Comedy at the Theatre Royal courtesy of Barbara Nice

Comediene Barbara Nice is appearing at the Theatre Royal Bury St Edmunds later this month with a new show about chance and luck.

Entrance to the performance includes a complimentary raffle ticket and the chance to win a prize off Barbara’s table.

With her enviable track record of garnering five-star reviews and sell-out shows, Barbara will put a smile on your face and a spring in your step with her new interactive show.

Actress and comedian Janice Connolly was discovered by legendary comedian Peter Kay when she performed in a new act competition in Manchester in character as Barbara Nice, a caricature of a middle-aged housewife and mother of five from Birmingham.

He then asked her to play Holy Mary in his show Phoenix Nights.

Janice has since appeared as Barbara Nice in solo shows at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2012, 2014 and 2018.

In October 2015 she recorded a pilot for BBC Radio 2’s Comedy Showcase series, the pilot was well received with four episodes commissioned and subsequently broadcast in March 2017.

Her hit touring show Raffle centres around using music and dance for silly prizes – a format which she invented and developed over years of working interactively and building trust with audiences.

She is artistic director and founder member of the Birmingham-based “Women and Theatre”, was awarded a British Empire Medal in the 2017 New Year’s Honours list for services to community arts in the West Midlands and she is also a participant in the current series of “Britain’s Got Talent”.

Barbara Nice: Raffle is at Theatre Royal Bury St Edmunds, on Thursday, May 23.