TWO top family comedy acts are set to perform in Barnard Castle later this month.

The Kagools will perform at The Witham on Saturday, July 11, at 1.30pm.

The show promised to be a wacky combination of physical comedy, sketch and film that transports you into the weird and weatherproofed world of The Kagools and is suitable for all the family.

The second show to feature at the venue is the Lee Kyle "Gunge Show" which will kick off the Barnard Castle Comedy Festival on Saturday, July 18, at noon.

It is set to be a frantic, boisterous affair akin to the Saturday morning kids’ game shows of the eighties and nineties and sees Mr Kyle supervising two teams of comics competing in a series of ear-splitting games to save their team captain from a gunging.

It features four top North-East comics Si Buglass, Nicola Mantalios-Lovett, Sammy Dobson, and Matt Reed.

Speaking ahead of The Gunge show, Mr Kyle, said: "I love Barnard Castle - the festival has a brilliant line-up and I'm chuffed to be a part of it.

“The show's for kids and stupid adults.

“It has gunge in it and it is a right laugh, so please do come along.

“It really is canny good."

Tickets for the shows are on sale now from funnywaytobe.com and at the Witham box office.