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Lost Voice Guy to make stand-up debut

Lost Voice Guy to make stand-up debut

A Newcastle man is aiming to become the first stand up comedian to use a communication aid with his first show tonight.

 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.

 Crystal Booth

Review: Danny Deegan, Lee Kyle, Holden Holden, Ray Kane and Steffen Peddie – Infinity Bar, Sunderland

Crystal Booth visits The Big Owl Comedy Club in Sunderland.

 Andrew Dipper

Review: Daliso Chaponda, Phil Chapman, Andy Wolton, Ste Porter and Barry Dodds – Sunderland Empire

Thanks to The Grinning Idiot, Big Owl and Laughter Live, comedy on Wearside has experienced somewhat of a renaissance. Laughter Live, especially, has helped establish a regular comedy audience in Sunderland with a professional bill of acts showcased at the city’s Empire theatre; and this month saw Malawian comic Daliso Chaponda headline the night, with […]

 Andrew Dipper

Interview: Mark Rough

Having started doing stand-up over twelve years ago, Mark Rough has played over three and a half thousand gigs (and counting). But the self-proclaimed Mackem Motormouth came to notoriety on the circuit after Rough was charged with fraud back in 2000 for an incident involving his Fnrr Fnrr comedy club in Sunderland. Andrew Dipper and […]