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VIP ticket includes seating in leather tub chairs up close & personal plus 1 x house drink.

Mick Miller has had a long and successful career stretching over 40 years.
He first came to prominence on the iconic ITV show The Comedians along with great British TV favourites Roy Walker and Stan Boardman. He also made guest appearances on
3, 2, 1, Seaside Special, and Blankety Blank (with his good friend Les Dawson). Live theatre tours and summer season shows followed.
In the 1980s Mick co-hosted his own Saturday evening show on ITV called The Funny Side along with Cheryl Baker and the late Mike Smith.
Since then he has been in constant demand on the theatre circuit, working throughout the UK and in global venues.
Mick  continues to be a favourite on cruises, and has had the pleasure of  working with Cunard, Fred Olsen, P&O Cruises, Princess Cruises,  Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines, Saga, and many more.
Mick has used his comedy talent and timing to land several acting roles. He has appeared in IDEAL with Johnny Vegas, and Peter Kay’s Car Share.
He fulfilled a lifetime ambition to work in Las Vegas when he was chosen to be part of the major ITV series Last Laugh in Vegas.
Mick  now works regularly in comedy clubs, and plays to young audiences. He  is well respected by the younger generation of comedians.
From  his beginnings as a shiny shoed, frilly shirted, bow tied comedian in a  dinner suit to working in the coolest of comedy clubs, this goes to  prove that old’s cool.
Supporting Cabaret: TBC
Venue Doors Open: 6:30pm
Homemade food served all evening. 

Stan Boardman is best associated with his German’s jokes and his success on the hit ITV show The Comedians.  In more recent years he’s dissappeared off our screens after causing outrage on the Des O’ Connor Show.

However he’s still going strong, playing to sell out crowds in a variety of venues.

Stan Boardman was born in Liverpool on 7th December 1940.  When he was  a young child, during World War 2, Stan and his family were evacuated to Wrexham.  On returning to their Merseyside home, thinking they had escaped the worst of the bombing, tragedy struck when Stan;’s older brother Tommy was killed in a bombing raid.

Moving onto 1967 Stan married Vivienne Brennan, they are still married and have two children Paul and Andrea who are twins and three grandchildren.

His first brush with stand up came whilst he and his family were on holiday at a Butlin’s holiday camp.  They persuaded him to enter the weekly talent competition; just for fun.  Reluctantly agreeing, Stan got up, entertaining a full house with a barrage of jokes.  He won first prize.

Little did he know that that talent contest was  one heat, in a much larger national competition.  Stan,  gained in confidence with every appearance, progressing through each stage to secure a place in the Grand Final at the London Palladium. It was here that his distinctive style of comedy and his original material helped him walk off with the £1,000 first prize, a summer season engagement and the title ‘Star Act Of The Year’.

Next step Television and an appearance on Opportunity Knocks topping the poll with the studio audience.  He was invited back to appear on the program’s Gala Show and for the Opportunity Knocks Variety Awards Shows.  Stan was now a television must have and so it was no surprise when he was asked to take over as host of Southern Television’s popular children’s series Runaround.  Stan followed Leslie Crowther and fellow comedian Mike Reid.

Stan featured in the later series of The Comedians alongside Roy Walker and Mick Miller.  Just as Charlie Williams and Ken Goodwin had become two of the stand out names from the first series Stan Boardman became one of the stand out names in the later series.  After making his debut he was invited back for a second series.

Since the success of The Comedians Stan has appeared made many television appearances, the most notable of which was Des O’ Connor Tonight when his “Fockers” jike saw him disappear from our TV screens for a while.  He’s played to packed theatres and other venues all round the world since that first appearance on The Comedians and in 2011 returned to Blackpool with other surviving members of The Comedians for a 40th Anniversary Show hosted by the man who started it all Johnnie Hamp.

Supporting Cabaret: TBC

VENUE DOORS: 6:30pm

SHOWTIME CIRCA 8:10pm

Homemade Food Served All Evening

Back once again for our monthly helping of laughter, featuring 4 great comedians. 

Headline Act

Danny Sutcliffe – Danny is a stand up comedian from Manchester, England. He has been performing stand up for over 10 years and has only been knocked unconscious once – that was his best gig!

Opening Act 

Ben Lawes – Ben has been influenced in his comedy writing and performing from an early age,with inspiration from such greats as Morecambe and Wise and Tommy Cooper to his present day favourites such as Lee Mack, Sean Lock, Mickey Flanaghan, Tom Stade, Jason Cook and many others Based in Bolton, Ben performs up to and beyond 30 min sets across the UK, wth regularly compering both large and small venues, he shows his versatility on a comedy stage.

Middle Act 

Dominic Hatton-Woods – Rising star Dom Hatton-Woods is a rare breed of comedian, talented both on stage and also highly successful online, providing regular content for online dating app Bumble and drinks company Hooch. His Tik Tok posts often hit the 2 million viewers mark as he continues to create hilarious content on a daily basis.

MC

Chris Lumb our Resident Funny Guy

Doors – 6.30pm

Showtime – 8.15pm

Homemade food served all evening.

Guests arriving late will not be admitted until interval times. 

Extra Date Added!

Exclusive Bradford Comedy Club show featuring the outstanding Mr Billy Pearce

National treasure, and without doubt one of Britain’s most talented and best loved comedians & performers, Billy Pearce emerged from the fertile talent fields of Butlins in the mid 1980’s. Multi Award winner Billy, has won just about every comedy award going, including a British comedy award, Solo comedian of the year, and Best television comedy newcomer at the London Palladium.

As a child, Billy was surrounded by the showbiz lifestyle, his late father Lesley Cookson was an accomplished pianist, his mother Jean Pearce, 84, ran one of the biggest dancing schools in the UK, the Pearce School of Dancing, which notably discovered Joe Longthorne and Malandra Burrows.

The dance school were always short of boys, so Billy and his younger brother Andrew got dragged in. The first time he went on stage was as a 6 yr old child at the Empire in Leeds, and he was a Siamese twin in The King and I. He never for once imagined, he would still be in the entertainment industry, more than half a century on….In fact, he thought he would end up working in a foundry, until fate intervened and almost killed him…

Billy was working as an apprentice cutting cast iron glass bottle moulds. He hated it, and then one fateful day, a man ran him over.

He was on his motorbike at the back of Yorkshire TV Studios when and a guy hit him turning right. He didn’t see Billy, and he flew right into the air and landed on his chest. The seriousness of the accident resulted in Billy losing two-thirds of his liver, his entire spleen, a rib and damaged kidneys. He still suffers today….But the accident changed his life. He found himself befriending his surgeon – Geoffrey Wooler, known for his work during the Second World War – and staying in his villa on Cordula in the Adriatic.

Billy, who was born in Leeds, West Yorkshire, first came to National prominence when he appeared in Central TV’s top talent show ‘New Faces’, winning his heat and qualifying for the final. His impact was immediate and he was quickly snapped up for stage and TV appearances, culminating with his first series for BBC television, ‘You Gotta Be Joking’.

In 1993, Billy was honoured to be chosen to host The Children’s Royal Variety Performance screened by the BBC. His success in this prestigious show can be judged by the fact that he was invited to appear on the same show a year later, which he then followed with a laughter-filled appearance on the Royal Variety Performance. In total, Billy has performed in Five children’s Royal Variety shows and Three Royal Variety shows. During the mid 1980’s and early 1990s, he appeared on TV shows such as Tonight at the London Palladium, Through the Keyhole, Blankety Blank, Talking Telephone Numbers, and You Bet.

When variety fell out of fashion in the 1990s, with the rise of alternative comedy, Billy found a niche in family-friendly panto while keeping the razor-sharp wit needed to entertain adult-only audiences. The combination paid off, as evidenced by his ticket sales.

There are few stages upon which Billy has not appeared. He’s broken Box Office records at a number of National Theatres including his Summer season at the Blackpool Grand Theatre, and his Christmas panto appearance at the Bradford Alhambra, where the Theatre took a bank busting £1.3 Million.

Billy even trod the boards of Musical Theatre appearing alongside Jimmy Osmond in the smash hit musical ‘Boogie Nights’. He followed this by having a stint as narrator in the ‘Rocky Horror Show’.

A fine actor, Billy has also appeared on numerous shows, including ITV’s ‘Heartbeat’ and the award winning BBC drama ‘The Street’.

In October 2013 Billy was presented with the Arts and Entertainment Award at the Yorkshire Awards at a prestigious ceremony at The Hilton Hotel, Leeds. Previous recipients of the award include The Grimethorpe Colliery Band, Clare Teal, The Kaiser Chiefs, Chris Moyles, John Godber and Gaynor Faye.

SUPPORT: HAYLEY GAFTARNICK

ADVANCE TICKETS: from £17 PLUS BOOKING FEE

Doors 6:30pm | Showtime 8:15pm | Late Bar After Show | Food Served All Evening 

Exclusive Bradford Comedy Club show featuring the outstanding Mr Billy Pearce

National treasure, and without doubt one of Britain’s most talented and best loved comedians & performers, Billy Pearce emerged from the fertile talent fields of Butlins in the mid 1980’s. Multi Award winner Billy, has won just about every comedy award going, including a British comedy award, Solo comedian of the year, and Best television comedy newcomer at the London Palladium.

As a child, Billy was surrounded by the showbiz lifestyle, his late father Lesley Cookson was an accomplished pianist, his mother Jean Pearce, 84, ran one of the biggest dancing schools in the UK, the Pearce School of Dancing, which notably discovered Joe Longthorne and Malandra Burrows.

The dance school were always short of boys, so Billy and his younger brother Andrew got dragged in. The first time he went on stage was as a 6 yr old child at the Empire in Leeds, and he was a Siamese twin in The King and I. He never for once imagined, he would still be in the entertainment industry, more than half a century on….In fact, he thought he would end up working in a foundry, until fate intervened and almost killed him…

Billy was working as an apprentice cutting cast iron glass bottle moulds. He hated it, and then one fateful day, a man ran him over.

He was on his motorbike at the back of Yorkshire TV Studios when and a guy hit him turning right. He didn’t see Billy, and he flew right into the air and landed on his chest. The seriousness of the accident resulted in Billy losing two-thirds of his liver, his entire spleen, a rib and damaged kidneys. He still suffers today….But the accident changed his life. He found himself befriending his surgeon – Geoffrey Wooler, known for his work during the Second World War – and staying in his villa on Cordula in the Adriatic.

Billy, who was born in Leeds, West Yorkshire, first came to National prominence when he appeared in Central TV’s top talent show ‘New Faces’, winning his heat and qualifying for the final. His impact was immediate and he was quickly snapped up for stage and TV appearances, culminating with his first series for BBC television, ‘You Gotta Be Joking’.

In 1993, Billy was honoured to be chosen to host The Children’s Royal Variety Performance screened by the BBC. His success in this prestigious show can be judged by the fact that he was invited to appear on the same show a year later, which he then followed with a laughter-filled appearance on the Royal Variety Performance. In total, Billy has performed in Five children’s Royal Variety shows and Three Royal Variety shows. During the mid 1980’s and early 1990s, he appeared on TV shows such as Tonight at the London Palladium, Through the Keyhole, Blankety Blank, Talking Telephone Numbers, and You Bet.

When variety fell out of fashion in the 1990s, with the rise of alternative comedy, Billy found a niche in family-friendly panto while keeping the razor-sharp wit needed to entertain adult-only audiences. The combination paid off, as evidenced by his ticket sales.

There are few stages upon which Billy has not appeared. He’s broken Box Office records at a number of National Theatres including his Summer season at the Blackpool Grand Theatre, and his Christmas panto appearance at the Bradford Alhambra, where the Theatre took a bank busting £1.3 Million.

Billy even trod the boards of Musical Theatre appearing alongside Jimmy Osmond in the smash hit musical ‘Boogie Nights’. He followed this by having a stint as narrator in the ‘Rocky Horror Show’.

A fine actor, Billy has also appeared on numerous shows, including ITV’s ‘Heartbeat’ and the award winning BBC drama ‘The Street’.

In October 2013 Billy was presented with the Arts and Entertainment Award at the Yorkshire Awards at a prestigious ceremony at The Hilton Hotel, Leeds. Previous recipients of the award include The Grimethorpe Colliery Band, Clare Teal, The Kaiser Chiefs, Chris Moyles, John Godber and Gaynor Faye.

SUPPORT: MICK BROWN

ADVANCE TICKETS: FROM £15 PLUS BOOKING FEE

Doors 6:30pm | Showtime 8:15pm | Late Bar After Show | Food Served All Evening 

Bradford Comedy Club is West Yorkshire’s Premier Comedy Club

Purveyors of great food and entertainment in a welcoming comfortable surrounding!

This month’s stand up comedy night brings to you;

Rob Mulholland – Headline

Six foot seven of pure funny, Rob Mulholland is a bombastic, mischievous gag-slinging rascal with a heart full of humour and gob full of shite. An established, bullet-proof comedy Pro forged in the fires of the nothern comedy circuit who now travels the world packing big belly laughs. A regular at all the biggest comedy clubs in the UK; whether going for the kill with his playful filth-mongering and hilarious, furious tirades against minor annoyances or holding a night together with his genial but sharp hosting skills, he can adapt to any kind of crowd and event.

Simon Emanuel – Opening

Simon Emanuel is a Welsh stand up comic, TV presenter and radio personalty who is working live all over the UK and Europe  Starting in 2008 he has had a successful live career working with some of the biggest names on the comedy circuit and appearing at most of the top clubs nationally and internationally. His manic energy, quick wit, far flung Observations and abstract delivery of ridiculous punch lines make him a firm favourite wherever he goes.

Jason Neale – Middle 

Since his 1st Gig in December 2013, Jason has gone from strength-to-strength as a performer, gigging throughout the UK and adding improv/MCing/Sketch-Writing/Character strings to his bow; all with the aim of sharpening his style of anecdotal, unapologetic, out-for-belly-laughs stand-up. Within 3 years he’s written 3 new festival shows which he’s performed in Edinburgh (Fringe), Leicester, Nottingham, Derby, Melbourne (UK!) and Croyden. Based in Leicester, he’s only ever a couple of hours away from a gig across the UK and is never happier than when he’s driving up and down motorways to gig wherever he can.

Hosted by our Resident MC Chris Lumb

Great Food Served All Evening 

Venue Doors 6:30pm

 

Back once again for their monthly Bradford Comedy Club appearance, it’s THE DISCOUNT COMEDY CHECKOUT. 

A hilarious night of comedy improvisation! Think Whose Line Is it Anyway!

If you’ve not yet been to a comedy improv night, now’s your chance to check one out. You’ll be hooked, it’s a great night out!

Doors at 6:30pm 

Food Served until 10:00pm

Showtime 8:15pm!

Tickets £10 plus booking fee 

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