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The very best time to go out is for your birthday. Celebrations galore, all your bessie mates, and if you come to The Birthday Club (with proof of date of birth) free entry and cake!
This is a fab night mixing some of the very best comedy around with music and calories. It’s a monthly thang so if it’s your birthday anytime in September you can come along and get the full birthday treatment and keep that special feeling going.
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Fresh from a successful run at the Edinburgh Fringe, this fastly rising modern improvisation group is back on home turf doing what they do best. Which is, of course, making people laugh by making stuff up.
Obviously there’s a little more to it than that, but with this heady combination of five strapping young men – bringing to the mix not only a few years of improvising experience but also a dollop of stand-up and more than a pinch of actual academic study of comedy (yes, you can do it at university) – it’s a good show by anyone’s standards.
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Love him or hate him, most have an opinion on Royston Vasey, aka Roy ‘Chubby’ Brown. That would be how he took 62nd place in Channel 4’s The 100 Greatest Stand-Ups earlier this year, beating the likes of Tim Minchin, Ken Dodd, Bill Cosby and Jason Manford in the race to the top. Read the rest of this article »
Bent Double is a much taken-for-granted monthly alternative comedy night. It’s hosted by Brighton resident and Mock The Week semi-regular Zoe Lyons – who was also nominated for the Edinburgh Award for Best Newcomer in 2007, as well as garnering the wrath of Germaine Greer.
And it’s very gay-friendly, which means, from that starting point, very ‘alternative’-friendly. This makes it a good home for the likes of the My Little PonyTM-tattooed Wil Hodgson, as well as Michael McIntyre Comedy Roadshow guest Kerry Godliman.
Offering a home to club sets wishing to get away from the stags’n’hens weekend mainstream clubs, it shouldn’t be overlooked just because it is always there.
This time we personally can’t wait to see Wil Hodgson again, having seen him in Edinburgh two years ago. His gentle delivery and lilting accent contrasts wildly with his substantial tatooed form and pink dyed hair. Declaring a love of lesbians, Roland Rat and punk, his storytelling and leftfield gags are an indulgent delight, like aural chocolate. The good stuff.
Also on the bill is Kerry Godliman, a popular act encapsulating the virtues of the ‘everywoman’, extoling the funny in marriage, motherhood and the mundane. Joining her is Mary Bourke, with a soft Irish accent delivering a fair amount of filth.
Zoe Lyons has built up this gem of a club ethos herself, mixing up comedic styles but keeping the quality high. It provides a place to see the really rather good and out
of the ordinary, without the need to invest in an entire hour-long show of something new.
Bent Double, Sunday 5 September, 7.30pm, £10/8.
Our new programme for thelatest.tv sees Juice FM presenter Guy Lloyd investigate all manner of things. He starts off with chart-topping band The Hoosiers who were mega-successful a couple of years ago, were dropped by their major label and have become fashionably independent. Their chart-topping album cost £1 million to record, their new album £100 and we reckon it's just as good. We have exclusive footage of this new record. Guy does crazy-golfing with them, checks out their sound-check and witnesses the fans' adoration of the band at Audio in Brighton. In future shows Guy will be doing waxing, Dot Cotton, air guitar and needs your suggestions for more crazy things (or people) to do. Send to bill@thelatest.co.uk
AOH Special: It’s Festival time in Brighton & Hove, which means the Artists Open Houses have opened their doors for another year! Maps of all the trails can be picked up across the city. We love nothing better than browsing and buying arts and crafts, and there is so much going on throughout May that we’ve made it easier by bringing the Artists Open Houses to you! We have 11 special programmes, featuring artists in their own houses. So here’s your chance to go ‘through the keyhole’ so to speak as we visit the artists in their own environment.
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