Liverpool Daily Post - Comedy Blog

When stand up in Liverpool's no joke

Wed, 20 Apr 2011 21:02:50 +0000

Everybody's been talking about the results of a recent poll among comedians that put Liverpool down as the toughest place to gig.

Some 18% of the professionals questioned by Dave TV said this city was the hardest to get a laugh in. In all honesty, it's rather a surprise that percentage wasn't much higher. I was pondering whether to throw my two cents into the mix until I read some fightin' words from a former Echo colleague....

Peter Serafinowicz and Doug Stanhope Liverpool dates

Tue, 01 Mar 2011 20:27:44 +0000

News of two very exciting comedy happenings came our way this week that both sound like events that will really be miss-at-your-own-peril sort of nights. And as it happens, they're on at the same venue in the space of a week - the concert room at St George's Hall. The first is confirmation of the long-awaited In Conversation with Peter Serafinowicz on April 1, the culmination of some fine work by the girls behind Club Geek Chic.

The ex-Bluecoat schoolboy will talk about his international comedy career, which has seen him take on such varied roles in Spaced, Shaun of the Dead, a plethora of characters in his own sketch series The Peter Serafinowicz Show, and most recently collaborating with some of US comedy's biggest and best in prime time sitcom Running Wilde. The evening takes on a live 'Desert Island Discs' style format and a Q&A session.

There's less details around the second gig on April 6, that will see "American comic and alienated drunk" Doug Stanhope play the same room. Stanhope, who has been steadily building a loyal UK audience in recent years and might be best known for his spots on Charlie Brooker's Newswipe (that's his quote), isn't for the faint-hearted but the man says what he says with a rare conviction that can be an amazing thing to see in full flow. Liverpool isn't a regular stop off for the comic and comes courtesy of Ceremony Concerts.

Terry Titter returns

Tue, 29 Jun 2010 19:23:13 +0000

The cult comedy hero hosts a 'summer spesh' this week

Cleese got no shame

Thu, 27 May 2010 19:38:34 +0000

BOOM! BOOM!

It's comedy, and that's a Fact

Tue, 18 May 2010 18:40:59 +0000

These puns won't write themselves, you know

Liverpool Comedy Festival review: Drink Up! Stand Up!

Wed, 12 May 2010 23:51:03 +0000

Our man Mark Cutler wades into the comedy festival's own parallel universe...

Liverpool Comedy Festival review: Idiots of Ants and Edward Aczel

Mon, 10 May 2010 23:49:33 +0000

Two totally different acts set the scene for the Unity's contribution to the comedy fest

Introducing Watershed comedy nights

Thu, 29 Apr 2010 15:01:55 +0000

Watershed comedy nights are the new kid on the block, with plans for the city's first regular Sunday night stand up gig.

It's that man again - Peter Kay returns

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 15:47:53 +0000

While the rest of us struggle to plan for the next three weeks, the Phoenix Nights man is planning NEARLY 18 MONTHS AHEAD

Jamie Carragher's comedy night

Fri, 04 Sep 2009 17:00:44 +0000

So John Bishop didn't win the Edinburgh Comedy Award. What do they know. Console yourself with a comedy night at Jamie Carragher's.

New comedy night on Wirral

Wed, 12 Aug 2009 17:18:40 +0000

The irrepressible Tongue in Cheek lot head south to Wirral

Tim Minchin to play Warrington

Thu, 06 Aug 2009 12:17:49 +0000

Happily for us all, Tim Minchin's heading back this way

There's (comedy) gold in them thar caves...

Fri, 24 Jul 2009 16:33:07 +0000

Sam Avery leads the charge of Mersey comics heading up to the Edinburgh Festival

New comedy night at the Orchard

Mon, 20 Jul 2009 14:46:39 +0000

Or, "comdey night" as the flyers describe it...

Review: Daliso Chaponda and Keith Carter

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:17:54 +0000

The Malawian-Warringtonian stand up previews his upcoming Edinburgh show Westerners, Calm Down!, and the ubiquitous Mr Carter wheels out three characters who aren't Nige under the dubiously watchful eye of Stanley McHale...