North West Comedy News

 Nic Wright

Frog and Bucket to crown World Series champion

Frog and Bucket to crown World Series champion

The culmination of the club’s 12th annual World Series will see the winners of the competition’s four heats perform, and the winner decided by audience vote as well a panel of comedy industry judges.

 Nic Wright

Sham Bodie bring in terrible twos with James Acaster

Sham Bodie bring in terrible twos with James Acaster

Four time Foster’s Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee and fast-rising comedy star James Acaster will headline the club’s birthday bash on November 19th at Gulliver’s.

 Nic Wright

New comedy night comes to Manchester

New comedy night comes to Manchester

Gag Room Comedy Club will stage its inaugural night on November 27th at the city’s Dulcimer Club.

 Nic Wright

ComedySportz to host Improv Tournament

ComedySportz to host Improv Tournament

The event, hosted by ComedySportz Manchester, will take place at Sale Waterside Arts Centre on Saturday 26 September.

 Nic Wright

Freddy Quinne releases Edinburgh comedy album

Freddy Quinne releases Edinburgh comedy album

Totaling over an hour of stand up, the album features 12 recordings of the Preston comic MCing 12 different gigs over the course of the Edinburgh festival.

 Nic Wright

Susan Calman signs on as Women in Comedy Festival patron

Susan Calman signs on as Women in Comedy Festival patron

Calman joins Maxine Peake, Isy Suttie and Jo Caulfield as an official supporter of the festival, which returns for its third year in October.

 Nic Wright

Frog and Bucket launches quiz night

Frog and Bucket launches quiz night

Manchester’s longest running comedy club is to stage a monthly comedy pub quiz.

 Nic Wright

Shortlist revealed for Magners New Comedy Act 2015

Shortlist revealed for Magners New Comedy Act 2015

Comedy fans are being asked to select the last three finalists by watching videos from the acts, and voting for their favourites online.