Barking Tales | Zombie Shack | Wed 3 Feb | 7pm | £5
Booking some of the best acts around, raising awareness for mental health issues in the arts and giving to charity, there are few nights in Manchester doing better things for society than Harriet Dyer’s monthly comedy venture ‘Barking Tales’. For this month’s instalment they have Group Therapy favourite Danny McLoughlin, the Ashton wrecking machine Liam Pickford and exciting newcomer Amy Gledhill, with Harriet holding the reigns throughout.
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Alun Cochrane | Fred’s Ale House | Thu 4 Feb | 7.30pm | £5
For those that would rather not step too far from their front door to see some fine live comedy, and provided said front door is somewhere in the M19 postcode then Fred’s Ale House has got a right Thursday night treat for you. Taking over the Stockport Road drinkery will be compere Andy Kind, introducing Alun Cochrane, Jo D’Arcy and a couple of young rising stars from the local scene in Stephen Laws and Mark Williams. Five comics for five pounds, can’t say fairer than that.
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Milo McCabe | Chorlton Irish Club | Fri 5 Feb | 8.30pm | £10
If your doorstep lays more Chorlton way then good news! As you also get a top night of comedy without having to brave the city centre this time, and even if you are coming from that way they promise to finish the night before the last tram. What a thoughtful bunch. This month sees frantic character comedian Milo McCabe, Dubliner Caimh MCDonnell and Wire fave Kiri Pritchard-McLean with popular host Raymond Mearns. The burbs giving the centre a run for its money.
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Bec Hill (pictured)| The Dancehouse | Sat 6 Feb | 8.30pm | £8
Effervescent and impeccably charming Bec Hill is an antipodean cartoonist it’s more than okay to like. Fantastically inventive with her live action storybook cartoons and the holder of one heck of a pun filled mind Hill is fast becoming one of her adopted nation’s favourite stand ups. Her latest Edinburgh was a sell out smash and she will be performing it here at The Dancehouse, just another in a long line of fine shows the Oxford Road playhouse has been putting on of late.
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Nick Thune | Tiger Lounge | Sun 7 Feb | 7pm | £8
With a host of appearances on the America’s late night talk show circuit as well as a number of sell out tours and two comedy albums to his name, Nick Thune might just be one of the biggest acts you’ve not heard of. But you should almost certainly change that, as Thune is a masterful story teller and surreal one liner all at once. A chance to see a master of his craft in such intimate surrounds is a must for all comedy fans. Read our full preview.
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- Words:
- John Stansfield
- Published on:
- Mon 1 Feb 2016
