A tree has been felled, a community wronged, and there’s only one man brave enough to make it all about him…

Three-time Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee, Chris Cantrill (SNL UK, Icklewick FM) returns with the follow-up to 2024’s critically acclaimed, sold-out Easily Swayed. Since 2020, Chris has lived in a small rural village on the border between Cumbria and Northumberland, a short distance from Sycamore Gap. The hotly anticipated Rewilding tells the story of a rural borderlands community, an act of vandalism and the outsider who’s determined to make it all about him.

Having embraced village life, Chris is happy to see out his days whittling, signing for packages and glaring at passing hikers. But when a beloved local tree is cut down in the dead of night, he’s drawn into a mystery that reveals a far darker side to his idyllic surroundings … Rewilding is a show for people who are passionate about community and keeping a very close eye on their neighbours. It is directed by Edinburgh Comedy Award-nominated Tom Parry.

As half of the acclaimed double act The Delightful Sausage, Chris has been twice-nominated for the ‘Best Show’ at the Edinburgh Comedy Awards (2019 and 2022). Chris and Amy have appeared on shows such as Question Team (Dave), Pointless (BBC One), and as series regulars for Late Night Mash (Dave). Chris is also the co-creator and star of BBC Radio 4’s breakout comedy, Icklewick FM,which the Radio Times called “one of the best comedies of 2024” and won him a BBC Audio Award for Best Comedy Performance

For those of us who cannot make it up to Edinburgh, I am told the Chris and “Rewilding” are set to tour the UK later this year.

Images credit: Rebecca Need-Menear

Title: Chris Cantrill: Rewilding 

Venue: Monkey Barrel Comedy @ The Tron (515)

Dates & time: 3rd – 30th August (not 17th & 18th) @ 12.10pm

Ticket link: https://www.edfringe.com/tickets/whats-on/chris-cantrill-rewilding

Social media links via: https://linktr.ee/ChrisCantrill Website link:www.christopher-cantrill.com