Press! Reg! Press!

Press releases are a means to an end (that end being, "to hope to draw an audience"). There's no guarantee this will work, but when you're hosting an act like Reginald D Hunter, you'd expect to get a fair amount of interest.

See below for the press release for our next Hitchin show a fortnight today, then book:

Doggett, D Hunter and Ephgrave, backstage at a one-off Mostly Comedy at Royal Airforce Museum London.


Press Release – 05.09.19
mostly comedy
a monthly comedy club at hitchin town hall
The duo behind Hitchin’s successful long-running club Mostly Comedy, DOGGETT & EPHGRAVE, kick off their Autumn 2019 season on 19th September at their new home Hitchin Town Hall in the company of TV favourite, REGINALD D HUNTER.

 Reg is one of the comedy scene’s best-known performers and is a regular on such primetime shows as Have I Got News For You, QI, 8 Out Of 10 Cats and Live at The Apollo. He was born in Albany in Georgia in 1969 and initially travelled to the UK at the age of 27 to study acting at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, before becoming a comedian after performing his first open spot as a dare and then turning his attention from acting to stand-up. Since then, his career has taken in countries as far afield as Singapore, Thailand, Hong Kong, South Africa and America, and seen him perform in such prestigious locations as London’s West End and Sydney Opera House.

 He is one of the few comics to be nominated for Edinburgh Fringe’s prestigious Comedy Award for three consecutive years, from 2002 to 2004.

 Fellow American LYNN RUTH MILLER joins Hunter on the bill. Born in Toledo, Ohio, in 1933, Miller lays claim to be the oldest working stand-up comedian on both sides of the Atlantic.

 She started her comedy career at 71 after a successful career an award-winning author, tutor and newspaper columnist. She made it to Las Vegas in the 2008 season of America’s Got Talent, won People’s Choice in 2009 Branson Comedy Festival, made the finals in Bill Word’s Funniest Female Contest 2009 and semi-final in the SF International Comedy Competition. She also reached the top 100 in Britain’s Got Talent and won both nights of the Texas Burlesque Festival without taking off anything too crucial.

 The gig will be emceed by the club’s custodians: the “polished, natural comedians” (Camden Fringe Voyeur) DOGGETT & EPHGRAVE. Doors open at 7:15pm with the first act on at 8:00pm. Tickets are £13.50 and can be bought in advance at www.mostlycomedy.co.uk, where you can also book for November’s eleventh-birthday show with honourary member of Monty Python (plus The Rutles and the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band), NEIL INNES.
Date: Thursday 19th September 2019
Venue: Hitchin Town Hall, Brand Street, Hitchin, Hertfordshire, SG5 1JE
Time: Doors at 7:15pm. First act on at 8:00pm.
Admission: £13.50. Book at www.mostlycomedy.co.uk 

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