Lettuce Laugh | Mon 14 Nov | Kro Bar | 8pm | £5
There’s a certain award winning feel to this event at Kro Bar this evening with headliner Brennan Reece last year’s recipient of the ‘English Comedian of the Year’ award followed by his nomination for Best Newcomer at this year’s Edinburgh Fringe. In the support section you’ll find even more award winning comedians with the newly crowned XS Radio Comedian of the Year Dawn Rigby and Nandos Comedian of the Year Simon Lomas, all held ably together by last year’s Laughing Horse Comedian of the Year Danny Sutcliffe. That’s a lot of award winning stand up for just a fiver.
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John Robertson | Tue 15 Nov | The Pub/Zoo | 7.30pm | £5/3
Primarily known as the man behind ‘live video game’ The Dark Room and host of ‘Videogame Nation’ on Sky, Aussie upstart John Robertson headlines this particular XS Malarkey with his trademark quick wit and obscure view of the world. In support you’ll have another chance to see the chicken tickling delights of Simon Lomas, as well as three other rising stars on the comedy circuit with Twanya Mayne, Chris Washington and Sophie Willan also on the bill.
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Griff Rhys Jones (pic) | Sat 19 Nov | The Lowry | 8pm | £21.50 – 23.50
It’s been a tough few years for comedic icons passing on Before the deaths of Garry Shandling, Caroline Aherne and Ronnie Corbett there was Mel Smith back in 2013, a pain felt no worse than the man who spent a long part of his career sat across a table from him. Griff Rhys Jones is cathartically touring a show in which he delves in to his history with the legendary funny man in new show ‘Jones & Smith’, one to make you laugh, and perhaps even cry.
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- Words:
- John Stansfield
- Published on:
- Tue 15 Nov 2016
