LIVE SHOWS & EVENTS 2025

Doing It Live

Celebrating 40 years on road and radio, twice nominated for the Sony Radio Award for ‘Best Use Of Comedy’, writer voicer producer and all-round smart-arse Buzz Hawkins brings radio’s longest running favourite funny family ‘The Bradshaws’ to life on stage before your very eyes. Armed with a big virtual cardboard boxful of Catchy Choruses & Daft Bits, the funniest nostalgia you’ll ever see, and a lifetime of comedy writing to go at, you can expect an unforgettable rib-cracking night out - whichever of the three different shows he's running this year.

The Man Behind The Bradshaws one-man show (the title will give you a clue); Hawkins Backyard (after a first hilarious set of Bradshawesque Hawkins, Buzz brings his line-up of top musicians to beef up the catchy choruses and classy original songs he's known for; or with A Bit O' Lanky Panky he shares a barmy Lancashire style comedy night with comic pal, Dom Collins.

‘Amazing!’ Peter Kay
‘A national treasure’ John Henshaw
‘Magic’ Bernard Wrigley
‘Set to rule the world’ Eamonn O’Neal

If you manage to get tickets for one of his famous live events then the following advice is offered: Invest in Fixodent and unbutton your cardigans before it starts!
It will be a rib-cracking night out with the Bradshaws, almost held together by Buzz Hawkins, singer-songwriter, story-teller fellah, funnyman, award-winning writer, producer and voices of the wickedly funny radio favourites the Bradshaws.

This unique and healthy experience (laughter is good for you!) with Buzz Hawkins could cause face-ache, wheezing, loss of breath, loss of dentures, sore ribs and temporary incontinence due to the unavoidable amount of laughing you have to do. Beware and be ready for a night out you'll never forget.

Having written radio comedy for forty years, Hawkins' material is wide and seemingly endless. Some would believe, though, that it's all nostalgia based and therefore not for younger audiences. Wrong! Yes, it's nostalgic with the Bradshaws and seeing life through their eyes, but it's right on the button with clever comedy songs such as Eee Well Y'ave To Laugh Ant Yer? (all one word, by the way), Father Fanakerpan's Secret, Country Billy Gerkin & The Pickle Stabbers, the Raji Sing Song, Poor Old Norman, Tongue Twisting (beware of this one!) and the exquisite Sadie. And when Hawkins asks "It's catchy, intit?" you'll be lying if you say no.

His observation is up there with Billy Connolly, Frank Skinner, Clive James, Arthur Smith, Victoria Wood and Peter Kay and yet his take on it is totally unique. We defy you to put Hawkins in a bag - please?!

So, are the Bradshaws a figment of his imagination, or is he a figment of theirs?