Showing posts with label The Greenroom. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The Greenroom. Show all posts
MCF09 News: WIN Tickets for Upfont Comedy at the Green Room - Saturday
LOL! Manchester have got together with the Green Room on Whitworth Street to give you the chance to see some great stand up comedy on the Penultimate night of the Manchester Comedy Festival
Upfront Comedy presents a line up of four of the very best comics that have graced our screens on MTV and the BBC, while another has flown over direct from New York City! On the Bill is...
Upfront Comedy presents a line up of four of the very best comics that have graced our screens on MTV and the BBC, while another has flown over direct from New York City! On the Bill is...
Leo Mohammed (BBC1's The Real McCoy)
John Simmit (Radio 1's The Guest List)
Jason Patterson ("Patterson’s likeable yet authoritative stage presence is thoroughly engaging" - Chortle)
and
Lewis Schaffer ("Wickedly smarmy" - The Hollywood Reporter)
Tickets are £9 & £6 for concessions, although if you call the Green Room's Box Office and can tell them the name of the Teletubbie John Simmit plays, you can get tickets for £6! BUT WAIT!!!!
We're given you the chance to get a pair of tickets for free! All you need to do is drop us an email at manchester@thelolnetwork.com with your name & contact number and at Noon tomorrow we will pick a winner!
TONIGHT AT THE GREENROOM: The Mother's Ruin Variety night takes over the whole bar at the Greenroom with performance cabaret from the Bearded Lady and host Timberlina plus house jazz band Quatertime. Guests include...
Tickets are £9 & £6 for concessions, although if you call the Green Room's Box Office and can tell them the name of the Teletubbie John Simmit plays, you can get tickets for £6! BUT WAIT!!!!
We're given you the chance to get a pair of tickets for free! All you need to do is drop us an email at manchester@thelolnetwork.com with your name & contact number and at Noon tomorrow we will pick a winner!
TONIGHT AT THE GREENROOM: The Mother's Ruin Variety night takes over the whole bar at the Greenroom with performance cabaret from the Bearded Lady and host Timberlina plus house jazz band Quatertime. Guests include...
Topping & Butch ("Fabulous" - ***** The Scotsman. "Edgily funny" - Evening Standard).
Bourgeois & Maurice ("Do whatever you have to do to get a ticket: sell your gran, your body, your soul." - Time Out)
and
Dickie Beau.
No pre-paid tickets needed as its pay on the door. Admission is £5 and £4 concessions
Tel: 0161 615 0500
Manchester Comedy Festival 2009 - Thursday 22nd October
Alex Boardman,
BraHaHa,
David O’Doherty,
Fab Cafe,
Folk Bar,
Frog and Bucket,
Gordon Southern,
LOL Manchester,
Phil Nichol,
Stanley McHale,
The Greenroom,
Thursday 22nd October
Phil Nichol: A Deadpan Poet Sings Quiet Songs Quietly…
The Comedy Store / 8pm (£12 / £10)
Multi-award-winning comic and actor, Phil Nichol is about to enter the world of deadpan poetry, stupidly clever one-liners and quietly comical songs. An extremely show of laid back, sublimely performed and ludicrously pretentious comedy, for the comedy aficionado and the Phil Nichol fan alike.
‘Hovers between insanity and brilliance’ ***** The Sunday Times
Big Value Thursday
The Frog and Bucket / 8.15pm (£5 / £3)
MC Alex Boardman, Simon Bligh, Gordon Southern, Michael Thornton, Phil Ellis
Wat's so Funny?
Contact Theatre / 8pm (£8 / £5)
Wat's so Funny is back for the Manchester Comedy Festival and features James Christopher, Tim Bradbury, Kelly J Roberts, Andrew Ryan & Barbara Nice. Music from Flux Ache
David O’Doherty: David O Doh-Party
The Greenroom / 8pm (£9 / £6)
2008 if.comedy Award Winner at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. David O'Doherty, the Ryanair James Bond, the 1990 East Leinster under 14 triple jump bronze medallist, returns to the United Kingdom for his second ever tour.
“It’s truly delightful – a glistening stream of consciousness that turns mundanity to enchantment wherever it flows” ***** Metro
Beyond a Joke vs. Mirth on Monday – The Comedy Sound Clash
Folk Bar / 8.30pm (FREE)
Beyond a Joke’s resident MC The 1 Like Fish and Mirth on Monday’s Des Sharples mix it up on stage to clash comedy, roots and music in their own unique style.
Cat’s Cradle Comedy presents: ‘BraHaHa’ in aid of The Eve Appeal
Fab Cafe / 8.30pm (£6)
An unforgettable night of tease, tassels and titters with proceeds going to The Eve Appeal gynaecological cancer research fund, featuring burlesque lovelies Lola Pops, Millie Dollar, Ivy Wilde, Twinkle Starr, Kitty Cointreau and special guests. Early booking advised.
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