The Falmouth Cringe gets underway this evening with an opening performance from Tim Key.

Working closely with 6 local, independent venues in Falmouth, the festival is bringing 25 comedy performances to the town to showcase talent from across the country and nurture and champion homegrown comedians.

The festival will give audiences in Cornwall the opportunity to enjoy high-quality comedy with a new fringe-style comedy festival to match others across the UK for the first time.

Tim Key (Alan Partridge, The Witchfinder, Tim Key's Late Night Poetry Programme) will open the festival with his 5-star reviewed one-man show, Mulberry at 7pm, Solskinn: The Church.

Cornwall rap duo Headluv and Passman continue the evening entertainment at Underland, from 9pm.

Performances across the four-day festival include Luke Rollason, Kernow King, Lew Fitz, Jayde Adams, and Tony Law, among many others.

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