)

– Luke Poulton: “Cracking”

Monday, 22nd July

– Nicola Stephen & Rabiah Coon: “Not Normal”

– Spring Day: “EXvangelical”

Thursday, 25th July

– Lizzy Lenco: “Full Frontal Lobe”

– Barbara Fernandez: “Singing, Sagging and Shagging”

Wednesday, 31st July – Closing Night

– “Trying and Failing with Celine and Jon”

– Stephen Catling: “Beehavioural Problems Something Something Autism”

Don’t miss this unique celebration of comedy and diversity. For show details and tickets, visit https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/laugh-able
We hope you’ll join us for a month of laughter and inclusivity!

Wanstead Library, Spratt Hall Road, London E11 2RQ
All shows pay what you can
BYO drinks and refreshments
Suitable for ages 18+

Join children’s book illustrator Julia Groves for storytelling and a fun collage activity all about honey bees. We will read Julia’s book Polly Bee Makes Honey and find out where bees live and how they make honey!

Julia Groves is an illustrator and a graduate of the MA in Children’s Book Illustration, Cambridge School of Art. She loves to work with cut-paper and printmaking and enjoys the design process and creating typography for her books. Julia has had six books published with Child’s Play UK/US and recently the Follow my Food series with Scallywag Press. Her books are mostly all about animals!

For more information and to book a space, click here

Join author and illustrator Marjoke Henrichs for a fun storytelling and drawalong event based on her new book Detective Catz and the Missing Nut.  

You might even get the chance to become a detective yourself! Marjoke Henrichs graduated from the MA Children’s Book Illustration course at Cambridge School of Art in 2019. She is also a theatre designer and a painter. She was born in the Netherlands and now lives in Suffolk.

For more information and to book a space, click here

Join Sara Stanley, author and children’s story player for a fun retelling of family stories in your cardboard box boats.

Listen to the story of her new picture book, One Button and the Sea, and create your own story with paper planes. Sara Stanley is an Early Years Consultant specialising in philosophical storyplay in the UK and South Africa. Having spent time working with displaced families in Northern France she now works as a bookseller in Norfolk. One Button And The Sea is her first picture book.

For more information and to book a space, click here

The Little Mermaid Film Screening (PG)


“The Little Mermaid” is the beloved story of Ariel, a beautiful and spirited young mermaid with a thirst for adventure. The youngest of King Triton’s daughters, and the most defiant, Ariel longs to find out more about the world beyond the sea.


Production Year: 2023


Cast: Halle Bailey, Jonah Hauer-King, Melissa McCarthy


As this performance takes place in our Foyer it is unaffected by the current auditorium closure.


Really Big Pants Theatre Company present


CLARE AND CORY SHARE A (GLORIOUS) STORY

by Joe Bromley


Where’s the class bear?

Let us explain:

Jane shares her train (batteries not included)

Anmol shares his doll (wonky leg; mended several times)

Michael shares his cycle (a trusty three-wheeler)

Willow and Joe both have a go with a yo-yo

BUT

Clare NEVER EVER shares her pear

Until she loses the class bear (uh-oh)

Enter Cory

Can he save the day with a story?


Join Really Big Pants for a glorious story of sharing, exploring, and daring, written entirely in rhyme.  This interactive show encourages children to not only share their belongings and enjoy a great story, but also to explore the natural world so close to home.  And there’s an accompanying longer-form picture book, illustrated by the award-winning Steve Smallman, available to buy on the day, featuring the exact text so you can relive the adventure at home!  



“Fantastic show.  Three generations enjoyed it so much!”

Family, Chiswick Book Festival

“I would just like to say how much my little one and myself enjoyed your show!  It was so engaging that she remained focused for the whole play, even at such a young age.  Thank you for making her very first visit to a theatre so special!”

Mum, Courtyard Arts Centre

“Thank you for an utterly fabulous afternoon of theatre, fun and fantastic big pants!”

Stepping Into Stories Herne Hill Kids Lit Festival

“You really transported us all to the different places.  Funny and poignant.  We loved it – and look forward to reading the book at home.  Hope to see you again!”

Mum and Robyn, age 5, Karamel Kids


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