Sunday 24 June 2012

Book Now For Garstang Comedy Night - 8th July

The very first of its kind, the Wyrebank comedy gala night lands in Garstang on Sun 8th July at 7pm.
This unique event will see 3 award winning comedians perform on stage for a night of laughter, good company and pure talent!

The first of the acts, Clive Cooper has built up a real buzz around his recent TV appearances.

Since appearing on the hit TV series of Shameless, Clive has been inundated with stand up comedy gigs, he combines great one-liners and gags with up-to-the-minute observational material to win over any audience.

He is also well known as an actor, Clive has been seen in Clocking Off, Emmerdale, Blue murder and Shameless amongst many other appearances and was also the Dad in the new Oxo family adverts!

Phil Walker (in photo) is the 2nd act lined up for the evening, not only renowned for his stand up talent, he also works as a voice over artiste, His recent credits include: The Oddkinsons, Manchester United, Dancing with the Stars, & Tizer. Phil has also appeared in numerous Pantomimes after being asked by Stage works worldwide productions to star as Buttons in Cinderella on Ice at King Georges Hall, Blackburn he has since appeared in several productions including Jack & the Beanstalk, Dick Whittington, Aladdin, Sleeping beauty, Snow White, The Snow Queen & Peter Pan.

 46 year-old Greg Cook is the final act of the night, his mastery of the spoken word led John Plowman, head of BBC Comedy to describe him as the ‘Les Dawson for the 21st century’.
A prolific writer of comedy, he has several hours of tested material to draw on, but reserves the right to dish up a blistering set drawn from this morning’s newspapers. Religion, politics, sport, terrorism, poetry, the police, philosophy, royalty and his long-suffering mum have all been given the Greg Cook treatment, since he began performing in May 2002.

The event will take place at Wyrebank Banqueting Suite in Garstang, in between both Preston and Lancaster. Admission is £8 and tickets can be purchased in advance from Eventbrite by searching for Garstang Comedy Gala or by phone on 01995605455. Visit www.wyrebank-functions.co.uk for directions and more information contact Stuart on the number above.