So as you know I’m doing a show at the Leicester Comedy Festival but I’m not the only thing on, even if that is how I make it sound. Here’s a list of 13 (long I know but it could have been MUCH longer) awesome people to see. In ALPHABETICAL order, cus that’s the way the brochure does it. A Abandoman 20:00, Thursday 17 February, Firebug £7/5 Like nothing you’ll have seen before. This two piece hip-hop posse will amuse and amaze you with off the cuff raps delivered with bizarre skill. Really funny, Really awesome. (and they’re bloody lovely) Comedy Festival Listing Abandoman on Facebook I Iain...
Pappy’s Fun Cl...
posted by Blackett
The author Ian Rankin, most famous for the Rebus novels, once snuck incognito into a university lecture about his debut novel The Flood. As he sat at the back he was surprised to find the lecturer espouse various themes that the author had put in there. He hadn’t, or at least hadn’t meant...
Teak Show
posted by Blackett
At the Leicester Comedy Festival there are many treats to behold and so many hidden gems it makes me wish I could split myself like a worm so I could see everything. With only a few days to go until the festival is all over I thought I would try and reccomend a show a day to see so you get the...
Phil Nichol @ LCF
posted by Blakeborough
I don’t really know how to even begin to describe Phil Nichol. So I’ll do the bits I can tell you. Phil is a Canadian comedian/actor/singer who has come to the Leicester Comedy Festival with his ‘Nearly Gay’ tour. Currently sporting a full beard and the...
LCF 09: The Gilded B...
posted by Morgan
Phew! That was a night! The Gilded Balloon has landed in Leicester. Karen Koren, the Artistic Director of the Balloon welcomed us all and detailed her plans to invade Leicester! The City Rooms would not look out of place in Edinburgh and the Gilded Balloon have put their purple stamp on the...
Leicester Comedy Fes...
posted by Morgan
It’s back, the festival that turns a little nothing city into the nexus of funny for 10 days begins on Friday, 6 February and the build up has begun! The yearly preview show acts as both festival launch for invited guests and media and a showcase for people who want to go but are a...