Last Laugh Comedy Club at the Lescar Thur 11 Sep

[sheffcomedy]

The Thursday at the Lescar we have another great line up with Sam Avery, Colin Manford, Robyn Perkins and Daliso Chaponda.

Date – Thurs 11 Sep – Doors 8pm

Venue – Lescar, Sharrowvale Rd

Tickets - £8 / £5 NUS http://www.wegottickets.com/sheffieldcomedy

 

SAM AVERY

Sam Avery wanted to be a rock star. It nearly happened.

 

Despite being signed up by BMG Records at the age of 17 (he had to resign from his beloved paper round), and subsequent tours with Motorhead and Ice T, the story soon took a familiar turn. Contracts were anulled, money was stolen and before he knew it he was back at the paper shop asking for his fluorescent bag back. He had crap hair anyway.

Subsequent jobs (including a brief stint as a stockbroker) failed to excite him the way the smell of sweat and snakebite had and it wasn't long before he turned to stand-up.

 

Friendly and enthusiastic, his observational style instantly puts audiences at ease allowing him to regale them with his tales of everyday life.

Sam has gained a reputation for being able to spark the dullest of rooms into life with his warm, infectious humour and quick wit which makes him ideal as either an act or compere.

 

“Works the crowd with verve and confidence…you could scarcely ask for a better opening act” - GIGGLE & FUNK

“Likeably irreverent” – DAILY POST

“A comic you just know is gonna be big.” - MANCHESTERCOMEDY.COM

“Always guaranteed laughs from this audience-friendly stand up.” – AGRAMAN, BUZZ COMEDY

“One of the brightest up and coming comics in the North West' - BBC RADIO MERSEYSIDE

“His material is performed at a slick, fluid pace with jokes smoothly fired off before the audience knows what's hit them…” - DE.BEES.COM

 

COLIN MANFORD

Colin Manford is North West based comedian, Writer and Actor/presenter who just loves to tell stories from his own unique perspective, all areas covered from his failed relationships to his weird and wonderful family life and more,a very strong MC who can connect with any audience and can adapt to any situation, enjoying a growing reputation which has seen him booked not only in countries such as The Czech Republic, Croatia, Slovenia, Malta and Romania but also the UKs top clubs.

 

Gigs include...Glee, Highlight, Just The Tonic, Big Night Out, Mirth Control, Frog and Bucket, Comedy Store Manchester, XS Malarkey, Comedy Balloon, Mirth on Monday, Buzz Comedy, Yours Bar Comedy, Laughter Lounge, Monkey Business, Slap and Giggle, Nottingham Comedy Festival (Canalhouse), Laughter at Lamars, Wigan Comedy Night, Bolton Octagon, Squirells Comedy, A laugh in Stockport, Hullamania in Hull, Trapdoor Comedy, Rob Riley, Rawhide, Stand Up At The Gatehouse Tyldesley to name but a few, supported Milton Jones as well as Warm up work for the BBC

Writing includes “8 Out of 10 Cats” and “Walk on the Wild Side”

 

His debut one man show had 2 sell out nights at the 2010 Manchester Comedy Festival and one sell out show in 2011

 

"An up and coming comic with tales of student and family life. A funny guy. Holding his own on stage he bridges the gaps between the generations" MIRTH ON MONDAY

"Naturally and Effortlessly funny" Alex Boardman

 

ROBYN PERKINS

Robyn draws on her life as an American in the UK to compare cultural differences and to share stories of debauchery. She works with the audiences in a friendly, chatty style and creates an honest, crude, and entertaining depiction of her life. Her charm and innocence juxtapose the subject matter at hand, resulting in a truly unique performance.

 

Robyn started stand-up towards the end of 2011 and is now performing in clubs in london and across the UK. Her confidence on stage and the complexity in her routine yield a performance beyond her experience.

 

"Brilliantly inspired American delivering a stream of extremely funny and very complex jokes. Robyn is a consummate professional & her performance, although intricate, seemed effortless." - Creative Cow Comedy Club

 

Bath New Act 2012 - Finalist

Cavendish Arms 'Not Going to the Fringe' Summer Competition - Finalist

Funny Women - Semi-Finalist

Golden Jester - Semi-Finalist

 

DALISO CHAPONDA

Daliso began his comedy career in Canada with the acclaimed one man show ‘Feed This Black Man’. Following this, he began honing his craft in comedy clubs across Canada. Highlights included appearing on the Trans Canada Comedy Trail TV show and performing a One-Man character comedy about a torturer entitled 'Incisions'.

 

Before leaving Canada Daliso appeared in the 2005 Just For Laughs Comedy Festival and he used this exposure to secure an agent in South Africa. After 6 months touring the South African comedy scene he moved to England. He regularly appears in comedy clubs and theatres across the UK. He is a versatile comedian and in one week performed a filthy set in Silhouettes Strip Club in Birmingham and then, two days later, did an all-ages one hour show about faith and family in the 2007 Greenbelt Christian Festival. 'Everything is funny,' he told a reporter from iafrica.com. 'Why restrict yourself?'

 

Daliso has also been known to jump on planes and tell jokes anywhere on the globe (even on the planes - whether the passenger next to him wants to listen or not). He has been part of the Melbourne,Edinburgh and Cape Town Festivals.

 

In 2011 Daliso Chaponda grew frustrated with the fact that he was better known outside Africa than so he began a project called 'Laughrica'. He launched a one man show in Malawi and followed it up with appearances in Zimbabwe, South Africa and Nigeria.

 

Daliso has also performed in countries as diverse as Singapore, Cambodia, Malaysia and Sri Lanka to Jordan, Australia, Belgium, Switzerland, Romania and the Czech Republic.

 

Daliso also continues to dominate the African comedy scene. He recently performed in front of over two thousand people at the Stand-Up Africa concert in Johannesburg, South Africa as well as also recently performing at the sell-out Presidents Of Laughrica shows in Malawi.

 

In addition to Stand up Comedy, Daliso is also a prolific fiction writer. He has also published science fiction, murder mysteries, erotica, literary fiction, religious fiction and fantasy fiction in numerous magazines and anthologies. In 2002 he was a finalist in the L. Ron Hubbard Writer’s of the Future Contest and in 2006 he was short listed for the Carl Brandon Society Award.

 

TV/RADIO APPEARANCES

2012: Live at Jongleurs, Loaded TV

2012: Stand Up Africa

2012: Live at Parkers, Comedy Central Africa

2009: Showtime Arabia Presents

2008: Channel 4 Australia, Good News Week

2008: Paramount Comedy, The World Stands Up

2004: CBC’s Trans Canada Comedy Trail

 

FESTIVALS

2011: Zimbabwe Hifa Festival

2009: Edinburgh Festival

2008: Melbourne Festival

2008: Cape Town Comedy Festival,

2008: Greenbelt Festival

2007: Edinburgh Festival

2005: Montreal Just For Laughs Festival

 

It takes a special kind of act to work on both sides of the Atlantic (as well as across Africa), but it seems an easy transition as he compels the crowd with his socially insightful comedy. NEWS AND STAR, ENGLAND

One of the finest, funniest and most fair-minded comic commentators on race and post-colonial integration that I have seen THREE WEEKS, SCOTLAND

Full of extravagant gestures and impassioned speeches. He inspires whoops and cheers from his watchers. Highly recommended BBC TEES, ENGLAND

A stand up comedian with raw Eddie Murphy confidence, cheek and super-polished style NERVE, ENGLAND

‘His act is an exhilerating tour de farce’ ADELAIDE NOW, AUSTRALIA