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Another day, another press release - and this one's promoting the second of our forthcoming St Albans Mostly Comedys; come down, if you're that way inclined:


Press Release – 18.03.18

mostly comedy
a monthly comedy club at maltings arts theatre in st albans


The duo behind Hitchin’s successful ten-year-old monthly club Mostly Comedy (DOGGETT & EPHGRAVE) present the second St Albans instalment at the Maltings Arts Theatre on Thursday 31st May with SIMON MUNNERY and ALISON THEA-SKOT.

SIMON MUNNERY is a Chortle Award winner, Barry Award winner, Sony Radio Award winner, British Comedy Award nominee and Perrier Award nominee, who has most recently been seen / heard on Stewart Lee’s Alternative Comedy Experience on Comedy Central, BBC2's Culture Show and Radio 4's News Quiz.
Simon's 31-year stand-up career has seen him regularly perform all over the world and star in several major television and radio projects. He is best known for his characters Alan Parker: Urban Warrior, Buckethead and The League Against Tedium; his genre-bending innovations such as La Concepta (an interactive conceptual restaurant show) and his TV / radio projects such as series BBC2's Attention Scum, Radio 1's League Against Tedium and Radio 4's Where Did It All Go Wrong?

Character comic ALISON THEA-SKOT joins Munnery on the bill, fresh from her two most recent 5-star reviewed sell-out Edinburgh shows 'Some Like It Thea-Skot' and ‘It’s Thea-Skot in Here (So Take Off All Your Clothes)’, which both transferred to London’s Soho Theatre.

Alison is a critically acclaimed actress, comedian and improviser who has featured on BBC’s Culture Show and appeared in The Telegraph's Best of the Fringe, London Is Funny's Top 13 Edinburgh Shows To See and Mervyn Stutter’s Pick of the Fringe lists. Her radio credits include BBC Radio 4’s So On & So Forth and 4 Extra’s Newsjack and her sketches have featured on The Poke, The British Comedy Guide and Chortle online.

The gig is emceed by the “polished, natural comedians” (Camden Fringe Voyeur) DOGGETT & EPHGRAVE, with the first act on at 8:00pm. Tickets can be bought in advance via www.mostlycomedy.co.uk, where you can also book for 3rd May’s show with ARTHUR SMITH and BARRY FROM WATFORD and 5th July’s show with REGINALD D HUNTER and Red Dwarf’s HATTIE HAYRIDGE.

Date:              Thursday 31st May 2018
Venue:           Maltings Arts Theatre, Level 2, 26 The Maltings, St Albans, AL1 3HL.
Time:             Doors at 7:30pm. First act on at 8:00pm.
Admission:   £13.00. More info at www.maltingsartstheatre.co.uk and www.mostlycomedy.co.uk

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