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The next Lone Star Comedy Club takes place at the Lanterns in Folkestone, this Saturday March 18th with HOWARD READ, DAVE LEMKIN, JOE WILKINSON and compere DAN WILLIS.
HOWARD READ is an award-winning stand-up comic, writer and animator. His show ‘The Big Howard Little Howard Show’ was the only British nominee for the Perrier Award at the 2003 Edinburgh Festival. He then took this show on a national tour and to New York, Stockholm and the US Comedy Arts Festival in Colorado and the Melbourne International Comedy Festival. The show was a unique combination of stand-up comedy and live, interactive animation where Read performs with a cast of animated characters which he writes, voices and animates himself. The star of the show is Little Howard, Read’s six-year-old alter ego who can respond to audience questions using a complex data-base of animated routines. This and Howard’s other shows – Howard Read: words and Pictures (2002) and At Home With The Howards (2004) received rave reviews and ongoing interest from television companies both here and in the US. Howard can (and does) claim to have created a completely new genre in live entertainment. His stand-up warm up work includes Channel 4’s Black Books, ITV’s Baddeil and Skinner Unplanned and The Frank Skinner Show. His writing credits include channel 4’s Meet Ricky Gervais, The eleven O’Clock Show and The In Crowd.
DAVE LEMKIN started as a stand-up in April 2002 and has since performed at venues such as the Comedy Store, jongleurs and Up The Creek. A qualified lawyer and actor, he has appeared in both Red Dwarf (BBC) and Drop The Dead Donkey (Channel 4). The move to stand-up was a natural progression which has seen him work as both a compere and a straight act in Britain and Europe. He reached the semi finals of the Channel 4 sponsored So You Think You’re Funny competition at the Edinburgh Festival in 2003.
JOE WILKINSON was winner of the 2006 Hackney Empire new act competition and was placed third in the So You Think You’re Funny competition.
Having started out as a panellist on the Perrier Awards (after winning the TimeOut Edinburgh Festival comedy competition in 2001), DAN WILLIS has starred in and presented a number of shows for network television including ‘Kings of Comedy’ and ‘Edinburgh or Bust’. Dan has also worked tirelessly as a crowd warm-up person for shows such as ‘Open House with Gloria Hunniford’ where for six months he daily entertained a crowd of 80-year-old ladies without swearing or naughty sex talk – though his stand-up routine can switch effortlessly from clean to adult material depending on how the crowd want to go.
Tickets are £8 each or £64 for a table of eight on the main dance floor area. Call Richard on 07810 864228 to book your place. Doors open at 8pm, with the show starting at 8.30pm.
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Hello all,
In an attempt to get everything sorted before the Edinburgh Festival gets underway this weekend, here is all the information for the beginning of our Autumn season at the Lone Star Comedy Club. We kick things off in style in September with not one, but two shows!
We have our regular third Saturday club night on Saturday September 17th, featuring the following acts:
ROB DEERING (Rob is generally recognised as one of the best musical acts on the circuit, managing to be both comedically and musically talented as he also plays in a rock band. You may recognise him from the current Strongbow advertising campaign which is in heavy rotation on television, or maybe from one of his Channel 5 presenting stints on either '99 Things To Do Before You're 30' or 'Movie Mistakes Uncovered Uncut'. He is a great act, and has done a full-length solo Edinburgh show every year since 2002, with this year being no exception. "sterling stand-up from one of the circuit's rising stars"- THE SUNDAY TIMES)
DIE CLATTERSCHENKENFIETERMAUS (Spoof German electronica duo, Die Clatter... have caused an enormous amount of hype on the national comedy circuit and led many respected people to proclaim them as the next big thing in British comedy. We're delighted to have them down in a rare Southern appearance. They are presenting their debut full-length Edinburgh show at this year's festival. "the funniest show I've ever seen" - BBC ONLINE)
one more act TBC (as per usual, we'll be presenting an open spot, but it just hasn't been confirmed yet. they'll be good though)
resident compere DANNY JAMES (finally making his return to our stage after an extended absence, Danny should be able to tell us some stories from his debut Edinburgh venture this summer, hosting his own radio show every evening in August which is available online from www.redfinger.fm every night from the 4th August from 9.30-10.30pm)
all this at THE LANTERNS, rendezvous street, FOLKESTONE
SATURDAY 17TH SEPTEMBER
doors open: 8pm, show starts: 8.30pm
£8 / £6 concessions - phone 07810864228 for ticket information
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also in September, we host a special one-off comedy night for the Folkestone Literary Festival featuring the following acts:
ALEX HORNE (Alex is one of my personal favourite acts on the circuit, combining some simply inspired puns with some genuinely unique comic experiments on stage. In 2003, he was nominated for the Perrier Best Newcomer award and in 2004 he won the Best Breakthrough Act at the Chortle Awards. He is currently developing his own television pilot with Channel4 and will be performing his third full-length Edinburgh show this summer)
JOSIE LONG (Josie was so good when she performed a ten-minute open spot in January that we've invited her back for a full-length set. Since then she has won the 2005 Chortle Award for Best New Act and been on tour with comedy luminary Stewart Lee. She has also won the 1999 BBC New Comedy Award and was placed second in So You Think You're Funny)
guest compere ALISTAIR BARRIE (Al is one of the circuit's true veteran professionals, being generally regarded as one of the best current affairs comics around. Although these days he's more likely to be found doing sets at clubs such as Jongleurs and The Comedy Store, he originally made his reputation as one of the best comperes on the circuit and it's our pleasure to welcome him back to this role at Lone Star for one night only!)
all this at THE LANTERNS, rendezvous street, FOLKESTONE
THURSDAY 22ND SEPTEMBER
doors open: 8pm, show starts: 9pm
£7 / £6 concessions - see the Festival website at http://www.folkestonelitfest.co.uk or phone the festival box office on 01303258594 for booking information!
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