In a last minute
change to the bill, we kick off the first Catch 22 of the
year with a headline set from quick witted charmer Steve
Shanyaski (replacing Dan Nightingale). A cross between Peter
Kay and Eddie Izzard, he’ll do very nicely for us thank
you.
Support comes from Danny McLoughlin, one of the hotly tipped
stand ups from the North West comedy scene.
Featuring:
TONY BURGESS,
PLUS SUPPORT
AND MC MATT REED
Charmingly
cheeky Manc Toby Burgess combines a winning outlook on life
along with some killer punchlines. It's a deadly mix and
has earned him the reputation as one of the most sought
after stand-ups in the country. He also writes for Lily
Savage, Steve Coogan and Johnny Vegas. If he's good enough
for them, then he'll deffo do us just fine!
DOORS
7:30pm /
SHOW 8:00pm /
£20 / £18 conc / 16 +
BOX OFFICE: 01642 729 729
I, Julian Clary, have done for mincing what Michael
Flatley did for Irish dancing.
But has
the bottom fallen out of the homosexual meat market?
I must tour my kingdom to find out…
In these difficult times I feel I should go and comfort
my people in the provinces. My friend
Damien
tells me the men are very hard up in Sheffield. I only hope
I'm not too late.
I'm 50. The shame of it. This will be an intimate evening
- a celebration, no less, of my twenty-five years in the
camp spotlight: how I got there and why I refuse to leave.
Come and see me before they put me in a home for tired old
knackers.
www.julianclary.co.uk
Catch
22 presents this hilarious one man show with Alun
Cochrane
Alun Cochrane's
new Daydreamer (At Night) show was the MUST SEE gig at Edinburgh
this year. A man gently wandering through his daydreams
might not sound like a comedy goldmine but in the hands
of this dour, whimsically laidback Yorkshireman, his sharp-as-you-like
twisted observations "had people laughing so hard they
didn't seem able to stop. He'll be filling arenas soon"
The Independent.
DOORS
7.30pm /
SHOW 8.00PM /
£18.50 / AGE TBC
BOX OFFICE: 01642 729 729
The Actor, Adventurer and Author takes a break from
travelling the world, to travel the UK with a brand
new live show. The star
of 'Long Way Round', 'Long Way Down', 'Race To Dakar' and
'By Any Means' hosts an evening of stories, anecdotes and
tales from his worldwide escapades. Plus supporting act
to open the show.
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Featuring:
LLOYD LANGFORD,
STEVE WILLIAMS
PLUS RESIDENT MC
"The New Prince Charming of Comedy...the find
of the year" Paramount Comedy.
"Instantly likeable" Time Out
He's only 26
but terrifically talented young Welshman Lloyd Langford
has been charming the pants off even the biggest names in
comedy with his natural wit and playful style. You saw him
here first!
Support comes from fellow Welsh stand up Steve Williams.
"It's not often that I laugh so much I snort like a
pig" Chortle
7.30PM
/ £15 / 16+
BOX OFFICE: 01642 729 729
The youngest comic ever to win the Perrier award -
for his Edinburgh Fringe debut in 1990 - Sean Hughes
is back with a brand new show, bursting at the seams
with the darkly brilliant, self-deprecating barbed
wit that has kept him at the top of his game ever
since.
The star of The Last Detective (ITV), Never Mind The
Buzzcocks
(BBC)
and Sean's Show (Channel 4) whose dark, explosive style
and quick-fire audience banter have made him a household
name is not to be missed. Book Now.
Quick-witted
charmer Steve Shanyaski has been described as a cross between
Eddie Izzard and Peter Kay. That'll do nicely for us!
Support comes from genial white-haired Irishman Ciamh (pronounced
Queeve) McDonnell. Chatty, playful and downright beguiling,
he could have walked straight out of Father Ted.
"Superb - a source of joy" Time Out
Featuring:
DAVE JOHNS,
CHRIS MARTIN
PLUS RESIDENT MC
Wry, mischievous and cheekily surreal, Dave Johns
is the Godfather of the Geordie comedy scene.
You've probably
seen him on Never Mind the Buzzcocks and 8 out of 10 Cats.
You might not know that he's also appeared alongside Christian
Slater in the stage version of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's
Nest.
"Sublime" The Guardian
Support comes from dry-as-a-bone stand-up Chris Martin.
7.30PM
/ £15 / 16+
BOX OFFICE: 01642 729 729
Lockipedia
Is a brand new stand-up show from the comedian Sean
Lock.
Lockipedia
Is a very unreliable, misleading but highly entertaining
information resource.
Lockipedia.
Is Sloppy Knowledge.
Lockipedia.
Is what Sean 'knows' about stuff.
Lockipedia
Can only be accessed live.
Lockipedia
Is funny.
Star of BBC2's 'QI' and team captain on Channel 4's '8 Out
Of 10 Cats'.
'One of the finest
and most original comedians around'
THE INDEPENDENT
'Punchy, inventive, superb…
undeniably brilliant'
THE TIMES
IF.COM Eddie Award Winner (Perrier to us!), headliner
Phil Nichol hovers between insanity and brilliance
- always
a good combination
in our book. A Tasmanian devil with a guitar, wickedly funny
songs and superb improvisational skills. One of our absolute
favourite acts. "Awesome, pin you in your seats stuff"
Time Out
Support comes from self confessed 21st slacker Carl Donnelly
- "one of the highest rated emerging stars" The
Guardian.
Featuring:
STEVE HARRIS,
JOHN WARBURTON &
MC DANNY MCLOUGHLIN
Steve Harris
knows a thing or two about crowd-pleasing stand-up - mixing
good old fashioned puns with dead funny, human beatbox musical
comedy.
Corrie Fans might recognise John Warburton as The Street's
Barry Sidwell. He's also a great stand up, with tons of
smart alec asides and cutting one liners.
"Rock'n'roll and very, very funny," - Loaded,
9/10.
7.30PM
/ £14 / £12 / 16+
BOX OFFICE: 01642 729 729
The multi-award winning comedian and star of 'For
one Night Only', 'Michael McIntyre's Roadshow', 'Skins',
'The Late Late Show', '8 Out of 10 Cats', performs
his exciting and hilarious show that will have audiences
begging for more.
"A comic revolutionary…
Not to be missed" The Independent
"If you fail to laugh like a lunatic, check yourself
into a mortuary: You are probably dead" Metro
8.00PM
/ £16.50 / 16+
BOX OFFICE: 01642 729 729
Following last year's sell-out tour and sensational
performances on 'The Royal Variety Performance', 'Live
At The Apollo', and 'Michael Mcintyre's Comedy Roadshow',
the Welsh Wonder is back on the road with a brand
new show. Last year, he punched a shop-assistant over
the duvet tog-rating system and went berserk over
a mince pie. Stung by accusations that he over-reacts,
this year Rhod sets out on an emotional rollercoaster
of a journey to discover the truth. Is he, as he believes,
a visionary in a sea of closed minds, or has he, as
everyone else believes, got anger-management problems?
Total
sell-out, Edinburgh 2005-2008. Perrier Nominee 2008. One
of the hottest names in stand-up today. Catch him while
you can.
'Comic of the Year', 'Breakthrough
Act' & 'Best Show' Winner - Time Out 2008
"Without doubt one of the best comedians anywhere in
the world right now" Time Out
7.30PM
/ £19.50 / 16+
BOX OFFICE: 01642 729 729
Following 2008's sold out national tour, best selling
DVD 'Dara O Briain Talks Funny' and his debut book
'Tickling The English', award winning stand up comedian
Dara O Briain hits the road again in 2010.
While not hosting BBC2's 'Mock The Week' Dara is the
star of 'Three Men and a Boat', has appeared on 'Live
From The Apollo" and is also a Guardian sports
columnist.
"His set is a masterclass in intelligent stand-up"
The Guardian
As
seen on Q.I and Friday Night with Jonathan Ross.
"If you don't laugh at O Briain check your pulse you
must be dead" The Evening Standard.
Don't miss this unique opportunity to catch the most charming,
charismatic, fast-talking funny man working on the UK's
live comedy circuit today. Book early to avoid disappointment.
Dubbed the
new Lenny Henry, Junior Simpson's searing satires of everything
from Ragga music to Pentecostal preachers have earned him
headline spots up and down the land, plus his own show on
Channel 5, In the Dark with Junior Simpson.
"My absolute festival highlight" The Guardian.
Support comes from high energy observationalist Paul McCaffery
and former rock star (really!) Sam Avery.
8.15PM
/ 16+ / £10
Box office: 01642 525 199
Star of Michael McIntyre’s Comedy Roadshow.
Fresh from a 2009 Edinburgh Comedy Awards nomination
(Best Newcomer) and a critically acclaimed sell-out
run at this year’s Fringe Kevin Bridges, Scotland's
'young comedy prodigy' (Guardian) is set to record
his debut DVD this May at the 10,000 seat Glasgow
SECC Arena.
Kevin’s
recent Edinburgh Comedy Award nomination and his stand out
performance on Michael McIntyre’s Comedy Roadshow (BBC
ONE, June/October 2009) have highlighted an exceptional
12 months for the young Glaswegian comic. With his hotly
anticipated DVD on the way and a string of high profile
television appearances including Live at the Apollo, 2010
is destined to be his year.
“Kevin Bridges is destined for the top” The Herald
*****
“Unmissable” The Mirror *****
8.00PM
/ £20 / 16+
BOX OFFICE: 01642 729 729
Following his epic record-breaking tour in 2008, Frankie
Boyle, star of BBC2’s Mock the Week and one of
the hottest and most controversial comedians of the
moment, is back on the road in 2010 with an all new
live show.
“This
is meat-and-potatoes stand-up, but the sauce is tart,
the meat's bleeding and the spuds are hard as rock”
The Guardian
“You can
forgive Frankie Boyle's confidence and his apparent belief
that he is really that good. That is simply, because he
is” Edinburgh Evening News
Frankie’s autobiography, My Shit Life So Far, will
be released in October 2009.
Following the back of two sold out world tours, the
stories in "Fear" take place all over the
globe, making for an epic tale of one man’s journey
through his own psychological minefield.
As always Jason’s shows are designed to make
you FEEL something. By addressing his own fears Jason
hopes to "show people that we are not alone,
that we are all as odd as each other. Failing that
I'll just end up looking like a freak
for
an hour as people stare at me
trying to explain why I am the way I am"
Since his astonishing debut show “Confessions”
in 2007 and the even more critically acclaimed “Joy”
in 2008, Jason has gained an army of fans who are attracted
to the one thing Jason always guarantees in his shows: Total
honesty.
Oh, and maximum hilarity too.
‘Uplifting and joyful’ - Time Out
‘Joyfully uplifting and playfully honest hilarity’
- Chortle
7.30PM
/ £20 / 16+
BOX OFFICE: 01642 729 729
As seen on Live at the Apollo, BBC1; Walk on the Wild
Side, BBC1; As Seen on TV, BBC1; 8 out of 10 Cats,
Channel 4; Royal Variety Performance 2009, ITV1; Jason
Manford & Friends, BBC Radio 2.
"SHARP OBSERVATIONAL COMEDY…INSPIRED ONE-LINERS…MANFORD
CERTAINLY KNOWS HOW TO GET THE LAUGHS." Metro
"ONE OF THE MOST CONSISTENTLY FUNNY AND EFFORTLESSLY
CHARMING NEW COMICS AROUND" Jonathan Ross
"A
TRUE MASTER OF OBSERVATIONAL COMEDY" BBC
"ONE OF THE FUNNIEST FRIENDS I'VE GOT." Peter
Kay
"GUARANTEED TO DELIVER LAUGHS…INCREDIBLY FUNNY"
Chortle
"A VERY FUNNY, VERY ENGAGING PERFORMER…A JOY"
Scotsman
"A NATURAL WITH THE AUDIENCE, WARM, FUN, ENGAGING"
Manchester Eve News www.jasonmanford.com
BOX
OFFICE: 01642 729 729
Phil McIntyre Entertainments Proudly Presents: MARK
WATSON LIVE
The multi-award winning comedian and host of BBC's
We Need Answers, Never Mind The Buzzcocks, and a Mock
The Week regular and star of cult Radio 4 series Mark
Watson Makes The World Substantially Better, Mark
Watson finally returns to the road in the UK, with
his most personal, most surprising, and funniest show
yet. Total sell-out seasons at the Montreal, Melbourne,
Sydney and Edinburgh Festivals.
'A classic observational humorist, a stand-up superstar'
Time Out New York
'By the end, the audience is in danger of collapsing with
laughter' Evening Standard
'The highest achiever the Edinburgh
Festival has seen this decade' Time
