Preview: Patrick Monahan ‘Adventures In Monahan Land’

Patrick Monahan

‘Adventures In Monahan Land’

On Tour including

Washington Arts Centre 13^thFebruary

Northallerton Forum 5^th March

Hartlepool Town Hall 7^th March

Newcastle The Stand 8^thMarch

South Shields Customs House 1^st May

Durham Gala 2^ndMay

Middlesbrough The Crypt 13^th June.

Patrick Monahan will be on tour across the UK from February 2015 with his brand new, energetically witty and charming family show! Expect plenty of playful audience interaction from this loveable Irish/Iranian Teessider!

Early in 2014 Patrick took part in the hit family entertainment series ‘Splash!’ (ITV) and appeared on the brand new series of ‘Celebrity Squares’ (ITV). He was also seen on ‘Fake Reaction’ (ITV) and on ‘Man Up’ (Fox) and was a regular 2014 guest on ‘Not The One Show’ (London Live). Last year Patrick could be seen as host of ‘Jongleurs Live!’ (Sky) and on ‘12 Again’ (CBBC/BBC2).

His 2013 TV appearances include ‘Comedy Annual’(ITV1) ‘Daybreak’ (ITV1) ‘Loose Women’ (ITV1) and ‘The Wright Stuff’ (C5).

In 2012 he took part in Let’s Dance for Sports Relief on BBC, won Best Newcomer at the Loaded LAFTA Awards and Forth Radio Best Stand-Up People’s Choice Award for his hit show ‘Hug Me I Feel Good’.

Winner of the 2011 ITV1 series ‘Show Me The Funny’which led to the release of his debut DVD ‘Patrick Monahan Live’ (2 Entertain).

Patrick is also a regular MC and headlining act at the top London and UK comedy clubs and in addition to this he is in huge demand on the corporate circuit as an after dinner speaker and awards host.

‘An adventure through the strange and hilarious products of his mind’.

✭✭✭✭✭ www.broadwaybaby.com  

‘Charismatic and positive’

✭✭✭✭ www.theedinburghreporter.com

‘A definite must see’

✭✭✭✭EDINBURGH FESTIVALS MAGAZINE

‘Monahan is a supremely engaging performer, adored by his audiences and capable of some terrific comedy’.

THE SCOTSMAN

‘Monahan possesses the rare ability to be hilarious without being outrageous’.

✭✭✭✭✭THREE WEEKS

‘There isn’t a comic quite like him and his hugs alone are worth the price of admission’.

✭✭✭✭✭ www.thenewcurrent.co.uk 

‘The same mix of control and on-stage charisma as a young Alan Davies’.

✭✭✭✭ THE HERALD 2012

On The Web:

Website: www.patrickmonahan.co.uk

Twitter: www.twitter.com/patrickjmonahan 

Facebook: www.facebook.com

Tickets:

Washington Arts Centre 13^th February 7.30pm 0191 219 3455 www.artscentrewashington.co.uk

Northallerton Forum 5^thMarch 7.30pm 01609 776230 www.forumnorthallerton.org.uk

Hartlepool Town Hall 7^thMarch 8pm 01429 890000 www.hartlepooltownhalltheatre.com

Newcastle The Stand 8^th March 7.30pm 0191 300 9700 www.thestand.co.uk

South ShieldsCustoms House 1^st May 8pm 0191 454 1234 www.customshouse.co.uk

Durham Gala 2^nd May 8pm 0300 026 6600 www.galadurham.co.uk

MiddlesbroughThe Crypt 13^th June 8pm 01642 729729 www.middlesbroughtownhallonline.co.uk

Preview: Josie Long On Tour

Josie Long

Cara Josephine

On Tour including:

Tuesday 24^th February        HULL, Fruit Space

Monday 16^th March            NEWCASTLE, The Stand

Thursday 19^th March           STOCKTON, Arc

Saturday 20^th March           KENDAL, Brewery Arts Centre

RADIO ACADEMY AWARD NOMINEE – 2014

BAFTA SCOTLAND NEW TALENT AWARD NOMINEE – 2013

EDINBURGH COMEDY AWARD NOMINEE - 2012

EDINBURGH COMEDY AWARD NOMINEE - 2011

EDINBURGH COMEDY AWARD NOMINEE – 2010

BARRY AWARD – NOMINATION 2008

CHORTLE BEST BREAKTHROUGH ACT 2007

PERRIER BEST NEWCOMER AWARD – 2006

CHORTLE BEST NEWCOMER AWARD – 2005

BBC NEW COMEDY AWARD – 2005

Three-time Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee and cult optimist is back on the road  with her most personal show to date about love, family and being as outdoorsy as a bear.

Josie Long

Photo: Giles Smith

In her seventh nationwide tour and with a new niece in the picture, Josie reflects on her own childhood and the resilience of an older sister. She had never really truly known heartbreak until now, and she is using this  experience to change her ways; to be more patient, to work out what she really wants and to become a better person. This is truly her most heartfelt, honest and revealing material, but don’t fret - Nigel Farage and Nick Clegg still get a mention…

In her last Fringe appearance in 2012, Josie received her third Edinburgh Comedy Award nomination, and at this year’s festival she collected more stars than a small solar system and was officially cited the best reviewed comedy show. Throwing aside the whimsical reputation that she had become known for, a new, more politically aware and socially conscious comedian had emerged and captivated the comedy industry in a totally different way.

Josie is renowned for writing about what she cares about and, although there has more recently been a political underlying to her material, she always has the ability to make her shows friendly and silly. As many reviewers point out, you cannot help but come away from her shows hoping to become her best friend.

In addition to her numerous DVD releases, TV appearances, sell-out tours, charity benefits and a co-host slot on BBC Radio 6 Music,  Josie started an ongoing project in 2011 called the Alternative Reality Tour; an anti-cuts, pro-youth, no-profit performance in a bid to fight for social justice and support public art. They even bring blankets in case it’s cold. She runs a monthly club night in London, The Lost Treasures of the Black Heart, which celebrates the world’s unsung heroes and has since been turned into a podcast. She was recently nominated for a Radio Academy Award for her adventurous short documentaries Short Cuts on Radio 4, earned a BAFTA Scotland New Talent Award nomination for her two short feature films, Let’s Go Swimming and Romance and Adventure, and is co-founder of the Arts Emergency Service, a charity which aims to support students from underprivileged backgrounds who wish to study arts degrees. Her showcase for adventurous documentaries, Short Cuts, can currently be heard on Radio 4 on Tuesdays at 3pm.

On The Web:

Website:www.josielong.com / www.showandtelluk.com  

Twitter: https://twitter.com/JosieLong

Press On ‘’CARA JOSEPHINE’: Edinburgh 2014

★★★★★ “By turns raucously silly and profoundly moving, Long is a top class performer at the top of her game” EDINBURGH EVENING NEWS

★★★★★ “An absolute gem of a show” ONE4REVIEW.COM

★★★★★ “A sincere, wonderful, hilarious, life-affirming triumph” THREEWEEKS

★★★★★ “She’s the consummate comedian. A wonderful talent” BROADWAYBABY

★★★★★ “Long has crafted a show nothing short of joyous” GIGGLEBEATS

★★★★★ “Josie Long is a truly fantastic comedian, and Cara Josephine is a masterpiece”FRESH AIR

★★★★★ “A one hour master class in storytelling” THE MUMBLE

★★★★ “Authentic, revealing and generous of spirit… this is a lovely show” THE GUARDIAN

★★★★ “Delightful and more widely digestible… brilliantly evocative… original and unflagging” THE TIMES

TOUR DATES

JANUARY                                              VENUE                                                    BOX OFFICE

Mon 19^th – Sat 31^st (not 25^th)    LONDON, Soho Theatre                                 020 7478 0100

FEBRUARY

Weds 4^th                              EXETER, Phoenix Theatre                                 01392 66708

Thurs 5^th                               WINCHESTER, Railway Inn                               01962 867795

Sat 7^th                                  CANTERBURY, Marlowe                                  01227 787787

Tues 10^h                               CARDIFF, Clwb Ifor Bach                                029 2023 2199

Thurs 12^th                             COVENTRY, Tin Angel                                      02476 230 699

Fri 13^th                                  DUBLIN, Workmans Club                                 +353 1 670 6692

Sun 15^th                               BIRMINGHAM, Electric Cinema                      0121 643 7879

Tues 17^th                              LEICESTER, The Y Theatre                                 0116 2557066

Weds 18^th                            WOLVERHAMPTON, The Civic                        0870 320 7000

Thurs 19^th                             BRIGHTON, Dome                                            01273 709709    

Fri 20^th                                  NORWICH, Playhouse                                     01603 598 598

Sun 22^nd                              BRISTOL, Tobacco Factory                              0117 902 0060

Mon 23^rd                             CAMBRIDGE, Junction                                     01223 511 511

Tues 24^th                             HULL, Fruit Space                                              01482 221113

Weds 25^th                           LEEDS, Wardrobe                                              0113 383 8800

Thurs 26^th                            SHEFFIELD, Crucible                                          0114 249 6000

Fri 27^th                                 YORK, Duchess                                                  01904 641413

Sat 28^th                               DERBY, Deda                                                     01332 370911

MARCH

Mon 2^nd                              LIVERPOOL, Unity Theatre                               0844 873 2888

Tues 3^rd                               FOLKESTONE, Quarterhouse                            01303 858500

Weds 4^th                             NOTTINGHAM, Arts Theatre                             0115 947 5925

Thurs 5^th                              NORTHAMPTON, NN Café                               01604 638944

Fri 6^th                                   READING, South Street                                     0118 960 6060

Sat 7^th                                 MANCHESTER, Gorilla                                       0161 407 0301

Sun 8^th                                COVENTRY, Warwick Arts Centre                    024 7652 4524

Weds 11^th                           OXFORD, The North Wall                                  01865 319450

Fri 13^th                                 MULL, Comar                                                     01688  302211   

Sat 14^th                               SKYE, Aros Centre                                              01478 613649

Mon 16^th                             NEWCASTLE, The Stand                                     0844 693 3336

Tues 17^th                             EDINBURGH, The Stand                                     0131 558 7272

Weds 18^th                           GLASGOW, The Stand                                      0844 335 8879

Thurs 19^th                            STOCKTON, Arc                                                 01642 525199

Sat 20^th                               KENDAL, Brewery Arts                                       01539 725 133

Fri 27^th                                 BELFAST, MAC                                                    028 9023 5053

Sat 28^th                               LONDON, Battersea Arts Centre                     020 7223 2223

Preview: Sod The Tories with John Scott at Newcastle Stand

The Stand Comedy Club's Topical Panel Show Reaches It's 1st Birthday  

Sod the Tories (And Have A Nice Week) is a topical panel show with an unashamedly leftist anti-establishment USP. 

The original show format was devised by show host John Scott after he worked on a project with BBC North giving guidance in developing panel shows. The final outcome he fully understands wouldn’t be of much use to the mainstream media but that was the whole point of the project.

For around three years now John had been writing stand up material of a dissident political nature that he knew would never really work well on regular comedy club audiences. So he devised the Sod the Tories show as an outlet for such ideas.

The show has run for a year now and has a popular podcast which is hosted by northern comedy website Giggle Beats.

Over that time John has recruited the cream of North East comedy talent to work alongside him. Many of the participants prior to taking part in the show had never considered writing political comedy.

Later in August this year John is doing a youth/young persons version of the show in cooperation with Newcastle’ Live Theatre company called #Mouthingoff.

Our host feels it’s vitally important that shows of this nature should exist. It’s of his personal opinion that comedy has become anodyne and toothless over recent years and this show is an antidote to that.

Having grown up in a mining town under Thatcher John never thought he would see a day where he would live under a government  that he felt was worse than hers…until this despicable coalition came to power.

Outwith Sod the Tories…

John has received many plaudits as a solo and sketch comedy performer. In 2012 he won £12,000 pounds at the Edinburgh Festival Take The Mic competition. The biggest cash prize ever awarded at the Fringe.       

Joining John on July 28th are Sarah Ledger, John Gibson, Lee Kyle, Nick Cranston and resident rapper Mr Stuart Robertson 

PRESS.

“Among the Top 5 comedians emerging from Scotland.” The Observer.

“Confidently told hilarious tales of class-based woe, nothing missed the mark in a superb set where every story was expertly crafted before being subverted with a killer punch line. After practicing comedy for five arduous years, expect to see his name somewhere big very soon.” The List.

“A genuinely gifted comedian.” The Skinny.

Ticket Details:

Show dates. July 28, Aug 25, Sep 29, Oct 27, Nov 24.

Tickets £5/£3 conc. £3 Club members.

Venue: The Stand Newcastle, 31 High Bridge NE1 1EW

Show time. Doors 7.30 show 8.30

Web & Booking http://www.thestand.co.uk 

Phone: 0844 693 3336

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/StandNewcastle  

Twitter: https://twitter.com/StandNewcastle

https://twitter.com/JohnScottComedy  

Preview: Giggle Beats Quiz with Ray Peacock & Lee Kyle at The Stand Newcastle

‘GOOD NEWS’ STAR HEADLINES TYNESIDE COMEDY QUIZ

Ray Peacock

One of the stars of Russell Howard's hit BBC Three series, Russell Howard’s Good News, is on his way to Tyneside this summer.
Prolific stand-up comedian Ray Peacock will headline the next Giggle Beats Comedy Quiz night at The Stand Comedy Club in Newcastle on Sunday 6 July.
Here is a link to Ray in action YouTube clip
The show, which runs every first Sunday at the popular High Bridge venue, combines stand-up with a traditional pub quiz, as question master and comedian Lee Kyle puts your comedy knowledge to the test.

Lee Kyle

And Peacock, who has made an unprecedented TWO appearances on Russell Howard’s popular TV show, will round off the night with a short preview of his latest stand-up show, Here Comes Trouble.
Giggle Beats editor Andrew Dipper said: "I've been an avid follower of Ray's work for as long as I've watched live comedy, so I'm absolutely delighted that he's agreed to join us in July.
"With a chance to win some incredible prizes and watch stand-up from amazing acts like Ray you'll struggle to find a better value night out in town."
A prolific writer and comic performer, Ray came to prominence in the Big and Daftcomedy trio, which culminated in three consecutive years of sell-out Edinburgh Fringe shows and their own series for the BBC's PlayUK, Terrorville.
In 2007 Ray presented The Ray Peacock Podcast on iTunes, alongside Raji James and Ed Gamble, and it was pretty brilliant.
The show ran for four series and a number of live shows before he rejoined Gamble in 2009 for the critically-acclaimed Peacock & Gamble Podcast. The Guardian newspaper said the show was "35 minutes of pure gold."
Ray is also an in-demand actor, with credits on hit TV shows including Doctor Who, Skins, Doctors and Harry Hill's TV Burp amongst others, and a popular warm-up act on the likes of Miranda, The Graham Norton Show and Not Going Out.
Tickets for the show, priced £3, can be reserved by calling The Stand Comedy Club box office on 0844 693 3336.
Doors open at 6.30pm and the quiz starts at 7pm.
Prizes for July include a three-course meal for two at The Stand's delicious bistro, tickets to some of the best comedy shows in Newcastle, top comedy merchandise courtesy of Ideal makers Baby Cow Productions and more.
Giggle Beats Comedy Quiz, feat. Ray Peacock and Lee Kyle, 
Sunday 6 July, 
7pm, £3, www.
Websites www.thestand.co.uk  www.gigglebeats.co.uk/
 https://twitter.com/RayPeacock