Friday 10th July 2009
Tickets: £10/£8 Concessions Click here
Start Time: 21:00
Location: Loughborough Town Hall, Market Place, LE11 3EB
Pictured: Russell Kane
Join us for this Edinburgh Preview Special, featuring two superb acts road testing their material before a trip to the Edinburgh Fringe…
John Gordillo, returned to live stand up in 2008 after 6 years writing and directing to widespread critical acclaim…His last Edinburgh show “Divide and Conga” gained 4 and 5 star reviews throughout the run and sparked a huge emotional response from the audience.
“Gordillo is an inspiration, a consummate performer with an amazing talent, passion and intellect.” Chortle
“One of our finest stand-ups” – Evening Standard
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Russell Kane was nominated for the main prize the if.Comedy at last years Fringe. Strap in for some super-speed sunderings and inconvenient sociology in an hour of self-soiling merriment that will leave you with rickets.
As Seen on Live at The Apollo, Five US and Big Brother’s Little Brother.
“Russell Kane is an exceptional comedian, his pace is relentless and his material beautifully observed and exquisitely crafted… This is inspiring and brilliant stand-up… perfect.” *****Chortle
“The kind of gags that make you snort beer out of your nose… An impressive punchline rate.” ****Metro
Title: The Al Pitcher Picture Show
Sunday 8th November
Tickets: £10 Standard/£8 Concessions
Start Time: 20:00
Location: Firebug, Millstone Ln, Leicester, LE1 5JN
The Al Pitcher Picture Show
Every day we see things we’ve never seen before, things that strike us as odd or beautiful, and things that we’ve seen so many times we don’t even notice them any more… Not Al Pitcher. His mind is constantly twisting, flipping and distorting what he sees, igniting the mundane, and for The Al Pitcher Picture show, weaving the events of his day in your town into a truly unique and hilarious one-off show. Every comic will tell you that a ‘funny thing happened on the way to the gig’, but, digital camera in hand, Al has the pictures to prove it! What does Al Pitcher make of Leicester? There’s only one way to find out…
Fresh from sell-out shows in Australia and New Zealand, don’t miss your chance to catch Al Pitcher on his extended UK tour with this multi-award winning show.
Best Show 2009 – Leicester Comedy Festival Awards
Director’s Pick 2009 – Newcastle Gateshead Comedy Festival
Time Out Sydney’s People’s Choice Award 2009
“Pitcher sits firmly in the improvising, rambling, freewheeling comedy camp inhabited by the likes of Ross Noble and Eddie Izzard. However, unlike both of them, Pitcher is one of the best kept secrets on the comedy scene. But it’s only a matter of time” – Time Out
“A fine idea… Pitcher is amusing enough to provoke laughs from mere civic signage“ The Scotsman
“If this clever, funny, intelligent man comes your way, then grab your ticket with both hands and don’t let it go. You would not want to miss out.” One4Review