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  December 13, 2011 / 0 Comments

  Laughterhouse New Year’s Eve parties

  No sooner had Laughterhouse Comedy found a warm and cosy home at the CUC, than they have been forced to give it up ahead of the venue???s closure at the start of next year. But are they letting it get them down? Not a bit, and they???re busy planning …

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  November 25, 2011 / 0 Comments

  Ken Dodd: the stats

  Our friends at the Phil have, as the Americans like to say, been doing the math. And they’ve deduced comedian Ken Dodd has spent 89 hours on their stage, cracking some 38,128 jokes at there over the years. Us journos can’t resist a good stat, and …

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  October 30, 2011 / 0 Comments

  Interview: musical comedian Mitch Benn

  Mitch Benn is one of the UK???s foremost musical comedians. Liverpool born and bred, he returns to the city for a rare theatre show with his band The Distractions on November 15. ???Kind of a rock concert but funny??? is the simplest way for Benn to exp…

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  October 12, 2011 / 0 Comments

  Review: Reginald D Hunter, Philharmonic Hall

  After more than a decade on the comedy circuit, gathering a loyal and ever increasing following along the way, Reginald D Hunter finally graced the famous Liverpool Philharmonic Hall stage last week with his show, ???Sometimes Even The Devil Tells T…

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  July 22, 2011 / 1 Comment

  Review: Come On Girls! Studio Liverpool

  I went down to see the second Come On Girls! show last night at Studio Liverpool. A chat show spoof, the idea is simple and well-executed, and left my companions for the evening (who work in theatre), impressed by the possibilities of the format. …

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  July 19, 2011 / 0 Comments

  Interview with stand up Andi Osho

  One of the best acts of the Liverpool Comedy Festival this year, Andi Osho is one of stand up’s rising stars. MADEUP instantly fell for her many charms, and has been raving about her ever since. City comic Jake Mills got to know her during her sta…

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  June 5, 2011 / 0 Comments

  Interview: comedian Howard Read

  You never quite know where Howard Read will pop up next, and the comedian is certainly busier than ever before. Together with his cartoon creation Little Howard, their act has become an unexpected hit with adults and children alike, spawning a CBB…

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  May 22, 2011 / 0 Comments

  New Brick Up run already extended

  Definitive “Scouse play” Brick Up the Mersey Tunnels has had its summer run extended before it’s even begun. Four weeks away from curtain up, staff at the Royal Court were preparing the ???sold out??? signs until the extension was announced. The show …

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  May 16, 2011 / 0 Comments

  Introducing sketch troupe The Legion of Doom

  A Liverpool-based sketch group are preparing for their first headline show. Comedy performers the Legion of Doom have been a regular act on the alternative stand up scene and have developed their full-length play as a result of the characters and …

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  May 12, 2011 / 1 Comment

  Review: Tim Minchin, Liverpool Arena

  Tim Minchin took his place at his grand piano, acknowledged the applause for a moment, then began to play and sing. ???Nothing kills comedy/ like an arena,??? he softly teased. We could all relax. He knew what he was up against, and was telling us he …

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  May 9, 2011 / 0 Comments

  Come On Girls!

  Come On Girls! is a brand new live entertainment concept hitting Liverpool this week, combining “the magic of television but with the intimacy and uniqueness of a night at the theatre”. Inspired by a similar format that began in Canada, it is the …

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  May 8, 2011 / 0 Comments

  Review: Dylan Moran, Royal Court

  Guest writer Tom Croft enjoys Dylan Moran’s charming, yet well-polished trawl through some familiar subjects of stand up, as part of the Liverpool Comedy Festival. The night of the royal wedding, slightly tipsy, I was lucky enough to catch Dylan M…

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  May 6, 2011 / 0 Comments

  Review: Sam Avery, Baa Bar

  Rock ‘N’ Dole is Sam Avery’s second hour-long show, and it was nice to see him make the most of the opportunity to tell a decent tale. He had a cracking subject matter, taking the audience back to his adolescence and his time in a fledgling metal …

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  May 6, 2011 / 0 Comments

  Interview: Steve Gribbin

  Steve Gribbin is nothing if not good value – the expat Liverpudlian musical comic regularly travels up from his London home to do the rounds and see the family, and makes plenty of opportunities for himself while he???s here. This weekend, as well a…

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• May 6, 2011 / 0 Comments

  Review: Andi Osho, Unity

  Andi Osho is great. A bold female presence on the stand up circuit and the panel show bear pit, the chance to see what she could do live was a real treat and, to use the old reviewers’ cliche, she did not disappoint. (Note to self: Don’t use that …

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  May 5, 2011 / 0 Comments

  Review: Simon Munnery, Unity

  Simon Munnary’s show, Self Employed, is a revealing journey into the mind of one of British comedy’s unsung talents. Personally, I hadn’t seen Munnary live for donkeys’ years, and don’t really remember much enjoying his Alan Parker, Urban Warrior …

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  May 4, 2011 / 0 Comments

  Review: Tim Fitzhigham, Unity

  Tim Fitzhigham is probably chuffed to find himself regularly described as a great British eccentric. Well, someone’s going to get round to calling you that if you insist on rowing across the Channel in a bath, which is precisely what the comedian …

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  May 2, 2011 / 0 Comments

  Review: Jollyboat, Baa Bar

  Musical Comedy Award winners Jollyboat have had an exciting few months, and although they’ve been performing on bills all over the place, tonight’s gig was the biggest headliner in Liverpool for some time as it was a taster of the show they plan t…

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  April 28, 2011 / 0 Comments

  Review: Arthur Smith, Unity Theatre

  It’s the first night of the Liverpool Comedy Festival! So to kick things off, Made Up headed over to the Unity to catch up with veteran performer Arthur Smith for a night of… well, comedy was just one part of his amiable, silly, but thoroughly e…

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  April 20, 2011 / 0 Comments

  Is Liverpool really the worst place to gig?

  Everybody’s been talking about the results of a recent poll among comedians that put Liverpool down as the toughest place to gig. Some 18% of the professionals questioned by Dave TV said this city was the hardest to get a laugh in. In all honesty,…

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