ADVERTISEMENT Dave’s Leicester Comedy Festival 2016 CONTACT Big Difference Company, LCB Depot, 31 Rutland Street, Leicester LE1 1RE Registered charity 1135167 Tel: 0116 261 6812 info@bigdifferencecompany.co.uk www.bigdifferencecompany.co.uk PEOPLE FESTIVAL PATRONS: BOARD OF DIRECTORS: SEAN HUGHES, TONY SLATTERY, THE LATE SUE TOWNSEND, THE LATE SIR NORMAN WISDOM OBE Martyn Allison (Chair), Hilary Campton, Asgoo Pirbhai, Max Shurer, David Boydon, Andrew Brown, Steph Osborne, Emma Anderson. Special thanks to Jenny Pearce & Christopher Maughan. STAFF: THANKS TO Director Project Managers Partnership Manager Finance Manager Finance Assistant Office Manager Social Media Manager Social Media Content Producers Festival Assistant Volunteer Manager Sponsorship PR Manager Print design and production Print Distribution Lawyers Geoff Rowe Maya Biswas, Sam Javid, Anna Peavitt Katherine West John Symonds Nathan Hanna Beccy Street Lizzie Campbell-Kelly Dan Flanders & Duncan MacLeod Kate Bassett Beth Piggott Sparkle Productions www.sparkle-productions.com Arthur Leone PR www.arthurleone.com Reach Marketing www.reachmarketing.co.uk SLB Distribution www.slb-leaflet-distribution.co.uk Shakespeares Martineau www.shma.co.uk Steven North, Gareth Barker, Will Gunton, Dale Connell, Aatin Anadkat & everyone at Maiyango, John Rance, Jake Harvey and everyone at Phoenix Square, Julie Smith, Peter Leone, Adnan Ahmed, Fiona Allan, Antony Flint, Pete Mitchell, Robbie Kerr at De Montfort Hall, Steve Bennett, Chris, Nikolai, Alister, Matt, Verity, Laura & everyone at Curve, Martin Jinks, Anna Arthur & Joanna Hawkins, Paul, Sue, Julia, David, Peter & everyone at LCB Depot, Grays Kitchen & Coffee Shop, Jon Restell & Marisa Howes, Karen Jennings, The Little Theatre, Sarah Harrison, David Oldershaw, Peter Koukoularides & East Midlands Trains, Dominic Shellard, Sarah Thomson, Lynette Williams, Tony Graves, Jacqui Norton, Richard Fletcher & everyone at De Montfort University, Joanna Smith, Amy Christer & the team at The Y, Daljit Flora & Shakespeares Martineau, Sir Peter Soulsby, Rory Palmer, Piara Singh Clair, Andy Keeling, Sarah Levitt, Maggie Shutt, Liz Blyth, Alison Colledge and everyone at Culture and Neighbourhood Services, David Simms and everyone at Leicester Mercury, Liz Wood, Eloic Montagnier and everyone at The Belmont Hotel, Louise Grainger, Asgoo, Gary, Lucy, Owain, João and everyone at Reach, Michaela Butter, Daniel Nicholas & Attenborough Arts, Liz & Ken, Richard Bucknall, Caroline Taylor, Leicester Fridge, Jane Hill, Kay Wright & everyone at BBC Leicester, Tinny & Nik Sharpe & everyone at The Cookie, Bob Slayer, Mayflower & Braunstone Frith Primary Schools, Leicester Libraries, Sharon Lockyer, Ian Willson, Trudi Stevens, Cassie Soulsby, NCF Comedy, Red Redmond, David Blackett, Darrell Martin & everyone at Just The Tonic, Chris Sturgess, Nichola Moore & everyone at Sturgess, Raffaele Russo, Pasquale Chiavetta & Peter Pizzeria, Nita Beeson & Loughborough BID, Rosanna Cant & Loughborough Town Hall, Michael Harris & Melton Theatre, Alex Hylton & Dave McGukin, Emily Gough , Andy Wright, Flo Collins, Arthur Smith, Nicholas Parsons, Gok Wan, Johnny Vegas, Lydia Rickards, Peter Dickson, Shabana Sumra, Jacqui Donaghy, Emma Ledsam & Loughborough College, Sammy Nunn, Claire Cannell, Erika Hardy & Everards, Tom Allen, Christian Knowles, Ally Wilson & Vicky Matthews, Ian Wilson, Imogen Thomas, Rob Aslett, Michelle Thomas, Charlotte Austin, Chris Lander, Hannah, Megan, Katy & everyone at Chambers Management, Mark Makin, Stine Hammer Rasmussen, Maria Jeppesen, Chi Ton, Anna Modéer Wiking, Neil Peterson, Andy Leitch, Rick Hughes and all promoters, volunteers, venue staff and performers! 154 OFFICIAL TICKETING PARTNER WANT TICKETS? visit www.comedy-festival.co.uk or call the box office 0116 242 3595
Dave’s Leicester Comedy Festival 2016 ADVERTISEMENT “The longest running comedy festival in Britain” the sunday telegraph