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The
Wivenhoe Funny Farm Comedy Club
Wivenhoe FC Clubhouse, Broad Lane Sports Ground,
Elmstead Road, Wivenhoe.
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below for the Funny Farm's home web site covering both Wivenhoe and
Colchester Funny Farms:
Funny
Farm web site
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Stand-up comedy
in Wivenhoe
Thursday
September 29th 2005
saw the launch of a new monthly stand-up
comedy night at
Wivenhoe
Town
FC’s clubhouse. The Funny
Farm Comedy Club is run by local Hazel Humphreys and her fellow comedian,
Toby Edwards.
Hazel
said, “I’m a fairly new comedian and have been struck by how many
popular comedy clubs there are elsewhere in the country, but not so many
close to Colchester. For two years I’ve helped run the extremely successful regular comedy
night at Essex
University, but the problem with that is that it wasn’t open to people who
didn’t work or study at the University because of licensing, and I could
only get non-students in by putting them on a limited guest list. I know
from attendance at the non-regular Arts Centre comedy nights that there
are people out there who love live comedy, but sadly there is little that
is both regular and cheap available for them in the area. The Football Club
were kind enough to let us use their venue, and we got a great first
line-up for the 29th September 2005 gig, including comedian and
presenter of BBC2’s “Escape to the Country”, Nick Page, and the
excellent professional compere, Alexis Dubus, plus three extremely talented support acts who are in demand at
comedy clubs throughout the UK.”
Toby,
who performs under the stage name “Tony Cowards” has been running and
compering his own comedy club, “Suffolk n’ Funny” at the Plough Inn
in Ipswich, where he hails from, for just under a year –
regularly packing out an intimate room in the town centre.
“In
recent years stand-up comedy clubs have become a hugely popular choice for
a night out, probably because people can drink and be sociable at them as
well as enjoying the humour, and possibly picking up some new jokes. The
Funny Farm has a mix of professional and established comics headlining and
compering with up-and-coming talented support acts. Therefore as well as
being an affordable and fun night out there should be enough variety
between all the acts so there is something for everyone to enjoy.”
The
Funny Farm will run monthly usually on the last Thursday of the month in
Wivenhoe Town FC clubhouse at the Broad Lane stadium off Elmstead Rd,
Wivenhoe.
Doors open at 7pm and the comedy starts at 8pm, with the venue
closing at normal pub times. Pay on the door, £5 (or £3.50 concessions).
For more information email:
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on the entry below to see latest news and details of previous gigs:
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