Comedy At The Lowry
September – December 2003
Sat 6 September
Buzz Hawkins with The Bradshaws…An’ All That
Following last year’s sell-out show at The Lowry, the cult radio and TV series is back, live on stage. Set in the halcyon days of pounds, shillings and pence, tin baths, factory chimneys, shiny slate roofs, gasometers and condensed milk butties, the nostalgic comedy of Buzz Hawkins and friends is simply unique.
Times 7.30pm
Tickets £8.50, £10.50, £12.50
Sat 6 September
A Night With Mel & Sue
Fresh from Radio 4’s The Mel & Sue Thing, Channel 4’s acclaimed Light Lunch and RISE breakfast TV, this comedy partnership rivals Vic and Bob, French and Saunders and even Richard and Judy. Expect more free-form banter, character comedy and out-of-tune singing in this hilarious and zany show.
Times 8pm
Tickets £12
Sat 20 September
Sing-a-Long-a Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
The new Sing-a-Long-a show everyone has been dreaming about. From the people who brought us Sing-a-Long-a Sound Of Music, Joseph gets the treatment, with the multi-million pound film of the stage show getting on-screen lyrics so everyone can join in, plus fancy dress, fun bags and a whole lot more.
Time 3.30pm
Tickets £12
Sat 20 September
Sing-a-Long-a Sound Of Music
It’s back, in glorious full-screen Technicolor, complete with subtitles, so everyone can join in. Perfect for families, hen parties, office outings and lonely goatherds. It always sells out.
Time 7pm
Tickets £12
Tues 23 & Wed 24 September - Sold Out
Sun 12 October
Dave Spikey
British Comedy Award winner, North West Comedian Of The Year and star and co-writer of Channel 4’s acclaimed Phoenix Nights, Dave brings his own unique brand of stand-up to The Lowry. Laugh and marvel at his tales of dobber clobber, the plumbers’ position, scary chickens and pushing a terrier upstairs. The hottest comedy ticket in town
Time 8pm
Tickets £14.50
Thurs 6 November
Mark Steel
From Radio 4’s The Mark Steel Solution and The Mark Steel Lecture. A leading stand-up since 1983, Mark is also a journalist and political satirist of considerable stature. In every major political event of the last 25 years, he has managed to play an extremely minor role and he’s here to tell us about it!
Time 8pm
Tickets £10 - £12
Sat 8 November
Sean Lock
A genuinely creative stand-up with a hyperactive imagination. Perrier Award nominee Sean has written and starred in his own BBC sitcom 15 Storeys High. Other credits include They Think It’s All Over, Never Mind The Buzzcocks and It’s Only TV But I Like It. One of the comedy circuit’s finest.
Time 8pm
Tickets £10 - £12
Sun 9 November
Rhona Cameron
Achieving national recognition for famously speaking her mind on hit TV show I’m A Celebrity – Get Me Out Of Here, Scottish stand-up Rhona has had her own BBC 2 sitcom and regularly sells out at the Edinburgh Festival. Now, Britain’s funniest female brings her tart and zesty comedy to The Lowry.
Time 8pm
Tickets £13
Mon 24 November
Men In Coats Plus guest support.
Physical comedy at its finest. After last year’s sell-out, Men In Coats return to The Lowry with their totally original experience. This relentless stream of brilliant visual humour is inventive, creative, bizarre, side-splittingly funny and mind-bogglingly brilliant - see them live and you still won’t believe it.
Time 8pm
Tickets £14.50
Tues 25 November
Mackenzie Crook as Mr Bagshaw
Settle down, SETTLE DOWN, as Mackenzie Crook – better known as Gareth from mega hit BBC comedy show The Office returns to his stand-up character comedy roots. Mr Bagshaw - the teacher from hell and the character comedy gig of the year. Support from Channel 4’s Oram and Meeten.
Time 8pm
Tickets £14.50
Sat 29 November
Tommy Tiernan Tell Me A Story…From Inside Your Head
Compere of BBC 1’s The Stand-Up Show and star of Channel 4’s Small Potatoes, the Perrier Award winner and British Comedy Award Best Stand-Up is back. His mesmerising combination of hilarious and poignant stories is a comedy roller coaster of acute observations on life.
Time 8pm
Tickets £12.50
Mon 1 – Sat 13 December
The Play What I Wrote
By Sean Foley, Hamish McColl & Eddie Braben.
Direct from Broadway.
Celebrity to be announced.
One of the biggest comedy hits ever. In London and New York every review was a rave, every show a sell-out. Kenneth Branagh again directs for the first British tour of this celebration of England’s greatest comedy double act, Morecambe and Wise. Hamish has written an epic play called A Tight Squeeze For The Scarlet Pimple. His comedy partner Sean wants to perform it as a tribute to Morecambe and Wise, but first they need a guest star. Guests during the London and Broadway runs included Roger Moore, Ewan McGregor, Glenn Close, Kylie Minogue, Richard Wilson and Sting.
Time Mon - Sat 7.30pm, Wed & Sat Mat 2.30pm
Tickets £6 - £22
Fri 5 - Sat 6 December
Simply Barbra’s Christmas Show
On the heels – or should it be nails? – of her sold out show here last autumn, Simply Barbra (alias American superstar impersonator Steven Brinberg) returns with her j-j-j-jingle bells and mistletoe Christmas Show. Singing all her Christmas favourites and combining her hits with all the Christmas memories a good Jewish girl can have, it’s an inspiring evening of love and laughter - for Streisand devotees and detractors alike.
Time 8pm
Tickets £12, £14
Posted on Thursday, 10 July 2003 under Press Theatre Press