Events in October–November 2019
- Comedy Sportz: Improv Mullet
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Comedy Sportz: Improv Mullet
Improvised comedy on the first Saturday of the Month from the team behind ComedySportz.Why Improv Mullet? Because it's shortform in the front and longform in the back. In other words, quick-witted 'Whose Line Is It Anyway?' style gags and games in the first half and longer improvised sketches and scenes, maybe a whole unscripted play, in the second. Watch as this team of comic minds make like MacGyver to craft comedy from nothing but your suggestions. Find out more about CSzUK and their Improv shows and workshops at www.comedysportz.co.uk or find them on twitter: @ComedySportz_UK“The team have certainly earned their title of ‘North-West’s top improvised comedy troupe'” North West End
Show Starts 7.30pm. £3 on the door of free entry to anyone with a genuine mullet. - Greater Manchester Skeptics Society present: Caroline Ward: Fantastic Beasts and Why to Conserve Them
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Greater Manchester Skeptics Society present: Caroline Ward: Fantastic Beasts and Why to Conserve Them
Conservation can be magical. Literally. And this complicates things. That is why protesters in Iceland will blockade road building projects which threaten the habitat of the endemic Icelandic elf. And why in some parts of Ethiopia people will protect Hyenas because they eat evil spirits. And why Caribbean owls are endangered because people persecute them because they are witches.
Dr Caroline Ward of the University of Leeds will explore how beliefs in magic can endanger but also protect species, with important real world impacts. She'll show how this produces complex ethical and practical dilemmas for conservation, and talk about solutions.
- No Matter
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No Matter
No Matter presents New Matter feat. Bhanu Kapil, Callie Gardner, Sarah Crewe & Sascha Aurora AkhtarNo Matter is an experimental poetry & performance series. This year, No Matter has funding from Arts Council England to commission six new pieces of work, which will be performed bi-monthly alongside exciting readings and performances. This event is the fourth in our series of commissions, and will feature new work by Bhanu Kapil. Kapil is the author of 5 published works including Ban en Banlieue (Nightboat, 2015), & her work develops the intersections of poetry, performance, prose and embodiment to explore memory, trauma, racial and gendered violence, and personal and cultural histories. For more: https://nomatterpoetry.com/This event is free and unticketed - Velody: One Woman & a Mic: Live streaming worldwide
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Velody: One Woman & a Mic: Live streaming worldwide
Spend an evening with Velody as she entertains you with original songs, comedy improv and more... This is a perfect midweek (trick or) treat! You can commission a customised song to be composed that day and performed on the night - as a gift, or just because! It's all about entertainment, and you can be as much or as little part of the show as you want - just be sure to buy the VIP option if you want to be serenaded, the standard ticket if you want to sit on the back row and keep yourself to yourself, or the live-streaming ticket - the recording of the live show can then be yours to keep - forever!
Dress up, dress down for the occasion as fits your mood. Daisy Belle WILL be dropping by, and Velody hopes you will too!
There will be singing, there may even be dancing. Looking for a great way to kick off Halloween Celebrations? You've found it. Looking for a quirky date-night? Check. Curious to see if she can pull this off? Book it and see!
If you are VERY easily offended, this might not be the show for you. But if you have a sense of humour you'll be fine.
TICKETS:
VIP - book a commissioned song, composed on the day, performed on the night, get a video and audio keepsake. Don't forget to buy your ticket plus a standard ticket for your guest so they have a seat too! (yes they will be sat next to you , your ticket price includes reserved seating for you both)
LIVE STREAMING - you get a special link to watch the live show on youtube - you only need to have a youtube account to interact with the live show, not to simply watch. The show will then be available for you to catch up with anytime you feel like watching!
GENERAL ADMISSION - to be part of the live show, interact as much or as little as you like- Velody will not be picking on anybody who keeps quiet!
- Comedy Sportz: Improv Mullet
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Comedy Sportz: Improv Mullet
Improvised comedy on the first Saturday of the Month from the team behind ComedySportz.Why Improv Mullet? Because it's shortform in the front and longform in the back. In other words, quick-witted 'Whose Line Is It Anyway?' style gags and games in the first half and longer improvised sketches and scenes, maybe a whole unscripted play, in the second. Watch as this team of comic minds make like MacGyver to craft comedy from nothing but your suggestions. Find out more about CSzUK and their Improv shows and workshops at www.comedysportz.co.uk or find them on twitter: @ComedySportz_UK“The team have certainly earned their title of ‘North-West’s top improvised comedy troupe'” North West End
Show Starts 7.30pm. £3 on the door of free entry to anyone with a genuine mullet. - Bright Club: Unsolved
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Bright Club: Unsolved
Our next show will be the last of 2019 so we plan to go out with a big finish. Bright Club will be asking researchers to answer unsolved questions about their interests.
Doors open at 7:30. Show start at 8:00.
Tickets £5 on the door
- Will Black
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Will Black
Good Evening, Manchester!
Experience an epic 2.5 hour electric & acoustic performance as Canadian rock singer / songwriter Will Black features original songs from his upcoming 4th album "The Blinding Heights" plus covers and guest appearance from Keith White too!
Venue seating is first come, first choice.
7 PM Meet & Greet included with all ticket purchases. Talk with Will and take a pic together before the performance starting at 8 PM (show ends at 10:30 PM). - Dave Rawson - Comedy Hypnotist
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Dave Rawson - Comedy Hypnotist
Dave Rawson was Ibiza’s no1 Comedy Hypnotist for the past 20 years. He is bringing his family fun show for an evening of Hilarious laughter.You can be the stars of the show.Dave has performed on Cruise Ships, taken his Show to Thailand, Goa, Egypt, and bringing his Show here this evening.Book your tickets for a guaranteed fun filled laughter night that will be talked about for years to come. - Dog Man Stars
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Dog Man Stars
Fresh from the Edinburgh Fringe Festival ‘Dog Man Stars’ is a character comedy showcase with
a difference, it’s got music bits, weird bits and a twist at the end.
Ruth Cockburn joins Keith Carter’s journey into mad character comedy.
The show’s funny, fast and well worth a watch…'Give this man a sit com' Edinburgh Evening News
'A character comic of rare skill' The Guardian
‘A rare talent’ One4Review - Frank Foucault: Desk
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Frank Foucault: Desk
Thump. James Corden hears a thump underneath his chat-show desk. Thump. It's the evening before the start of his American talk-show career. Thump. This is not a stand-up show. Thump. But it's performed and created by my stand-up comedy persona. Thump. I understand that’s probably confusing. Thump. I hope you enjoy it. Thump. Thump. Love. Thump. Thump. Ego. Thump. Thump. Death. Thump. Thump. Sex. Thump. Thump. The Desk.**** “Real comic creativity" - The Scotsman
**** "An exceptionally well-crafted hour" - The Skinny
**** "baffling and daring” - Broadway Baby - Bróccán Tyzack-Carlin: Don't Bother
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Bróccán Tyzack-Carlin: Don't Bother
"A stand-up poetry show about dead rabbits, chocolate and nostalgia.Multi-award winning performance poet and alumnus of the Durham Revue, Bróccán Tyzack-Carlin presents a semi-coherent exploration of nothing in particular using some words that rhyme and some more that don't.
☆☆☆☆☆"At the top of his game" - Bunbury Magazine☆☆☆☆ "Some might suggest Bróccán’s a star in the making, I'd suggest he's fully formed." - Broadway Baby"One of the most hotly tipped performers in the country" - Punk in Drublic
"A magnetic performer with excellent comic timing" - Review Number 9