Each event sees a diverse line up of performers coming alongside each other to create a potent artistic blaze. Each act is given a slot in The Furnace, no longer than 25 minutes, which is theirs to use in whatever way they desire.

Past Events, 2008

Current Line Up >

We demand only that the slots be passionate and innovative, and that the artists ensure our audience leaves The Furnace as different people to those who walked through its doors.

We encourage the acts to question the boundaries of their art, to pursue progression, to break the expectations of stage and to collaborate with other artists and acts on the line-up. Each month we shake-up the bill, using both our in-house artists and others from outside. This ensures that no two events are the same.

28 May 2008 - The Furnace Line Up

Paul Kerensa

Exiled Cornishman Paul Kerensa (www.paulkerensa.com) has established himself as one of British Comedy’s leading young talents, both as a writer and comedian... MORE >

Girl and Dean

Girl and Dean (www.girlanddean.co.uk) perform comedy sketches. They are famed for knitting and their imaginations. Their history works thus: “We first met in a corridor on a cold January evening which we spent hanging out with a man from Hong Kong in a white jumpsuit... MORE >

The Chris Lockington Band

In 2006, Chris Lockington (www.myspace.com/christopherlockington) released the acclaimed 'The Four Tales E.P.' on Backwater Records – a beautiful folk driven record of acoustic balladry and tenderness... more >