New season Comedy Sept - Dec 08
Comedy entertainment at The Lowry
September – December 2008
The side-splitting Simon Day from The Fast Show is among the cream of comedy entertainment at The Lowry this season. Other TV favourites include Frankie Boyle, Jeremy Hardy, Michael McIntyre and Russell Howard
. • Tony and Twizzle -The Glory Years Mon 8 – Sat 13 September
• Ivan Brackenbury Sat 13 September
• Jude Simpson - Growing Up Games Wed 17 September
• Edinburgh and Beyond 2008 Sun 21 September
• Russell Howard – Dingledodies Sun 28 September
• Mark Steel – What’s Going On Sun 5 October
• Frankie Boyle Live Sun 2 November
• Simon Day – What a Fool Believes Sat 8 November
• Michael McIntyre Sun 9 November
• Chris Addison Sun 7 December
• Jeremy Hardy Fri 12 & Sat 13 December
• ‘Allo ‘Allo! Tue 16 December 2008 – Sat 10 January 2009
Mon 8 – Sat 13 September
LipService Theatre in association with The Lowry
Tony and Twizzle – The Glory Years
By Maggie Fox and Sue Ryding. Award-winning comedy duo LipService return to The Lowry for an audience with spoof showbiz couple Anthony Chalmers and Isobel ‘Twizzle’ Trilling.
Times Eves 8pm, Wed & Sat mats 2pm
Tickets Mon £10; Tue – Sat £12 - £18 Signed Performance Wed 10 September at 8pm.
Thu 11 September Post Show Talk
Free to ticket holders.
Sat 13 September
Ivan Brackenbury
A unique comedy show from the spoof hospital radio presenter, whose Disease Hour is guaranteed to have everyone in stitches.
Times 8pm
Tickets £12
Wed 17 September J
Jude Simpson – Growing Up Games
Stand-up poet Jude Simpson (as heard on Radio 4) combines observational comedy with wordplay, poetry, rap and song in this Edinburgh Festival hit. Times 7.45pm Tickets Apex £5, Standard £7.50, On the Day £10
Sun 21 September
Edinburgh and Beyond 2008
Fresh from Edinburgh, four of Britain’s finest comic talents – Glenn Wool, Isy Suttie, Joe Wilkinson, Dan Atkinson – join forces for a must-see tour.
Times 8pm
Tickets £12
Sun 28 September
Russell Howard - Dingledodies
A new Lowry-favourite, with three sell-out shows in the last twelve months, the star of Mock the Week remains unfashionably fond of humanity.
Times 7.30pm
Tickets £15
Sun 5 October
Mark Steel – What’s Going On
Whether dissecting the collapse of the capitalist state or analysing the fortunes of Crystal Palace, Steel is one of Britain’s most nonconformist and respected performers. Times 8pm
Tickets £14
Sun 2 November
Frankie Boyle
Live Not for the faint-hearted, the controversial star of BBC2’s Mock the Week is on the road again with his hit solo show. Times 7.30pm Tickets £17.50
Sat 8 November
Simon Day – What a Fool Believes
At last, a solo tour from The Fast Show comedian – with no wigs, hats or comedy glasses – just unadulterated, unmissable Day.
Times 8pm
Tickets £15
Sun 9 November
Michael McIntyre
With a fast-growing reputation for his affable style, Michael McIntyre hits The Lowry after a series of sell-out shows at Edinburgh and the West End.
Times 7.30pm
Tickets £15
Sun 7 December
Chris Addison
Star of Bafta-winning comedy The Thick of It and his own BBC2 sitcom Lab Rats, the twice Perrier-nominated Addison is as energetic as he is versatile.
Times 8pm
Tickets £15
Fri 12 & Sat 13 December
Jeremy Hardy
Improvised topical comedy from the acerbic Radio 4 regular. Expect the day’s papers to be torn to shreds as Hardy embarks on flights of righteous indignation.
Times Eves 8pm
Tickets £16
Tue 16 December 2008 – Sat 10 January 2009
Calibre productions present by arrangement with Jeremy Lloyd and David Croft
‘Allo ‘Allo!
By arrangement with Jeremy Lloyd & David Croft. This new stage adaptation of the classic British TV comedy follows the adventures of René, a hapless café owner in war-torn occupied France. Visit www.thelowry.com or contact Box Office for performance times. Tickets £20 - £24 Signed Performance Thu 8 January 2009 at 7.30pm. Stagetext Captioned & Audio Described Performance Sat 10 January 2009 at 2.30pm. Touch Tour 1.30pm.
Posted on Friday, 27 June 2008 under Press Theatre Press