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EVENTS Dave’s Leicester Comedy Festival 2016 ADDY VAN DER BORGH presents BLIND CHARLIE HARWOOD - BLUES IN THE KEY OF BOOZE Booze harmonica legend Blind Charlie Harwood makes his first festival appearance since his sell-out show in Edinburgh in August 2015. He’s been licking the blues for 35 years and has been described in various music magazines. “A tour de force Performance” **** Chortle “A brilliant natural clown” Daniel Kitson in The Telegraph “Born to make people laugh” The Times www.addyvanderborgh.com WORLD PREMIER DATES: 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 VENUE: Kayal Map Ref: MAP 1 - B3 (17) TIME: 3rd: 9.10pm (10.10pm) / 19th: 6.30pm (7.30pm) ENTRY: £7 advance John Noel Management present BOBBY MAIR Bobby Mair delivers dark, honest and hilarious pure stand-up. As seen on Never Mind the Buzzcocks, 8 Out of 10 Cats, Russell Howard’s Good News, Sweat the Small Stuff and Virtually Famous. “Bobby Mair is clearly a brilliant stand-up. He’s either going to be a huge international comedy star or the funniest homeless man ever” Jimmy Carr. “Hilarious” Alan Davies. “A bona fide tour de force” Guardian. www.bobbymair.com WORLD PREMIER DATES: 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 VENUE: The Cookie Map Ref: MAP 1 - A2 (27) TIME: 8pm (9pm) ENTRY: £5 (£4) Melton Theatre present BOTTLE ROCKET <strong>COMEDY</strong> CLUB Bottle Rocket Comedy returns to Melton Theatre with a top line up of comedy talent to celebrate Dave’s Leicester Comedy Festival... Featuring three of the UK’s finest comedians, don’t miss this night of laughter with Nathan Caton, Paul McCaffrey & Steve Bugeja. www.meltontheatre.co.uk DATES: 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 VENUE: Melton Theatre Map Ref: MAP 3 (57) TIME: 7.30pm (10pm) ENTRY: £10 (£8 Concessions, £5 Students) Doe Demure present BOYLESQUE Doe Demure brings you a tongue-in-cheek variety show featuring boylesque performances from some of the best on the circuit. Starring: International male burlesque performer, Dave The Bear;Bristol based cabaret burlesque performer and co-producer of ‘The Copper Feel Cabaret’, Screaming Keating; New rising talent Johnny Smith. www.attenborougharts.com REGIONAL PREMIER DATES: 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 VENUE: Attenborough Arts Centre Map Ref: MAP 1 - C3 (1) TIME: 8.30pm (10pm) ENTRY: £15 (£13) BRENDAN MURPHY: BAGMAN A stupid, surreal, one-man Sesame Street - without the puppets... BAGMAN is an “incredibly engaging” (The Skinny) deadbeat character comedy taking you on “an erratic, absurd, bag-themed cabaret” (EdFringe Review) through the stories contained within the contents of a forgotten cloakroom. DATES: 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 VENUE: The Regent Sports & Social Club Map Ref: MAP 1 - C3 (33) TIME: 9pm (10pm) ENTRY: £5 BRETT GOLDSTEIN AND HIS MYSTERY BOX (WIP) Dave’s Leicester Comedy Festival award-winning comedian (2013) Brett Goldstein returns with a show that he definitely hasn’t written in time for this blurb. What will be in Brett’s box? Stick your hand in to find out. It might be experimental. It might be boring. WORLD PREMIER It might be the best goddamn show you’ve ever seen. The only way to find out is to reach inside... So why not buy a ticket and see for yourself... DATES: 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 VENUE: The Cookie Map Ref: MAP 1 - A2 (27) TIME: 9.30pm (10.30pm) ENTRY: £8 (£6) 48 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 EVENTS BRIAN CONLEY: ALIVE AND DANGEROUS The multi-talented and irrepressible Brian Conley returns to the stage in this all-new show. Showcasing his many talents, there’ll be singing, laughs, and much, much more in this latest variety show from one of Britain’s most loved performers. DATES: 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 VENUE: Curve Map Ref: MAP 1 - A3 (7) TIME: 8pm (10pm) ENTRY: £22.50 Club Smashing present BRUCE EDHOUSE: THE JON PERTWEE RECIPE BOOK AND ME After 2 sell-out years of his unusual play, Crabula!, and his debut solo hour last year, affable oddball Bruce Edhouse is back! Join me as I look back at some of the most rubbish sci-fi merchandise ever made, some of which I bought myself in the 80’s (when Dr Who was strictly WORLD PREMIER for wimps, wierdos and fatties). And learn how a strange group of people across the world joined together to celebrate a certain recipe book... DATES: 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 VENUE: The Cookie Map Ref: MAP 1 - A2 (27) TIME: 3.30pm (4.30pm) ENTRY: Pay What You Want BUCKET Ed Eales-White and Jon Pointing slam down a new character/sketch/double act comedy show. Writers and performers of BBC mini series Life Guru “The pair make an excellent double act” (Scotsman) “They have created characters so true to life you can practically smell them” (Stage) As seen on BBC Three, E4 and Channel 4. ‘Fringe’s Funniest Newcomersa 2015’ and ‘Best Sketch Acts’ - The Guardian www.jukeboxleicester.co.uk DATES: 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 VENUE: Juke Box Map Ref: MAP 1 - A1 (15) TIME: 7pm (9.30pm) ENTRY: £5 Simon Caine presents BUDDHISM AND CATS This show is about over thinking life, and trying not to do that... and failing. I’m trying to a better person, but it’s not going very well. If you got your idea of adulthood from F.r.i.e.n.d.s but reality hasn’t met expectations, if you fail to be in the moment and find yourself living through your phone, and if you feel connected online and profoundly disconnected from people offline, this is the show for you. www.simoncaine.co.uk/?id=DLCF REGIONAL PREMIER DATES: 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 VENUE: The Exchange Bar Map Ref: MAP 1 - A3 (29) TIME: 7pm (8pm) ENTRY: FREE CCM THEATRE present BUMP A funny and engaging show for children of all ages about befriending those noises in the night that give us all a little fright. After reading a page of a favourite book, Clinky’s eyes begin to droop, a yawn,a stretch and a scratch of the bum. The land of Nod has not yet come. What is it that keeps Clinky from sleep? Original music by Jonathan Todd. Directed by Michele Gutteridge. Written and performed by Claire Cogan. WORLD PREMIER DATES: 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 VENUE: Just the Tonic at Hansom Hall Map Ref: MAP 1 - B2 (16) TIME: 4.30pm (4.55pm) ENTRY: £5 (£4) Heroes and Al Greaves Comedy Solutions present BURNING DUCK <strong>COMEDY</strong> CLUB SHOWCASE York’s new alternative comedy solution the Burning Duck Comedy Club presents it’s debut show in Leicester! Introducing songs, sketches, presentations and other artisanal hand-crafted boutique comedy from Al Greaves and his maverick northern pals. “Greaves is a sweetheart who will make you clap, cheer and grin without realising it” (Skinny). “their selection of alternative comedy is a delight”. (York Press) www.burningduckcomedy.com DATES: 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 VENUE: Bob’s BlundaBus Map Ref: MAP 1 - B2 (4) TIME: 7.15pm (8.15pm) ENTRY: £5 Advance or Pay What You Want “All in all, a pretty broad grin” the observer 49
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