Act Against Bullying Comedy Night

Act Against Bullying Comedy Night

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We’re holding or first comedy night shortly on Thursday October 7th. It’s in a terrific venue—no’ accident that this purpose built comedy club behind the George IV Pub on Chiswick High Road has fast become one of the capital’s favourite laughter venues and the home of the well known ‘Headliners’. It’s also accessible easily by PT (walking or public transport). It’s close to Turnham Green Tube, and well served by back to back buses (27, 65, 94, 190, 237, 267, 272, 391, 440, E3 and H91) as well as N9 and N11.

You can order your tickets straight away at a price of £12 each either by downloading the booking form and sending us a cheque made out to Act Against Bullying (details on form) or via the wizardry of Pay Pal. You’ll get acknowledgement we’ve got the money and advance tickets will be kept at the door to be collected that evening. We’re opening the doors at 7.30pm and once inside you can get drinks and food if you wish to do so. It should be a great night for you, particularly as some of the talent is amongst the funniest around.

Jarred Christmas The Evening Standard described him as ‘fabulously boisterous kiwi’ and Time Out matched it with ‘human red bull’ Jarred draws his comedy sketches from life experiences and random happenings. He was named best compere at the 2010 Chortle Awards, at the third time of being nominated. Also, he’s recently featured on Flight Of the Conchords (for anyone who’s a fan). ‘The star of the show was undoubtedly headliner Jarred Christmas,’ was just one crit I read ‘a big, playful lug of a comedian who’s the closest thing stand-up has to a human teddy-bear.’. Anyway, come along and see for yourself.

Also on the bill is the winner of the FHM Search For A Stand-Up Hero Competition in 2009 Marlon Davis. In 2006, he was a finalist in both the So You Think You're Funny and Laughing Horse new act competitions. ‘Still a relative newcomer, Marlon Davis bursts on to the stage like a breath of fresh air, with impish grin, boyish enthusiasm and an effortlessly open, confident style that instantly wins him friends in the audience,’ writes the editor of Chortle, Steven Bennett. And he should know.

You may well then recognise the personable face of the Grim Reaper Virgin Atlantic ad campaign in the show. But, jus tot let you know, aside from writing speeches for ex-football manager Graham Taylor and ex-prime minister Gordon Brown, Tim Clark is one of the stalwarts of the pro comedy circuit. He was also the first Brit to introduce our style of comedy to Beijing! A regular compere at Jongleurs and the Comedy Store and co-host of Channel Four’s ‘Under the Moon’ he’s performing in aid of AAB in Chiswick on the 7th October.

Stunning, original newcomers are great to watch. Of his performance at Edinburgh last year, the ‘British Theatre Review’ wrote up Tommy Ettling as “young, talented and very, very funny… truly original” . He’s been on the circuit for around four years, including supporting Richard Lewis in Cobb’s Comedy in San Francisco, and working on pilot projects with Mark Dolan and Frankie Boyle for the networks. A semi-finalist in last year’s ‘So You Think You’re Funny’ it’s obviously not long before our Tom’s on our TV. So take the opportunity and come and see him live in October.

Who is she? Well, I don’t know really. The ‘Blond Bimbo' is a bit of an enigma. Self proclaimed ‘the ditziest dj around’ her radio show on Rare FM is broadcast from London’s heavyweight Uni UCL and BB has plumbed the depths for them covering flirtatious interviews with comedy talent such as Sex Pistol’s butter ad star Johnny ‘Rotten’ Lydon’s, Andy Hamilton, Christian Steele, Julian Bennett, to name a few. Fresh from her Edinburgh Festival run where she’s performing in Richard Soames’s ‘Comedie: Deleted Scenes’ Brooke Burfitt will be assist-compere and no doubt grab some more interviews with you all

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Why not come along and join us on that evening?