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Fri 04 April 2025 | 7.30pm | £17.50

Award winning writer, comedian and actor Rob Auton brings The Eyes Open and Shut Show to 1532 Performing Arts Centre.

Rob has written ten hit Edinburgh Festival Fringe comedy/theatre/spoken-word shows on specific themes including the colour yellow in The Yellow Show, sleep in The Sleep Show and hair in The Hair Show.

The Eyes Open and Shut Show is a show about eyes when they are open and eyes when they are shut. With this show Rob wanted to explore what he could do to himself and others with language when eyes are open and shut. After writing ten shows on specific themes, he wanted to think about what makes him open his eyes and what makes him shut them.

TV credits include: Starstruck (BBC), Cold Feet (ITV), The End of the F*cking World (Netflix/Channel 4), Miracle Workers (TBS), The Russell Howard Hour (Sky), Stand-Up Central With Rob Delaney (Comedy Central).

Winner - Best Daily Podcast at the British Podcast Awards 2020
Winner - Dave Joke of the Fringe 2013
Winner - Three Weeks Editor’s Choice Awards 2017

“Brilliant” Stewart Lee

“One of my absolute favourites” Daniel Kitson

“Rob Auton is the mother freaking greatest” James Acaster

“You'll laugh a lot, you'll smile a lot and, mark my words, you'll want to see him again. One of my favourite shows this year” ★★★★★ Beyond The Joke

“Like a sunbeam from heaven in human form, Auton is a constant delight” ★★★★ The Mail On Sunday

“A genuine original” The Guardian

“beautifully crafted; just like Auton’s comedy… his act is well honed and his ease is infectious… Watching, you’d struggle not be swept up in the charm of it all” ★★★★ The Independent

“This is a life affirming high water mark of what can be achieved in stand-up” British Comedy Guide

“an unexpected delight…makes laughter out of wonder” Scotsman