Arfur Press Release.

It's been a while since I've posted a Mostly Comedy press release in place of a blog here. And as our next Hitchin gig's just thirteen days away, now seems as good a time as any to do it:

Press Release – 04.03.20

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a monthly comedy club at hitchin town hall

On 19th March, Doggett & Ephgrave’s popular monthly club at Hitchin Town Hall, Mostly Comedy, will play host to the Olivier-nominated comedian, writer, broadcaster and all-round British institution ARTHUR SMITH, who will both perform and then be interviewed by the duo for their More Than Mostly Comedy podcast.

Arthur is best known for his appearances on BBC's Grumpy Old Men, QI, Have I Got News For You and The One Show, plus hosting BBC Radio 4 Extra’s Comedy Club and BBC Radio 2’s Smith Lectures. He is a Spirit of The Fringe award-winning Edinburgh Festival stalwart and the Olivier-nominated writer of An Evening With Gary Lineker.

He started out as a member of the 1980s’ alternative comedy scene. In addition to stand-up, he wrote and performed the critically-acclaimed Arthur Smith Sings Leonard Cohen (later broadcast on Radio 4), returned to this theme for his 2013 Edinburgh Fringe show Arthur Smith Sing Leonard Cohen (Volume Too).

New York comic SPRING DAY joins Smith on the bill. Day is a fluent Japanese-speaker with mild cerebral palsy, who was previously based in Tokyo where she’s regularly headlined at the Comedy Store since 2002. She has written, produced, directed and performed five solo shows on the Edinburgh Fringe since 2010, and has performed at clubs around the globe, taking in London, Manchester, Dublin, Los Angeles, New York, Melbourne and Paris. In 2016 she was voted Brooklyn’s Best Comedian.

Surrealist comedian and illustrator OLAF FALAFEL completes the line-up. Since being nominated for Laughing Horse’s New Act of the Year in 2014, Falafel’s material has regularly featured in many of the mainstream media’s funniest fringe jokes lists, including the Guardian, Telegraph, Mirror, Evening Standard and the i Newspaper to name a few. Last year, he even managed to nab the coveted Best Joke of the Fringe award with the one-liner, "I keep randomly shouting out 'Broccoli' and 'Cauliflower' - I think I might have florets". As well as being a comic, Falafel is a children’s author, securing a three-book contract with HarperCollins in 2016, after asking publishers in a tweet to approach him.

The gig will be emceed by DOGGETT & EPHGRAVE. Doors open at 7:15pm and the first act will be on at 8:00pm. Tickets can be bought in advance at www.mostlycomedy.co.uk, where you can also book for forthcoming dates with PHIL CORNWELL, ISY SUTTIE and more.

Date: Thursday 19th March 2020

Venue: Hitchin Town Hall, Brand Street, Hitchin, Hertfordshire, SG5 1JE

Time: Doors at 7:15pm. First act on at 8:00pm.

Admission: £15.00. Book at www.mostlycomedy.co.uk

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