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GUFFAW COMEDY CLUB PROUDLY PRESENTS PHIL JUPITUS AKA PORKY THE POET WITH SUPPORT FROM PAUL MCCAFFREY
LONDON: Ye Olde Rose and Crown Theatre Pub
THU 4TH APR, 2013 9pm - £15
Phill Jupitus is Porky the Poet in 'ZEITGEIST LIMBO' - After the success of 2012's 'Twenty Seven Years On' Porky the Poet returns to Edinburgh with a collection of new poetry, and ponders the cultural conundrum; "How low can you go?"
Phill Jupitus will be known to many for his role on BBC2's Nevermind The Buzzcocks and QI. But what fewer know is that he started his performing career as a poet. He took his first full length show to The Free Fringe last year in Edinburgh, and also appeared at The Stoke Newington Literary Festival, Galway Comedy Festival, National Poetry Day 2012 at The Royal Festival Hall and is scheduled to appear later this year at The Laugharne Festival, Glastonbury and a return to The Edinburgh Fringe.
*A TICKET DOES NOT GUARANTEE A SEAT, SEATS ARE AVAILABLE ON PURELY A FIRST COME, FIRST SERVE BASIS*
Live Stand Up Comedy from amazing Comedians in and around Walthamstow E17.
In this section find out more about Comedians that will be appearing in and around Walthamstow Village throughout 2012.
Main residency in Walthamstow is Ye Old Rose and Crown Theatre Pub based on Hoe Street. Further information from Alaric on 07971712019.
THURSDAY 7TH MARCH, 2013 Doors 8.30pm, show starts 9.00pm
Tickets priced £15 or if available, on the door on the night priced £16.50
For further information call Alaric on 07971712019
Arthur Smith
A huge laugh and a career that blends surrealism and one-liners in equal measure are Arthur Smith's signatures.
His immense humour, and willingness to laugh himself hoarse at others' jokes make him unusual in an industry eaten up by cool.
To BBC radio and TV audiences, his career has been split between appearing on top quiz shows and fronting the funny section in Loose Ends. On TV, he's been a regular Grumpy Old Man and Countdown wordsmith.
It's as a stage performer and writer where Smith's strongest talents make themselves felt, however.
He regularly produces material that's both surreal, and almost instantly cultish, as well as popular.
An Evening with Gary Lineker was nominated for an Olivier Award; his work has been set to music 'curated' by Stewart Lee, and his show 'Arthur Smith Sings Leonard Cohen' has since transferred to Radio 4.
Not to mention “Live Bed Show” which has a run in the West End starring Caroline Quentin and Paul Merton.
His Edinburgh standup routines see him interacting with the audience more than most, including taking them round the city pointing at its highlights.
Constantly keeping one foot in light entertainment and still pushing ahead with new ways to make people laugh is a great stretch, but Arthur Smith keeps pulling it off.
Arthur is a writer and comedian. He has written four plays including, “An Evening with Gary Lineker”, “Live Bed Show” which has a run in the West End starring Caroline Quentin and Paul Merton.
Arthur currently presents BBC Radio 4’s “Excess Baggage” for BBC radio and his ever-popular “The Smith Lectures” transmits on BBC Radio 2.
Arthur is about to record a new radio comedy "Arthur Smith's Last Hangover" for BBC Radio 4.
Support comes from the fabulous Grainne Maguire, Rory O'Hanlon and of course, your incomparable compare, Susan Murray.
Gráinne Maguire has written for “8 Out of 10 Cats”, “The Now Show” and “News Quiz”. She has appeared as a guest on R4's “An Idiot’s Guide” and on R5's “7 Day Sunday”.She has just supported Rob Delaney on his only London sell out dates.
"Incredibly Funny"Times online
JULY 2012
GUFFAW 2ND ANNUAL COMEDY FESTIVAL
Once again we’ve begged and pleaded and done favours in order to bring you the BEST talent on the UK circuit who are taking their wares up to the Edinburgh festival. There’s no need for you to travel 410 miles when it’s right on your doorstep.
Please note, all shows are work in progress, doors 8pm, show start at 8.30 prompt, unreserved seating, no wheelchair access sorry, all bills subject to change ( you will be notified)
Ye Olde Rose & Crown Pub
53 Hoe Street
Walthamstow
E17 4SA
16th July - LUCY PORTER AND SILKY £10 http://www.wegottickets.com/event/170342
SILKY: NUT ALLEGORY.‘A very, very funny fella. Just brilliant’ JOHN BISHOP www.silkythecomedian.com
LUCY PORTER– PEOPLE PERSON. The powerful but tiny url of feel good comedy and Star of Mock the Week, The Comedy Store, Have I Got New For You, Never Mind The Buzzcocks, 4 www.lucyporter.co.uk see a clip here http://tinyurl.com/7jce4w6
17th July - SIMON MUNNERY AND SHAPPI KHORSANDI £12.50
http://www.wegottickets.com/event/170344
SIMON MUNNERY: WORK IN PROGRESS As recently seen on BBC2′s Stewart Lee’s Comedy Vehicle and heard on Radio 4′s News Quiz.“He’s nothing less than a genius” - The Guardian “There are more brilliant ideas in one of Simon Munnery’s shows than most comics will manage in a lifetime” - The Times www.simonmunnery.com
SHAPPI KHORSANDI: DIRTY LOOKS AND HOPSCOTCH. Star of Michael McIntyre’s Comedy Roadshow, Friday Night with Jonathan Ross, Live At The Apollo, and Have I Got News for You. Is back with a brand new show for 2012. Shappi Khorsandi is one of the hottest comedy prospects in the country. “Britain’s best young female comic by any yardstick” The Guardian. See a clip here http://tinyurl.com/6px9x9p www.offthekerb.co.uk/shappi-khorsandi/
18th JULY - PAUL SINHA AND ANDREW LAWRENCE £10
http://www.wegottickets.com/event/170345
PAUL SINHA – LAST CHRISTMAS. The UK’s only gay, asian, qualified GP and star of The Chase, “Superb comic writing” The Times “Magical” Fringe Guru “Fast becoming the master of intelligent, self-deprecating, storytelling comedy” Metro www.paulsinha.com See him being interviewed by Stewart Lee here http://tinyurl.com/83oh5fm
ANDREW LAWRENCE- EDINBURGH PREVIEW. Star of BBC 1’s Live at the Apollo, now a regular on Channel 4’s Stand Up For the Week, Twice nominated Best UK Headline Act at the Chortle Awards 2010/11, ‘an A-list talent.‘- The Guardian‘. His almost Victorian blend of rage and good grammar is still a delight.’- Sunday Times www.andrewlawrencecomedy.co.uk See a clip here http://tinyurl.com/bugvaws
19th JULY - PHIL NICHOL AND ALISTAIR BARRIE £10
http://www.wegottickets.com/event/170346
PHIL NICHOL-RANTS! . Comedy with passion. As well as being an amazingly talented stand up, Phil also played Terry Gillingham in HOLY FLYING CIRCUS NOMINATED FOR 'BEST SINGLE DRAMA' AT 2012 BAFTA'S, SCOTSMAN FRINGE FIRST WINNER 2011 FOR 'SOMEWHERE BENEATH IT ALL, A SMALL FIRE BURNS STILL', NOMINEE CHORTLE BEST HEADLINER AWARD (2010, 2006, 2002) IF.COM EDDIE AWARD WINNER 2006 ‘Hypnotic’ ***** The Sunday Herald ‘Delightfully silly’ **** The List www.philnichol.com See a clip here http://tinyurl.com/7869ny8
ALISTAIR BARRIE- URBAN FOGEY. One of the circuit’s top headliners and regular at the Comedy Store’s ‘Cutting Edge’, Alistair also co-writes, produces and performs in the topical podcast and panel show ‘No Pressure To Be Funny’ at the Soho Theatre. www.alistairbarrie.com
20th JULY - RICHARD HERRING AND BRIDGET CHRISTIE £15
http://www.wegottickets.com/event/170347
RICHARD HERRING- - TALKING COCK: THE SECOND COMING For his 25th anniversary Fringe, Herring updates the hit show that exposes the truth about the porridge gun “His Cock is as funny and fascinating for women as it is for men. I loved it. I only wished it could have been longer” Scotsman www.richardherring.com See him on Russell Howard’s Good News here; http://tinyurl.com/4mrkp4q
BRIDGET CHRISITE- WAR DONKEY ( she’s married to Stewart Lee you know!!!) From Radio 4’s News Quiz, E4’s Cardinal Burns and Harry Hill’s Internet Show. "Avant-garde comedian of prodigious talent" Guardian. "Beautiful insanity" Sunday Times. www.bridgetchristie.co.uk
21st JULY - PAUL MCCAFFREY AND NICK DOODY £10
http://www.wegottickets.com/event/170348
PAUL MCCAFFREY: PILLS ‘N’THRILLS AND BELLYLAUGHS Not only is Paul one of our favourite acts, he’s also an E17 resident. He is a rising star on the circuit having just been snapped up by the biggest comedy agency Avalon. “Born to be a comic” The Scotsman. See his on Russell Howard’s Good New here http://tinyurl.com/6mtyrjm
NICK DOODY- LOOK AT THIS MASSIVE PICTURE OF MY FACE As well as headlining gigs all over the UK, Nick is an in demand writer for the Sony Award winning ‘ARMANDO IANNUCCI’S CHARM OFFENSIVE’ and ‘THE NOW SHOW’, ‘8 OUT OF 10 CATS’. “Some of the best political material I have heard in a while…comic genius” - KATE COPSTICK, THE SCOTSMAN
Watch a clip here http://tinyurl.com/74ex3oa
JUNE 2012
Queens Jubilee Special
Comedy night at the Rose and Crown
53 Hoe Street
Walthamstow
E17 4SA
Thursday 7th of June 9.00pm
http:/www.wegottickets.com/event/168834
Topping & Butch
Scott Capurro
Angie McEvoy
MAY 2012
Guffaw Comedy Club Night – Wednesday 9th May 2012
Ye Olde Rose & Crown Pub in Hoe Street.
In order to avoid a clash with polling night ( cos we know how political you all are) we are having May’s comedy night on WEDNESDAY 9TH MAY at 9pm
Tickets £8.50/£7.50 here http://www.wegottickets.com/event/164331
Adam Bloom is one of Britain's most inventive comedians & comedy writers. He has performed sell-out solo shows at the 96, 97, 98, 99, '01, '04 & '07 Edinburgh Festivals, performed a 29 date sell-out tour of Britain, sold out theatres in Melbourne, Sydney, Auckland, Wellington & Cape Town as well as making three visits to Just For Laughs in Montreal. In 2004, he was part of the Just For Laughs Comedy Tour, performing to 42,000 people across Canada. He has also written three series of 'The Problem with Adam Bloom' (BBC Radio 4).
Adam has also been commissioned to provide material for over 20 comedians.
Clip here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opSvj9i1u6g
Trevor Lock has been on the telly with Lee and Herring, on the radio with Russell Brand and on tour with Stewart Lee. He starred in all three series of C4’s Bafta nominated Star Stories and has even addressed the Oxford Union on the meaning of life. True stories, one-liners, made up flights of fancy, Trevor Lock is a silly comedian with an original streak who enjoys talking with his audience. The Scotsman once said he was “Funny, moving and clever.” TimeOut, think he’s “hilarious” and culture website Spoonfed said he’d “probably win an award for the most laughs in a minute.”
Clip Here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwpZp3PkDtk&feature=g-upl&context=G2a33b33AUAAAAAAACAA
John Mann has sharp observation and wry wit mingled effortlessly with a gentle and confident rapport ensure this comic is unfailingly funny. John is a regular and longstanding Jongleurs act and works at comedy clubs around the UK and abroad. He has recently done a series of cruise work and a tour entertaining the returning troops in Cyprus. His writing credits include The Big Breakfast and Harry Enfield’s Brand Spanking New Show.
“Distinctly amusing, engaging and talented” Malcolm Hay - Time Out
“One of the funniest people I know” Phill Jupitus
All held together by your fabulous regular MC Susan Murray who made history last month by being the first woman to EVER MC a gig for British Troops.;
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APRIL 2012
Guffaw Comedy Club Night - Thursday 5th April
Tony Law
Like a rolling ball of funny with bits flying out of it, Tony Law’s infectious comedy will leave you stranded in a hilarious field of ideas. Half Canadian, half Trinidadian, Tony has been busy working hard on the circuit and creating a buzz for himself as one of the most exciting new comedy propositions around.
Walthamstow’s only premier stand up comedy night is back with another fantastic bill from top professional comics from the UK comedy circuit.
Tickets £8
Doors open 8.30pm, show starts at 9pm
Tickets can be purchased on the door or in advance from Tickets for these shows are now on sale at http://www.wegottickets.com/GuffawComedyClub
MARCH 2012
YeOLDE17 Comedy club returns with a fun packed Friday night at the Rose & Crown gig this Friday 23 March from 8pm.
Located in the Red Room within the pub on Hoes Street.
For more details and to book visit
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Guffaw Comedy Club Night - Wednesday 14th March
Hattie Hayridge
Legendary comedienne Hattie Hayridge, world famous as HOLLY from RED DWARF, comes to Guffaw Comedy Club with her unique brand of stand-up.
Walthamstow’s only premier stand up comedy night is back with another fantastic bill from top professional comics from the UK comedy circuit.
Tickets £10
Doors open 8.30pm, show starts at 9pm
Tickets can be purchased on the door or in advance from Tickets for these shows are now on sale at http://www.wegottickets.com/GuffawComedyClub
February 2012
Thursday 2nd February 8.30pm show starts at 9pm
Ye Olde Rose & Crown Pub in Hoe Street.
Another fantastic bill at GUFFAW COMEDY CLUB, THE East End's premier laugh emporium featuring MICK FERRY, as seen on BBC's Michael McIntyre's Roadshow, DAVE COHEN, chief writer on Have I Got News For You, multi-award winning JOHN SCOTT and the fantastic JOANNA LAU.
Your Compere is Marian Pashley
MICK FERRY
"Awesome stand up” BBC
Manchester based Mick Ferry is renowned as a fine purveyor of lugubrious surrealism and has quickly established himself as one of the most sought after comics on the British and International comedy circuit.
One of the finest comperes around, at ease bantering with a crowd but with no shortage of first class dark and sinister material, Mick performs regularly at The Comedy Store in London and Manchester as well as headlining at comedy venues nationwide. Internationally he has recently appeared in Ireland, Dubai,
Singapore, and Shanghai where he has showcased his ability to pluck outstanding material from thin air in an apparently effortless manner.
Mick began his assault on the stand-up circuit in 1998 and quickly made it to the finals of Channel 4’s esteemed ‘So You Think You’re Funny’ competition. His stand up career has gone from strength to strength and he is now widely recognised as one of the most talented and promising stand-ups to have emerged from the North. Testament to this fact, he has been invited to perform alongside stand-up luminaries Johnny Vegas, Sean Lock, Peter Kay, Al Murray and Steve Coogan – having the honour of joining each of them as a special guest on live shows.
Mick was also a founder member of The Comedy Store’s weekly topical team show ‘M.E.N At Work’.
DAVE COHEN
Comedian, Perrier nominee in a previous century, and founder member of the Comedy Store Players, Dave - “A great comic talent” (Daily Mail) - is now chief lyric writer for the BAFTA and British Comedy Award-winning hit show Horrible Histories: “The true genius is in the songs, most by Richie Webb and
Dave Cohen, which have become playground favourites.” (Daily Telegraph)
“enjoyably daft lyrics by Dave Cohen” (The Guardian).
JOHN SCOTT
John first hit the stage as a stand up back in 1999 at the Stand Comedy club in Edinburgh, after taking part in one of the venues comedy workshops. Just three months he was asked to take part in his first Edinburgh festival run in the showcase Stand Up Scotland, a platform for the best new emerging talent from over the border.
In the same year John won the Spike Milligan award for new talent in Scotland and was narrowly squeezed by in the national final where the judges took over an hour to come to a final decision.
John has a disarming and friendly persona that chucks buckets of charm across the stage, which has made him popular across Scotland and the North of England.
Johns material merges everyday story telling, mixed alongside accurate observations, with a cunning ability to fire out several quick fire one liners.
"A Diamond in the rough" The List. "Members of the audience were quit literally in tears of laughter. A grungy mix of Billy Connelly and Aragorn." Edinburgh Evening News.
"Among the top five comics emerging from Scotland today." The Observer.
"Catch them live now before some savvy TV producer snatches them up." The Herald. "At the cutting edge of comedy." The Stage.
JOANNE LAU
"This relative newcomer repeatedly proves herself a strong writer, with some rock-solid gags “Charming...grown as a performer with every show."- TimeOut
Joanne Lau is a Chinese-Canadian stand-up comedian now based in the UK. She's been the winner of various new act competitions and was named in Time Out’s Best London Comedy of 2007 article.
She has since gone on to appear in BBC3’s Most Annoying People 2008, and in 2010 was a writer & star of the BBC3 comedy pilot, Laughtershock.
Joanne has been regularly gigging around London and the UK at various venues including The Comedy Store, Comedy Café, Downstairs at the King's Head, & on Canada Day 2009, performed to a crowd of thousands at London’s Trafalgar Square.
Winner Laughing Horse big Big BIG New Act Competition 2007. 1st Runner-Up Comedy Store King Gong Feb-2007. Winner Lion's Den Gong Show Sep-2007. Winner Comedy Café New Acts Night Sep-2007. Winner Up the Arts Dead Elvis New Talent Award Jan-2007.
Festivals:
Edinburgh Fringe 2007- Mixt Nutz (sketch) Edinburgh Fringe 2007- Amused Moose Hot Starlets (stand-up).
Edinburgh Fringe 2010- Twins (stand-up) Edinburgh Fringe 2010- Late Night Talky Talk (sketch/talk show).
Most Annoying People 2008 (BBC3) 2008 Laughtershock (Brown Eyed Boy & BBC3) 2010.
January 2012
Thursday 5th January 8.30pm show starts at 9pm
Headline Act: Simon Munnery
Support Act: Carl Donnelly
Support Act Juliette Myers
Compere: Susan Murray
Simon Munnery
Simon Munnery, also known by his stage names of Alan Parker: Urban Warrior and The League Against Tedium, is an English comedy writer and experimental standup comedian. He performs mainly to an alternative audience but has pierced the mainstream both with his BBC Radio 1 show in 1997 and his BBC2 television series, Attention Scum! in 2001.
Munnery's experimental style is reified through his sartorial appearance: his tragically unfashionable glasses, homemade clothes (or clothes apparently donated to him by comedian Jeff Green), makeshift props, and dramatic facial hair. As 'The League' he often dons a hat crafted from a kettle and one of his standup shows is performed entirely with a metal bucket over his head.
His standup is perhaps best described as often satirical, often political and almost always surreal. Munnery plays harmonica and his dialogue is full of quotable remarks, inviting comparison with Oscar Wilde, ("If you've only ever read one book in your life... I strongly recommend that you keep your mouth shut").
"Munnery is a genius, it's not up for debate" - Eddie Izzard
"One of the most original and talented comics in the country" - The Observer
Simon was the creator of Alan Parker - Urban Warrior - a self-appointed spokesperson for the dispossessed generation and prophet to the disconnected masses who seeks to smash the system with subversion, some placards and a spray-can. IN 1996, Alan Parker-Urban Warrior starred on ITV's Saturday Live and appeared in his own BBC2 show London Shouting which was written with Father Ted (C4) creator, Graham Lineham.
Simon enjoyed a two week sell-out run as Alan Parker at The Adelaide Comedy Festival.
The third and last series of Alan Parker's 29 Minutes of Truth (BBC Radio One) won the Sony Gold Award for Radio Comedy.
Simon was nominated for Best Television Newcomer for London Shouting (BBC2) at The 1996 British Comedy Awards.
Carl Donnelly
The multi-award winning comedian Carl Donnelly. he has been a comedian since 2005, has been nominated for an Edinburgh comedy award (formerly the perriers) and has also appeared on a number of TV shows including ‘mock the week’, ‘stand-up for the week’, ‘Dave’s one night stand’ and ‘Russell Howard’s good news’.
Juliette Myers
“Excellent” Tim Arthur, comedy reviewer TIME OUT. Managing to mix silliness with edginess, Juliet has a chatty style that allows her to interact with the crowd; this makes her much in demand both as a comedian and an MC.
She has been bringing her own brand of hilarious, cerebral, observational, gag –driven, (mostly gender non-specific), comedy to the stage for 7 years.
Susan Murray
Winner of the first ever Jongleurs Competition and a seasoned regular on the circuit, Susan has emerged as one of the best female stand-ups around. Susan is working nationally; Comedy Store, Jongleurs, Highlight, Up The Creek, Off The Kerb, Banana Cabaret, Comedy Café and internationally; Quatar, Dubai, Abu Dhabi, China, Indonesia, Germany, Luxembourg, Brussels, Ireland. Her versatility means that as well as Corporates Susan has handled Biker Festivals and music festivals including Glastonbury, Bestival, The Big Chill, Reading, V, Endorse It In Dorset, Download. Acting credits include starring in the TV comedy drama “Love, Lies and Lipstick” for ITV and Arthur Smith Sings Leonard Cohen (Pleasance, Edinburgh Festival and Garrick London).
Following writing and performing for BBC Radio 1 on ‘The Milk Run’ she received a writing bursary from the BBC. Other projects include writing and performing a 1 hour long show, 21st Century Fox (themed on the modern day phenomenon of internet dating). Susan was one of the writers on ‘Touch Me I’m Karen Taylor’ (Avalon for BBC3) and has toured the UK with Puppetry Of The Penis. Whilst writing for Radio 4’s ‘The Now Show’ she is also expanding her sell out debut solo Edinburgh Festival show about accents called ‘The Glottal Stops Here’ which is to tour theatres in 2011.
“A feisty comedy fireball of fun” Time Out
“If you only go and see one comedian in Edinburgh this year, make it Susan Murray you lazy b*stard” Jeremy Hardy
"Susan Murray is delightful from start to finish in this well-thought out hour taking on the topic of accents: their evolution; their assumptions; their sheer hilarity....the material uniquely witty and insightful" FEST ***
"If you know your glottal stops from your epiglottis then you’ll love this show. If you don’t, you’ll love it just the same. Sure there’s a bit of linguistics, but that’s just an excuse to fill the rest of this ripping show with a wry look at life (particularly Murray’s), the universe and everything....Murray works the packed audience with skill"
The Stage "Must See"
"She has the mentality of a spiteful 14 yr old boy! Very admirable in a young lady!" Arthur Smith
“Susan Murray’s baffled everywoman persona cloaks a dry, intelligent wit.” Stewart Lee
“Mainstream success written all over her….brightly energetic, a real talent” Edinburgh Guide.com.
Tickets are £8.50 or £7.50 conssession available in advance form wegottickets.com or on the door on the night.
See you there.