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Preview: Royal National Lifeboat Institution Charity Night [Saturday 30th April]

Preview: Royal National Lifeboat Institution Charity Night [Saturday 30th April]

Another charity comedy night will be taking place in the North East.

 Pete Starr

Review: Markus Birdman, Tony Basnett, Katie Mulgrew, Gary Delaney and Ray Peacock – West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds

Review: Markus Birdman, Tony Basnett, Katie Mulgrew, Gary Delaney and Ray Peacock – West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds

Operating once a month at the West Yorkshire Playhouse, the Courtyard Comedy Club really treated punters on Sunday night with an excellent bill of established comics and sets from two promising northern talents. Host for the evening Ray Peacock kicked things off nicely, his easy stage presence and confidence with a crowd getting the masses […]

 Giggle Beats

Trapdoor Comedy Club Listings 2011

Trapdoor Comedy Club Listings 2011

Ran by local comic Tony Basnett, Trapdoor Comedy is an affordable monthly night at Hartlepool’s The Clarendon pub.

 Jamie Stubbs

Review: Tony Basnett, Kahn Johnson and Kevin Wilkinson – The Clarendon, Hartlepool

As a special one off event for Trapdoor Comedy, Tony Basnett presented a preview for the two night run he and Kahn Johnson will be performing at the Manchester Comedy Festival later this month at their Hartlepool venue The Clarendon. As an addition to the regular club night ran here on the first Saturday of […]

 Jamie Stubbs

Review: The Wild Bunch New Act/Material Night – Walkabout, Middlesbrough

Hidden away in the upstairs function room of Middlesbrough’s Walkabout pub is a lovely little gig supporting new and local talent at low cost and high value for money.