Spring Comedy In
Barnard Castle
Teesdale’s Funny Way To Be Comedy Club have announced details of their 2015 comedy programme in Barnard Castle.
Based at the recently-refurbished Witham arts
centre, the new comedy programme runs from January until March and features
some of the funniest men and women in the UK, including the big
success story of this year’s Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Best Newcomer winner Alex
Edelman.
The new season, programmed by Barnard Castle resident Peter Dixon, officially gets
underway on Saturday 10 January, with a headline appearance from award-winning
comedian Lucy Beaumont.
Beaumont has a clutch of awards
to her name. She’s a 2014 Foster’s Best Newcomer nominee, winner of the
BBC New Comedy Award in 2012, and a former Chortle
Award winner for Best Newcomer. In 2013, Lucy appeared on
series two of Live
At The Electric on BBC
Three,
and has recently been commissioned to produce her own show for BBC Radio 4, To Hull and Back. Rising stars Katie
Mulgrew and Hayley Ellis complete the bill in a night featuring three of the
most exciting female comics in the UK today.
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| Alex Edelman |
Next up in Teesdale is the 2014 Edinburgh Comedy
Award Best Newcomer, USA comedian Alex Edelman. The
25-year-old from Boston is the next big thing in
comedy. Fresh, original, and endearing, with each performance Edelman continues
to prove himself to be one of the world's most promising upcoming
comedians. He joins Australian sensation Felicity Ward, one-liner comedian
Peter Brush and Chortle Student
Comedian of the Year Jamila Maddix in Barnard Castle on Saturday 7 February.
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| Tony Law |
On Saturday 28 February, we welcomes alternative
comedy hero Tony Law to the region. The cheerfully absurd humour that Law
knocks around into a jazzy, freeform shape has endeared him to both live and TV
audiences in the UK and abroad. Law has made
appearances on Charlie Brooker's Screen Wipe, Sue Perkins' sitcom Heading
Out and Have I Got News For You, and is now a regular on TV panel
shows Never Mind The Buzzcocks and 8 Out Of 10 Cats.
Funny Way To Be’s final spring show sees two
festival favourites bring their latest shows to the region. Ray Peacock will
perform an abridged version of his critically-acclaimed Edinburgh Fringe show, Here Comes Trouble, while Leicester
Comedy Festival Best Show winner Ahir Shah is not to be missed. Ray and Ahir
are at The Witham on Saturday 28 March.
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| Felicity Ward |
Peter Dixon, of Funny Way To
Be, said: "With the announcement of the new year season we now have ten
stand up comedy shows programmed until the end of March 2015. We have continued our commitment to bring the
very best comedians, with a programme providing shows to suit all sorts of
tastes, to rural Barnard Castle. In this season we have comics from the USA, Australia and Canada providing a real international
flavour."
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| Tony Law |
To complement the more high-profile shows in the calendar,
the Teesdale comedy club have also announced details of three bargain mid-week
shows set to feature the stand-up stars of tomorrow.
With tickets only a fiver, Teesdale comedy fans
can see cult comedian Silky (19 November), BBC New Comedy Award winner Steve
Bugeja (21 January) and Chris Ramsey tour support Carl Hutchinson (11 March) for
less than the cost of a pint in London.
Peter added: “For audiences
it's a chance to come along and see a top quality professional show with an
intimate friendly setting without spending a fortune. It is ideal for both
regular comedy fans as well as people who is thinking about coming along to see
a live comedy show for the first time.”
Tickets:
·
Wednesday
29 October: Lee Nelson: Suited &
Booted work-in-progress, £17.50, 7.30pm
·
Wednesday
19 November: Silky, with support, £5, 8.00pm
·
Saturday
29 November: Susan Calman: Lady Like,
£14/£12 concessions, 8pm
·
Saturday
13 December: Romesh Ranganathan and Suzi Ruffell, £12/£10 concessions, 8.00pm
·
Saturday
10 January: Northern Ladies - Lucy Beaumont, Katie Mulgrew & Hayley Ellis, 8.00pm
·
Wednesday
21 January: Steve Bugeja, with support, £5, 8.00pm
·
Saturday
7 February: Alex Edelman, Felicity Ward, Jamali Maddix and Peter Brush, £10 advanced/ £12
on the door, 8.00pm.
·
Saturday
28 February: Tony Law, £12 advanced/ £14 on the door, 8.00pm.
·
Wednesday
11 March: Carl Hutchinson, with support, £5, 8.00pm.
·
Saturday
28 March: Ray Peacock & Ahir Shah, £10 advanced/ £12 on the door, 8.00pm
Tickets for all shows are on sale now from funnywaytobe.com.
Venue: The Witham, 3 Horsemarket, Barnard Castle, Durham, DL12 8LY
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