Just The Tonic Comedy Club

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JUST THE TONIC COMEDY CLUB LISTINGS
MAY – SEPTEMBER 2011

Just the Tonic Comedy Club
The Cornerhouse
Burton Street
Nottingham
NG1 4AA

Doors open: 6:45pm / Shows start 8:00pm
Tickets available: www.justthetonic.com
Info: 0115 9100009

FRIDAY 27TH MAY & SATURDAY 28TH MAY
Nick Doody
Dana Alexander
Raymond and Mr Timpkins Revue
Danny McLoughlin

Nick Doody supported Bill Hicks on his UK tour. A writer for 8 out of 10 cats, Nick’s one of the brightest talents in comedy.


FRIDAY 3RD JUNE & SATURDAY 4TH JUNE
Guest TBC
Ian Moore
Guest
Darrell Martin

FRIDAY 10TH JUNE & SATURDAY 11TH JUNE
Steve Hughes
Andy Askins
Addy Van Der Borgh
Eric Lampaert

Steve Hughes (seen on Michael McIntyre’s Comedy Roadshow) brings a mix of quirky anecdotes and witty one-liners. ‘Bullsh*t free take on the world…compelling…pungent’ – Edinburgh Guide.


FRIDAY 17TH JUNE & SATURDAY 18TH JUNE
Ivan Brackenbury
Mark Nelson
Tom Stade
Darrell Martin

Ivan Brackenbury , everyone’s favourite Hospital Radio DJ brings you inappropriate records and bungled cues. Tom Stade – star of McIntyre’s Roadshow & Frankie Boyle’s Tramadol Nights.

FRIDAY 24TH JUNE & SATURDAY 25TH JUNE
Craig Hill
Isy Suttie
Michael Smiley
Tim Clarke

Craig Hill is a unique, gifted mimic - taking a cheeky swipe at modern pop cultural icons. Isy Suttie, musical comedy genius, plays Dobby in Peep Show.



FRIDAY 1ST JULY & SATURDAY 2ND JULY
Daneil Sloss
Gavin Webster
Roger Monkhouse
Darrell Martin

Daniel Sloss, as seen on Michael McIntyre’s Comedy Roadshow & Jason Manford’s Comedy Rocks, is ‘a contender for the next major Scottish breakthrough’


FRIDAY 8TH JULY – BIG VALUE PREVIEW
John Robins
Romesh Ranganathan
Caroline Mabey
Eric Lampaert

Our year long search for the best new comedians on the circuit today has produced these shows. The best of the best new talent.

SATURDAY 9TH JULY – BIG VALUE PREVIEW
Rob Beckett
Flange Krammer
Sean McLoughlin
Ian Smith

We hold auditions for these shows all year round; these guys have proved to be stars in the making. Rob Beckett is ‘a very funny young man’ – Stephen K Amos.

FRIDAY 15TH JULY & SATURDAY 16TH JULY
Ian D Montfort
Josh Howie
Mundo Jazz
Darrell Martin

Ian D Montfort is the Sunderland psychic who channels dead famous people. ‘Spookily skilful, wonderfully observed and hysterically funny’ – Time Out.


FRIDAY 22ND JULY & SATURDAY 23RD JULY
Wes Zaharuk
Philberto
Andrew Bird
Ian Smith

Wes Zaharuk brings anarchic physical comedy routines, raising the roof with his interactive comedy. Wes uses household objects in ways you can’t even imagine.

FRIDAY 29TH JULY & SATURDAY 30TH JULY
Carl Hutchinson (Friday only)
John Robins (Saturday only)
Dan Evans
Lloyd Griffith
Act TBC

Carl Hutchinson took the stage in 2007 quickly becoming a multi-award winning comedian, holding ‘a 200-strong crowd in the palm of his hand’ - Publican.

FRIDAY 5TH & SATURDAY 6TH AUGUST
Ian Cognito
Stuart Hudson
Simon Bligh
Sam Avery

As an Irish-Italian Englishmen, Ian Cognito believes he has the right to have a go at anyone and anything. Anger and self-doubt make up Cognito’s act.

FRIDAY 12TH AUGUST & SATURDAY 13TH AUGUST
Roger Monkhouse
Arnab Chanda
TBC
Danny McLoughlin

Roger Monkhouse is a highly original and quirky performer. Intelligent material with a keen eye for a fine phrase. “Highly regarded” – Evening Standard.


FRIDAY 19TH AUGUST & SATURDAY 20TH AUGUST
Doc Brown
Chris Stokes
George Egg
Sam Avery (Friday Only)

Doc Brown is a comedian, rapper and entertainer. He brings autobiographical storytelling with touches of silliness and vulnerability. ‘Tim Minchin/Bill Bailey of rap’ – Chortle.

FRIDAY 26TH AUGUST & SATURDAY 27TH AUGUST
Wes Zaharuk
Luke Toulson
Mundo Jazz
Danny McLoughlin

Wes Zaharuk is joined by ‘gifted comic’ (Times) Luke Toulson, musical comic band Mundo Jazz and cheeky, charming chap Danny McLoughlin.

FRIDAY 2ND SEPTEMBER & SATURDAY 3RD SEPTEMBER
Daliso Chaponda
TBC
David Hadingham
Darrell Martin

Daliso Chaponda has performed shows such as ‘Feed This Black Man’ and ‘Don’t Let Them Deport Me’. He’s got ‘raw confidence, cheek and super-polished style’ – Nerve.

FRIDAY 16TH SEPTEMBER & SATURDAY 17TH SEPTEMBER
John Fothergill
Julian Deane
Andrew Bird
Eric Lampaert

John Fothergill boasts cocky insults and slick banter. John has the experience to command an audience, you’re in safe hands with this lively Geordie.

FRIDAY 23RD SEPTEMBER & SATURDAY 24TH SEPTEMBER
The Boy With Tape On His Face
Ivan Brackenbury
Romesh Ranganathan
Darrell Martin

The Boy With Tape on his Face has to be seen to be believed. Mime with noise, stand-up with no talking, drama with no acting.


BANK HOLIDAY SPECIAL

SUNDAY 29TH MAY
Wes Zaharuk
Flange Krammer
Romesh Ranganathan
Darrell Martin

Madcap physical comedian Wes Zaharuk is an entertaining performer that keeps the action going non-stop. A rip-roaring jump into the surreal. Expect the unexpected.


EDINBURGH PREVIEWS


Season Tickets - £40 for all the shows below. Book online or call 0115 9100009

Sunday 5th June - £10
Eric Lampaert – Where’s Eric?
Wilkommen, bienvenue, welcome to Eric’s erratic excursions around his nomadic childhood of non-stop pacing across continents and languages: 29 homes, 7 countries, 3 continents, 1 Eric.

Act TBC

SUNDAY 12TH JUNE - £10
Ian D Montfort – Spirit Medium
Spookily skilful, wonderfully observed and hysterically funny spirit medium who contacts the dead with faintly inexplicable clairvoyant revelations leaving audiences gasping with incredulity and laughter.

Act TBC

SUNDAY 19TH JUNE - £10
Alun Cochrane: Moments of Alun
Expect thinking out loud, chat with the audience and Cochrane style stand up. ‘Comedy Gold’ – The List

John Robins – Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas To Heaven
A show about stars for doubters and dreamers alike. Unbridled giggles, stories and tiny little truth bombs. ‘Charming…intelligent…very funny’ – Russell Howard.

SUNDAY 26TH JUNE - £10

Seann Walsh – Ying and Young
An all new hour of razor-sharp observational comedy. As seen on McIntyre’s Roadshow, and numerous pavements in a drunken heap mumbling Chinese philosophy.

Wil Hodgson
What does breakfast cereal have to do with skinhead culture? Are care bears anarchists or communists? These questions, and more, answered by cult storyteller Wil Hodgson, as seen on Russell Howard’s Good News.

SUNDAY 3RD JULY - £10

Russell Kane – Manscaping
Russell Kane mercilessly explores the ridiculous state of masculinity in the modern world. He shaves his chest fur; you watch and laugh. ‘Seriously good’ – Times.

Pete Firman – Jiggery Pokery
Everyone’s favourite comedic conjuror returns with “the best magic tricks in the universe” – Independent. Expect amazing logic-defying feats and fast gags.

SUNDAY 10TH JULY -£10
Robin Ince – Pointless Anger Righteous Ire 2: Back In The Habit
Robin Ince gets angry about stuff, again. Come see a man you’d normally see shouting in a park and crying.

Richard Herring – What Is Love, Anyway?
Having sorted out religion, politics and penises in his previous Edinburgh shows, Richard now seeks to define and destroy love, before it destroys him.

SUNDAY 17TH JULY - £10

Paul Foot: Still Life
The walls of Baron Ryan Carter’s castle have ears and a rudimentary mouth, which whispers the 23 comments of old that changed the world, now in the hands and voice box of Paul