Comedy - May ~ July 05
Tim Vine
Mon 2 May
Spectators are about to get caught in a hail of punchlines, as Tim Vine returns - with lots of new stupidity! There's no escape. Ducking is futile. The man with the golden pun has everyone in his sights. He's officially the fastest joke teller that ever lived and he's in town tonight.
Time 8pm
Tickets £12. Concessions £2 off
The Diaries of Count Arthur Strong - Through It All I’ve Always Laughed
Sat 14 May
Edinburgh Festival sensation and regular star guest on BBC Radio 2’s Mark Radcliffe Show – the comic character other comedians worship – Count Arthur is a onetime variety star and lecturer extraordinaire. Now, if he can stay sober long enough, he reads selected passages from his diaries, exposing not only his back stage secrets but also just why his creator has been hailed as the next great comic genius of our time.
Time 8.30pm
Tickets £8
Dave Spikey – Living The Dream
Sun 15 May
Double British Comedy Award winner, Manchester Evening News Performance of the Year winner, Bafta nominee, star of ITV’s Dead Man Weds and Channel 4’s Phoenix Nights, Dave Spikey takes to the road again with his hotly-anticipated, brand new, live show. Tickets for his previous tour here at The Lowry sold out in record time, so this really is a case of book early to avoid disappointment.
Time 7.30pm
Tickets £15
Alan Carr
Fri 8 July
City Life Best Newcomer, The Daily Telegraph’s Critic’s Choice and BBC New Comedy Award winner, Alan Carr returns to his native Manchester for one night only. Following his one-man show at the Edinburgh Festival and television performances on Flipside TV, Strictly Come Dancing and The Comedy Store, he’s the hottest young star on the UK comedy circuit.
Time 8pm
Tickets £10
Slaughterhouse Live – Yard of Battenberg
Fri 15 July
Nominated for Best Touring Show at the North West Comedy Awards – losing to Peter Kay! – The Comedy Store’s Slaughterhouse Live are back for a fourth explosive time. See the Four Fat Folkers, crazy double act Knockers and Cocks, Singing Foetus, Pat Stephens and his Musical Eyes and much, much more. Catch them now, before they go global!
Adults only!
Time 8pm
Tickets £10. Concessions £2 off
Posted on Friday, 18 March 2005 under Press Theatre Press