Preview: The Gunge Show at Witham Arts Centre

TWO TICKETS TO THE GUNGE SHOW?

The Gunge Show,

Barnard Castle Witham Arts Centre

Saturday 18^th July2015

A leading North East comic is hoping kids will see the funny side of his jokes when he performs at the first ever Barnard Castle Comedy Festival.

Geordie comedian Lee Kyle has announced that he will be performing his family-friendly comedy show, The Gunge Show, at The Witham Arts Centre on Saturday 18 July.

A frantic, boisterous affair akin to the Saturday morning kids’ game shows of the eighties and nineties, The Gunge Show sees Kyle supervising two teams of comics competing in a series of ear-splitting games to save their team captain from a gunging.

Speaking ahead of the show, Lee said: "I love Barnard Castle - the festival has a brilliant line-up and I'm chuffed to be a part of it. My show's for kids and stupid adults. It has gunge in it and it is a right laugh, so please do come along.  I have done the show before and people liked it, so I'm not just guessing. It really is canny good."

Featuring gung-ho contributions from Si Buglass, Nicola Mantalios-Lovett, Sammy Dobson, and Matt Reed, the show will be laden with rapturous stupidity and plenty of near-the-knuckle asides for the grown-ups.

Frenzied rounds see participants – and plucky audience members – insulting each other, showcasing their special talents and shoving a ghastly assortment of foods into each other’s faces.

A recent review by the comedy website Giggle Beats compares the show to the "puerile gaiety of Dick and Dom’s In Da Bungalow – but with lower production values and actual comedians. The show is full of psychotic, inclusive charm that even the hardest heart can’t help but be taken in by."

The Barnard Castle Comedy Festival is organised by Teesdale comedy promoters Funny Way To Be.

Tickets:

It takes place on Saturday 18 July 2015 at The Witham Arts centre on Horsemarket.

Shows will run from 12pm until late, with Lee Kyle's Gunge Show kicking off the festival at noon.

Earlybird day tickets for the festival are on sale now, priced £45.  For more details on the festival, visit barnardcastlecomedy.com.

On The Web:

Facebook: www.facebook.com/barnardcastlecomedyfestival

Twitter: https://twitter.com/BarneyComFest

BARNARD CASTLE COMEDY FESTIVAL SHOWS

•       12pm - 1pm Lee Kyle presents The Gunge Show

•       1.30pm - 2.30pm Lost Voice Guy: Disability For Dunces

•       3pm - 4pm Tony Law: Nonsense In Progress

•       4.30pm - 5.30pm Jo Caulfield: Awkward Conversations

•       6pm - 7pm TBA

•       8.30pm - 10.30pm Alex Horne: Monsieur Butterfly

DATE: Saturday 18 July 2015

VENUE: The Witham, 3 Horsemarket, Barnard Castle, Durham, DL12 8LY

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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 Daft comedy 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