sheffcomedy Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 The Last Laugh Comedy Club this Fri/Sat at Sheffield City Hall line up is Mat Reed, Sean Percival, Phil Ellis (Fri), Keith Carter as Nige (Sat)and Rich Wilson. All rounded off with DJ Foxy’s infamous cheesey disco. Date – Fri 18 / Sat 19 April – Doors 8pm Show 8 30pm Venue – Memorial Hall, Sheffield Tickets - £16 / £10 NUS 01142210317 PHIL ELLIS Phil Ellis has established a reputation as a unique, reliable and exciting act. A regular MC on the national circuit, his natural and instantly likeable style has proved a hit with promoters and audiences alike. Phil regularly MCs at big weekend clubs such as Last Laugh Comedy Club, Highlight and the Frog and bucket, where he has his own night at both the Preston and Manchester venue. ‘Ellis sets such a cracking pace… he flits around the audience with his frisky, easy banter spreading a feeling of good-humoured fun.’ Chortle ‘Mad and severely likeable… possessed with manic energy’ Metro ‘a great 70s-style slide-show’ Fringereport.com MAT REED Last Laugh regular Matty returns to one of his favourite clubs. Born and bred in Sunderland, Matt’s affable style has won him fans across the UK. He effortlessly plays with the crowd with a natural rapport that is found in few comics. Matt, always ready, never disappointing will always make a good gig – great. “fantastic and talented up and comer a future in comedy assured” – The Independent. “absolutley hilarious had the crowd rolling around” – BBC Lincoln. “brilliant always original one of the newest stars of comedy……the finest compere ive seen in a long time….” – The Leeds Guide. “Brilliantly handled a very difficult room this fashionably unkempt lad will go far” – Swansea Telegraph. “reason alone to attend the laughing gas nights in sunderland is resident compere mat reed who consistantly has the crowd in stitches.” – The Sunderland Echo. SEAN PERCIVAL Sean's brand of comedy steers clear of the surreal and confronts realism in an explosively funny way. Sean is an ex-welder from Dudley whose down to earth act is bang up to date with its upfront attitude. A festival favourite he has performed at the Edinburgh, Download, Reading, Leeds and Sonisphere festivals and as an established headliner he plays regularly at all major comedy clubs around the UK. In demand as a script writer, Sean works regularly with likes of Johnny Vaughan for the Capital Radio group. He spent two years writing and performing on Capital fm's drive time radio show in Birmingham and for Heart fm in Birmingham, and provided the voice for "Black Country Bob" on both those shows fronted by Talk Radio's host and impressionist Ian Danter. "Sean's comedy is the comedy of honesty. His act is the working man's revenge on the safe, middle-class, politically correct humour that has dominated comedy. Sean's humour is not surreal, it's not wacky, it's just bloody funny. This is not smile humour, this is bust your gut rubber underpants stuff" (Joan Serone Bungalow, What's On) "…the big gold star of the show must be the long-haired man from Dudley. He came. He spoke. He had us curled up begging for more…Sean Percival was the best heckler worrier I've seen for years…" (Evening Mail TV) “Absolutely brilliant – can we book him for our Christmas show please” Red Card Comedy, Norwich (March 09) KEITH CARTER AS NIGE Don’t miss Nige at his favourite comedy venue (well the one he hasn’t been barred from). The original and still one of the finest character acts in the UK. Keith Carter began his stand up career in Liverpool's Orgasmic Comedy Club. Although he was booed off that night, he soon returned with the idea that the audience would like his gags better if told by someone else. And so his first character, "Nige" was born. Nige might look like your garden variety shell-suited scally, but beneath this vacant stereotype lies a wealth of intelligent off-beat gags and keenly observed parodies. Keith Carter is a notable talent on the Comedy scene right now and with a growing repetoire of strange and acutely observed characters to play with, isn't that reminiscent of a certain Mr Coogan, some years back? Capital of Culture judge, Sir Jeremy Isaacs was quoted in the news as saying, ‘He helped Liverpool win the bid,’ after seeing Carter’s comic creation and Liverpool cult hero, ‘Nige’ perform at the cultural bid show for the judges. ‘A character comedian of rare skill.’ The Guardian ‘Surely this man will have his own show in a few years time.’ Chortle ‘Give this man a sitcom.’ Edinburgh Evening News 'Nige For Mayor Of Liverpool?' Liverpool Echo RICH WILSON Rich Wilson has loved comedy ever since his older next door neighbour gave him a cassette of Eddie Murphy Delirious. "It was the most mind blowing thing I'd ever heard. My young ears had never heard language like it." His comedy aspirations lay dormant until he got a job as a barman at a comedy club in Greenwich, South London, called Up The Creek. After getting friendly with a few of the comics, a couple of them suggested that he should give comedy a go himself and so in October of 2004, Rich took his first steps onto the stage and into the limelight. Since then Rich hasn't looked back. He is a regular at all the major comedy clubs up and down the country and has become a firm favourite entertaining troops across the world as part of the armed forces entertainment service. In 2011/2012 Rich was selected to support Tom Stade on a Nationwide Tour. "Highly entertaining"-Time Out. "He's a very very funny man"-Frank Skinner. "He looks like a fat Noel Fielding, but has jokes!" - Audience member, Jongleurs Battersea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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