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The Grinning Idiot Comedy Club Listings 2011

The Grinning Idiot Comedy Club Listings 2011

The Grinning Idiot are seeing some big changes in 2011.

 Andrew Dipper

Review: The Laughing Horse Newcastle Heats (Sunday)

Review: The Laughing Horse Newcastle Heats (Sunday)

Andrew Dipper reviews Sunday’s Laughing Horse heat in Newcastle.

 Crystal Booth

Review: Adam Ethan Crowe, Sean Turner, George Zach, Kai Humphries & Dan Willis – North Shore, Sunderland

Review: Adam Ethan Crowe, Sean Turner, George Zach, Kai Humphries & Dan Willis – North Shore, Sunderland

Crystal Booth reviews The Grinning Idiot’s new night at North Shore.

 Andrew Dipper

Simon Buglass on Creased Comedy’s New Professional Night

Having recently returned from the Edinburgh Fringe after performing his package show Jocks and Geordies, local comic Simon Buglass is now hoping to make his mark on the local circuit both as a comedian and a promoter. Andrew Dipper caught up with Simon Buglass to find out more about his plans for Creased Comedy, his time in Edinburgh this past August, and what the future holds for the Northern comic.

 Richard Milburn

Review: Rob Collins, Simon Buglass, Bingo From Benton, Dan Willis – The Corner House, Newcastle

The Grinning Idiot Comedy Club has recently provided top-class entertainment around the North East. I was especially looking forward to this specific gig at The Corner House because I wasn’t familiar with of the majority of the performing acts. I had high hopes and was eager to find out if the night could live up […]

 Jamie Stubbs

Review: Dan Willis (Michael Jackson: World’s Greatest Entertainer) – Espionage, Edinburgh.

Review: Dan Willis (Michael Jackson: World’s Greatest Entertainer) – Espionage, Edinburgh.

Directly following Dan Willis’ ‘Ferris Bueller’s Way Of…’, the Newcastle comic performed a themed show in the same venue as a non-offensive, humorous tribute to Michael Jackson.

 Jamie Stubbs

Review: Dan Willis: Ferris Bueller’s Way Of… – Espionage, Edinburgh.

As a patron of the Newcastle comedy club Dan Willis has a hand in organising, I’ve been watching his Edinburgh shows for the past couple of years now.