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Review: Ross Noble: Nonsensory Overload – Middlesbrough Town Hall

Review: Ross Noble: Nonsensory Overload – Middlesbrough Town Hall

Ross Noble doesn’t do things in half measures, but I was surprised…

Review: Simon Donald, Susie Thorel, Lisa Ross, Barry, Carl Sonley, Gary Coleman and George Zach – Dog and Parrot, Newcastle

Review: Simon Donald, Susie Thorel, Lisa Ross, Barry, Carl Sonley, Gary Coleman and George Zach – Dog and Parrot, Newcastle

Long Live Comedy is a Newcastle comedy club with a great deal of experience and a little prestige under its belt. However tonight was Giggle Beats’ first outing at the open mic night – and by golly it was interesting.…

Review: Dan Nightingale, Daniel Sloss and Danny McLoughlin – The Hub, Teesside University

Review: Dan Nightingale, Daniel Sloss and Danny McLoughlin – The Hub, Teesside University

I had some very mixed feelings prior to attending the first Happy Campus Comedy Club of the new academic year as: a) we’re talking about a uni gig packed with hundreds of hard to control and rowdy students on freshers week and b) this is another night ran by the heavyweights of Cleveland comedy Ten Feet tall featuring three genuinely top quality acts from the UK circuit. …

Review: Rob Collins, Simon Buglass, Bingo From Benton, Dan Willis – The Corner House, Newcastle

Review: Rob Collins, Simon Buglass, Bingo From Benton, Dan Willis – The Corner House, Newcastle

The Grinning Idiot Comedy Club has recently provided top-class entertainment around the…

Review: Matt Kirshen, Chris Stokes, Nick Helm and Steffen Peddie – Middlesbrough Town Hall

Review: Matt Kirshen, Chris Stokes, Nick Helm and Steffen Peddie – Middlesbrough Town Hall

It is an understatement to say that Ten Feet Tall Comedy is responsible for bringing the best comedy clubs and nights to Teesside. It is an oversight to think you can predict a lively Saturday night Middlesbrough audience. These are the two things I have learned at tonight’s gig.…

Review: Split Festival 2010

Review: Split Festival 2010

With six local comedians sandwiched between a selection of top Northern musicians, you could be forgiven for suggesting the comedy on show at Split Festival this year was merely a token gesture by festival organisers. Thankfully, though, the performing comics didn’t feel like an irrelevance whilst on stage, with a few thousand people crowding around Stage Two on Saturday to see MC Tony Jameson, Sunderland’s own Nick Cranston, Tom Tolson and headliner Steffen Peddie.…

Review: Rob Rouse, El Purnell, Paul Sinha and Matt Reed – Stockton Arc

Review: Rob Rouse, El Purnell, Paul Sinha and Matt Reed – Stockton Arc

Any gig that kicks off by boldly welcoming the compere to the stage accompanied by the instantly recognisable opening guitar strains of the Guns ‘N’ Roses hit Welcome To The Jungle complete with strobe lighting effects has a lot to live up to in the comedy department.…

Review: The Boy With Tape On His Face and Jason Cook – Stockton Arc

Review: The Boy With Tape On His Face and Jason Cook – Stockton Arc

After the impressive reviews and word of mouth recommendations relatively unknown act ‘The Boy With Tape On His Face' received during last month's Edinburgh festival I jumped at the opportunity to catch him performing at Teesside's most famous comedy club.…

Review: The Wild Bunch New Act/Material Night – Walkabout, Middlesbrough

Review: The Wild Bunch New Act/Material Night – Walkabout, Middlesbrough

Hidden away in the upstairs function room of Middlesbrough's Walkabout pub is a lovely little gig supporting new and local talent at low cost and high value for money.…

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