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Aug 25, 2011 10:40:19 GMT
Post by sharon on Aug 25, 2011 10:40:19 GMT
Couple of dates for the diary.....
Saturday, 24th September - Quiz Night
Teams of 4 - 6 people - £2 per person. Winning team to receive a cash prize.
Bar open from 7pm - quiz starts at 8pm.
All welcome!
Friday, 14th October - Comedy Night and Disco
Comedy night followed by disco featuring:
Sean Percival:
Black Country comic Sean Percival is an ex-welder from Dudley (“It’s a lovely place to come from but bloody horrible to go back to”) whose act is steeped in the traditions of the working mens clubs circuit, but bang up to date with its upfront attitude. Sean’s brand of comedy steers clear of the surreal and confronts realism in an explosively funny way.
A festival favourite, he has performed at the Edinburgh, Glastonbury and Reading Festivals, and as a well established headliner he performs at all major comedy clubs around the UK as well as being a regular host for the Jongleurs comedy clubs.
In demand as a script writer, Sean works regularly with likes of Johnny Vaughan for Capital Radio. He spent two years writing and performing on Capital fm's drive time radio show in Birmingham and for Heart fm in Birmingham, and provided the voice for "Black Country Bob" on both those shows fronted by Talk Radio's host and impressionist Ian Danter.
"Sean's comedy is the comedy of honesty. His act is the working man's revenge on the safe, middle-class, politically correct humour that has dominated comedy. Sean's humour is not surreal, it's not wacky, it's just bloody funny. This is not smile humour, this is bust your gut rubber underpants stuff" (Joan Serone Bungalow, What's On)
"…the big gold star of the show must be the long-haired man from Dudley. He came. He spoke. He had us curled up begging for more…Sean Percival was the best heckler worrier I've seen for years…" (Evening Mail TV)
“Absolutely brilliant – can we book him for our Christmas show please” Red Card Comedy, Norwich
Sol Bernstein
"One part Alf Garnett, two parts Mel Brooks, and three parts like nothing you've ever heard" The Guardian
"An instantly winning creation" Evening Standard
"No age barrier to comic genius" Edinburgh Evening News
"Bernstein's the real deal, you'd better believe it" The Scotsman
The legend that is Sol Bernstein escaped the Pogroms in Russia, the Nazis in Germany, and went on to become the World's 1st all-round entertainer. He's a song and dance man, a comedian, a magician, an actor, a Jazz musician (Sol was rated "BEST TRIANGLE" player in the USA in the 50's by performers like Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington ). Also rated the best impersonator EVER !!
He's performed all over the world at venues including The London Palladium, New York's Carnegie Hall, The Paris Olympia, Caesars Palace Las Vegas, and Scunthorpe Baths.
He's the man who helped the career's of Elvis Presley. Marcel Marceau (and never even got a "Thank you") and even the Beatles were influenced. He's worked with, and been friends with, some of the worlds GREATEST performers, Elvis, Judy Garland, The Rat Pack, Lenny Bruce, Jack Benny, George Burns, Milton Berle, Doris Day, Tommy Cooper, Eric Morecambe, Eddie Large
Most young performers will mention Sol B as a major influence. A major influence to do what, we aren't sure, but an influence never the less!
"He's the greatest" Frank Sinatra.
"The man is what SHOW-BIZ is all about" Sammy Davis Jr.
Neil McFarlane
Neil McFarlane has been performing on the Scottish comedy circuit for nine years, and people are now quite regularly paying him to do so. Otherwise he refuses to vacate the stage. Lately he's also been gigging in the north of England, inspiring widespread panic. He writes all his own stuff (as far as he knows), has never considered dyeing his hair or changing his name, and is still wondering what happened to Level 42.
Relentlessly and unspeakably middle class, Neil has given up claiming in his act that he comes from Glasgow because he actually comes from Bearsden, which is a posh suburb of that city and therefore doesn't count. He has a reasonable day job, comes from a very secure and stable background with a good education and a high standard of living, and his parents are both still alive and happily married - all of which, from the perspective of artistic integrity and creative angst, are matters of intense irritation to him.
Neil reached the Scottish semi-final of the BBC New Comedy Awards in 2001, so technically that means he's been on the telly (for the 7 people who had BBC THREE at the time). If you really want to stretch the point, he's also been on 15 to 1 twice, and has the dubious honour of being the only contestant in the show's history to have been told off by William G. Stewart for slouching. He has never had a review, and yet he suspects he is under surveillance...
Allow him to gently divert you from the horrific truth of your own existential plight, and to occasionally use the word 'seepage'.
Doors - 7.30pm, show starts at 8.30. Show followed by disco til 1am.
Adults only
Tickets are £7 each or four for £20 in advance / £10 on the door. Tickets available either through the shop on the website or speak to myself, Andy Cox or Jack Wells.
Alternatively you can book via the WeGotTickets website:
www.wegottickets.com/event/133353
www.wegottickets.com/event/133352
Thanks
Sharon
Saturday, 24th September - Quiz Night
Teams of 4 - 6 people - £2 per person. Winning team to receive a cash prize.
Bar open from 7pm - quiz starts at 8pm.
All welcome!
Friday, 14th October - Comedy Night and Disco
Comedy night followed by disco featuring:
Sean Percival:
Black Country comic Sean Percival is an ex-welder from Dudley (“It’s a lovely place to come from but bloody horrible to go back to”) whose act is steeped in the traditions of the working mens clubs circuit, but bang up to date with its upfront attitude. Sean’s brand of comedy steers clear of the surreal and confronts realism in an explosively funny way.
A festival favourite, he has performed at the Edinburgh, Glastonbury and Reading Festivals, and as a well established headliner he performs at all major comedy clubs around the UK as well as being a regular host for the Jongleurs comedy clubs.
In demand as a script writer, Sean works regularly with likes of Johnny Vaughan for Capital Radio. He spent two years writing and performing on Capital fm's drive time radio show in Birmingham and for Heart fm in Birmingham, and provided the voice for "Black Country Bob" on both those shows fronted by Talk Radio's host and impressionist Ian Danter.
"Sean's comedy is the comedy of honesty. His act is the working man's revenge on the safe, middle-class, politically correct humour that has dominated comedy. Sean's humour is not surreal, it's not wacky, it's just bloody funny. This is not smile humour, this is bust your gut rubber underpants stuff" (Joan Serone Bungalow, What's On)
"…the big gold star of the show must be the long-haired man from Dudley. He came. He spoke. He had us curled up begging for more…Sean Percival was the best heckler worrier I've seen for years…" (Evening Mail TV)
“Absolutely brilliant – can we book him for our Christmas show please” Red Card Comedy, Norwich
Sol Bernstein
"One part Alf Garnett, two parts Mel Brooks, and three parts like nothing you've ever heard" The Guardian
"An instantly winning creation" Evening Standard
"No age barrier to comic genius" Edinburgh Evening News
"Bernstein's the real deal, you'd better believe it" The Scotsman
The legend that is Sol Bernstein escaped the Pogroms in Russia, the Nazis in Germany, and went on to become the World's 1st all-round entertainer. He's a song and dance man, a comedian, a magician, an actor, a Jazz musician (Sol was rated "BEST TRIANGLE" player in the USA in the 50's by performers like Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington ). Also rated the best impersonator EVER !!
He's performed all over the world at venues including The London Palladium, New York's Carnegie Hall, The Paris Olympia, Caesars Palace Las Vegas, and Scunthorpe Baths.
He's the man who helped the career's of Elvis Presley. Marcel Marceau (and never even got a "Thank you") and even the Beatles were influenced. He's worked with, and been friends with, some of the worlds GREATEST performers, Elvis, Judy Garland, The Rat Pack, Lenny Bruce, Jack Benny, George Burns, Milton Berle, Doris Day, Tommy Cooper, Eric Morecambe, Eddie Large
Most young performers will mention Sol B as a major influence. A major influence to do what, we aren't sure, but an influence never the less!
"He's the greatest" Frank Sinatra.
"The man is what SHOW-BIZ is all about" Sammy Davis Jr.
Neil McFarlane
Neil McFarlane has been performing on the Scottish comedy circuit for nine years, and people are now quite regularly paying him to do so. Otherwise he refuses to vacate the stage. Lately he's also been gigging in the north of England, inspiring widespread panic. He writes all his own stuff (as far as he knows), has never considered dyeing his hair or changing his name, and is still wondering what happened to Level 42.
Relentlessly and unspeakably middle class, Neil has given up claiming in his act that he comes from Glasgow because he actually comes from Bearsden, which is a posh suburb of that city and therefore doesn't count. He has a reasonable day job, comes from a very secure and stable background with a good education and a high standard of living, and his parents are both still alive and happily married - all of which, from the perspective of artistic integrity and creative angst, are matters of intense irritation to him.
Neil reached the Scottish semi-final of the BBC New Comedy Awards in 2001, so technically that means he's been on the telly (for the 7 people who had BBC THREE at the time). If you really want to stretch the point, he's also been on 15 to 1 twice, and has the dubious honour of being the only contestant in the show's history to have been told off by William G. Stewart for slouching. He has never had a review, and yet he suspects he is under surveillance...
Allow him to gently divert you from the horrific truth of your own existential plight, and to occasionally use the word 'seepage'.
Doors - 7.30pm, show starts at 8.30. Show followed by disco til 1am.
Adults only
Tickets are £7 each or four for £20 in advance / £10 on the door. Tickets available either through the shop on the website or speak to myself, Andy Cox or Jack Wells.
Alternatively you can book via the WeGotTickets website:
www.wegottickets.com/event/133353
www.wegottickets.com/event/133352
Thanks
Sharon