Pressed for St Albans.




Here's a press release for the forthcoming Hitchin Mostly Comedy at the Maltings' Arts Theatre in St Albans for your perusal; here's hoping it makes some vague sense.

 
Press Release – 02.11.18

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


The duo behind Hitchin’s successful decade-old monthly comedy club Mostly Comedy DOGGETT & EPHGRAVE return to the Maltings Arts Theatre on Thursday 6th December to present their last St Albans bill of 2018 with QI’s PHIL KAY and Red Dwarf’s NORMAN LOVETT.

PHIL first burst on to the comedy circuit in 1989, winning the Edinburgh Fringe Festival competition So You Think You're Funny in its second year. His unpredictable, freestyle approach to live performance led to a Perrier Award nomination in 1993, as well as winning Best Stand-up at the British Comedy Awards in 1994.

He went on to make two series for Channel 4, Phil Kay Feels… and Next Stop, Phil Kay; more recent TV appearances include stints on BBC1’s ‘QI’ and BBC3’s ‘Russell Howard’s Good News’. He is huge on both the comedy and festival circuit, as well as working hard behind the scenes, writing for the likes of Harry Hill, Reeves and Mortimer and Jonathan Ross. In 2013 he published his autobiography The Wholly Viable.

NORMAN is a veteran of the stand-up circuit. He played the original Comedy Store on countless occasions - once supporting The Clash, which he sees as a personal career highlight. Television credits include his BBC2 Sitcom 'I, Lovett' and Paramount Comedy's 'Asylum', though he obviously most well-known for portraying the ship's computer Holly in four series of 'Red Dwarf'.

He has received his fair share of broadsheet praise, with The Guardian describing his act as 'exquisite stand-up comedy', and The Times saying 'Lovett turns aimlessness into an art'. In 2013, he performed alongside Doggett & Ephgrave in a reading of their sitcom pilot ‘Nick & Joe’ at London’s Soho Theatre. He could recently be heard alongside Lucy Beamont and Maureen Lipman in the new BBC Radio 4 Comedy 'To Hull and Back'.

The gig is emceed by the “polished, natural comedians” (Camden Fringe Voyeur) DOGGETT & EPHGRAVE, with the first act on at 8:00pm. Tickets are £13 (plus booking fee) and can be bought in advance at www.mostlycomedy.co.uk.

Date:              Thursday 6th December 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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