Manchester Comedy Festival 2009 - Saturday 17th October
The Comedy Store / 11.30pm (£12 / £6)
“Clever comedy by a witty man for smart people” The List.
Idiots may enjoy too.
“When someone writes a history of modern comedy, they should make room for Robin Ince” The Guardian
Contains facetiousness
"...funny, more than a little bizarre, and a good afternoon of fun for all the family” * * * * Three Weeks
All listing for the Manchester Comedy Festival on LOL! Manchester are courtesy of www.manchestercomedyfestival.co.uk
WKD Comedy is now Comedy Centro!
From October, WKD Comedy at Vanilla will be no more. So long live Comedy Centro @ Centro on Tibs Street in the Northern Quarter.
Bethany Black, Organiser & Compere of the new night is excited by the prospect of the move to the new venue and says its going to be something a bit special. "We've got some of the best acts in the world and all originals, we're hoping to create an environment where they can come and perform their most intelligent, innovative, provocative and original material."
For their first night on Sunday 4th October, they've got a double headline event with two of her favourite acts ever - The multi award winning Robin Ince (British Comedy Award Nominee 2006) and the one & only Barbara Nice ("Imagine a hybrid between Mrs. Merton and Victoria Wood" The Times). Boosting the line up are two of Stand Up's bright young things. The winner of this year's Chortle Student Comedian Of the Year competition, Joe Lycett and a brand new & utterly brilliant comedian by the name of Jay Hampson. Bethany, who has just returned from a successful run of shows at this year's Edinburgh Fringe Festival, will host the proceeding.
We are also informed that there will be offers and all sorts of VIP Treats for regulars, so if you've been to nights that were held at Vanilla then make yourself known to obtain some fantastic special offers.
Comedy Centro will be held on the first Sunday of every month. Admission is pay on the door only and it's £6, but £5 for students & unemployed.
Win tickets to see Robin Ince TONIGHT @ the Dancehouse in Manchester!
Fancy seeing Robin Ince tonight at the Dancehouse Theatre on Oxford Road but yet cannot afford to see him due to these troublesome times we live in? Well, you are indeed in luck as the Man himself has kindly given us a pair of tickets to see him perform his show later this evening.
To be in with a chance of winning all you have to do is tell us the name of the show he's currently touring the UK with. Answers on an email to lolmanchester@gmail.com with ROBIN INCE TICKETS in the subject field. Entries need to be in by 4pm today. The winner's name will be posted on here at 4.30pm.
Good luck y'all!
Dancehouse Theatre, Oxford Road (opposite the BBC)
Starts at 7.30pm
Tickets: £10/£14
UPDATE: Congratulations to Alex Colcombe who is now the owner of the Prize winning tickets.
There are still some tickets available for the show so if you can still make it, do so. Robin is a fantastic comic who shouldn't be missed!