Cardiff Queer Comedy: WIP Season

For the fourth year in a row, The Queer Emporium's WIP Season with some amazing queer comedians bringing previews of their shows to Cardiff! The final show: 26th June 2025!

What is a WIP?

A WIP is work-in-progress, a show that comedians commonly do to try and figure out the structure and material of their show before they debut the final product (basically, a draft of their eventual show).

What is a WIP Season?

Every Thursday in June, two queer comedians will bring a WIP of their shows to The Queer Emporium! That's eight queer comedians throughout the month, hence the season! You can buy tickets for the individual events or if you buy tickets for all of the WIP shows, you'll receive a discount (also known as our Season Pass). To receive the discount, just add all four WIP Season events to your basket and it will be applied at the check out!

Who's doing a WIP on what date?

Line-ups will be announced shortly, but previous comics who have taken part in the season include Jessica Fostekew, Priya Hall, Sarah Keyworth, Morgan Rees, Lorna Rose Treen, Leila Navabi, Amy Mason, Christopher Hall and more.

Further Information

Alcohol will be served at this event. This is a seated event. Loud sounds may feature as part of the performances.

Accessibility Information

Our events are situated in the Royal Arcade, Morgan Quarter. Access to this can be gained via our shop front entrance, which includes a step or via our side entrance, which is level with the ground but please let us know in advance if you would like to use this one as it is often locked. There is also a disabled toilet on site.

The Queer Emporium is situated at the lower half of St. Mary's Street. There is a taxi rank diagonally across from the space and Uber cars are able to collect people from the Marriott Hotel, which is approximately 0.4 miles away. Here, many buses also stop to collect passengers and allow them to alight. Parking is available in St. David's Hall 2 and the John Lewis Car Park, both of which are approximately 0.2 miles from The Queer Emporium.

Pay It Forward

If you are facing any financial barriers that may prevent you from attending the event, please contact us. We have a limited number of Pay It Forward tickets available for all of our events.