Comedy

Leave To Enter

In 2017, Nick was deported from Scotland. In 2023, he's ready to talk about it.

$20.00 - $26.00
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Wide up shot of Nick smiling. He's got long, red, curly hair, a moustache and wearing glasses. In a white shirt and tan, checked pants , he's sitting with both legs crossed and his hands on the ground.
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Image Credit: Nick Robertson

  • Written and Performed by: Nick Robertson

Leave To Enter: [noun]
1. Permission for entry to the United Kingdom granted by British immigration officers.
2. Something Nick Robertson was denied.

Fresh off the back of a critically acclaimed season at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, 'Leave To Enter' is an hour of captivating and hilarious storytelling. From being detained for ten hours in Edinburgh Airport, to Nick's obsession with Scooby Doo (2002), come spend an hour with this 'exquisite storyteller' (The Age) as he spares no detail recounting the time the most Scottish looking person, with the most Scottish last name, was denied leave to enter in Scotland.

'Leave To Enter' is packed with hard laughs, painted with a soft touch. It's a story about being displaced, a story about Candy Crush, a story about Nick's mum.

Don't miss your chance to see one of Melbourne's fastest rising stars in comedy make their Fringe debut!

'Genius' - Tim Minchin

'A skilful handle of the audience well-past his years... harnesses narrative abilities akin to that of Sarah Kendall or Cassie Workman.' - The Age

About NickMickPics

Nick Robertson is a comedian/storyteller and a rising star on the Melbourne scene. Nick has been selling out shows since the age of 15, at Melbourne International Comedy Festival, Brisbane Comedy Festival and around the country. With writing credits including Junkee and Pedestrian TV, they've also written and performed sketches with sketch group Comedy Hits Puberty and has appeared on the internationally acclaimed storytelling night and podcast Backyard Stories. He's been described by Tim Minchin as a 'genius' and by Frank Woodley as 'a cooler Luke McGregor'.

  • Duration: 50 minutes

  • Event Accessibility: Blind or Low Vision Rating: Partially Accessible

  • Age suitability: PG

  • Event warnings: Mild Coarse Language.

  • Content warnings: Violence, Mental Health.

  • Festival Hub: Trades Hall - Evatt Room
    Cnr Lygon & Victoria Sts, Carlton, Victoria, 3053

    Wheelchair Access

    Festival Hub: Trades Hall - Evatt Room is wheelchair accessible.

    The entrance to the venue is on Lygon St. You can head up the front stairs and through the main doors, from there head right to get to the Loading Dock.
    If you need step free access, there is lift at the front of the building and our team will be able to guide you from there to the Loading Dock.

    Once you're in the Loading Dock you can head straight through to the Victoria Street Building and up the stairs on your right. On the first floor the Evatt Room is on the far right side.

    If you need step free access, head out the northern doors of the Loading Dock and west towards the lift. Take the lift to the first floor and then head south past Solidarity Hall to the Victoria St Building.

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  • Full: $26.00

  • Preview: $20.00

  • Extra Applause: $35.00

  • Blak Tix: $10.00

  • Concession: $23.00

  • Group 6+: $23.00

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Sessions: In Person Events

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Date Time Venue

Wednesday, 04 October 2023

6:00pm

Festival Hub: Trades Hall - Evatt Room

Preview
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Thursday, 05 October 2023

6:00pm

Festival Hub: Trades Hall - Evatt Room

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Friday, 06 October 2023

6:00pm

Festival Hub: Trades Hall - Evatt Room

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Saturday, 07 October 2023

6:00pm

Festival Hub: Trades Hall - Evatt Room

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Sunday, 08 October 2023

5:00pm

Festival Hub: Trades Hall - Evatt Room

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