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Big Jack’s Laughter Club
Love stand-up comedy but don't like the corporate environment of the big comedy clubs? You've come to the right place! Big Jack’s Laughter Club presents stand-up comedy on the second Thursday of each month at the Afroba, an independently-owned, friendly, funky bar in central Reading.
Tickets cost £5 and are available at the door on the night. Comedy starts at 20:30, but please feel free to arrive earlier for a drink or two.
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Thurs 14th January 2010
The first Big Jacks Laughter Club of the decade, it promised to be a good night and we had quite a few in even with the snow and the enforced detox January sometimes brings. This evening it was my turn to introduce our compere for the night ‘Mr Big Jack Lin’.
Craig Deeley was the first comedian up, Craig is a charming chap gay vegetarian from Birmingham. Craig told very observant and topical jokes. He was very friendly and our audience responded well to his humour. One quick quip followed another and a another. Craig was complete with props and articles so his set was very engaging and imaginative!
I took to the stage to introduce the next set and fell off the pallet! Not my finest hour but I got a laugh!
Alex Maple was next up, the very quick witted chap started by asking us if it was wrong to strip in front of a blind person! Alex had a very entertaining deliver style, his mannerisms and stage presence was funny in itself.
Next James Mcaster took to the pallet, describing the comedy club as a cosy log cabin, high praise indeed (we like James). James is from Kettering, the land of Weetabix and went down well at the club. During his set he even crept around the stage in complete silence for what felt like 5 mins while the audience watched avidly. We were in a full swing now, giggling, joining in and heckling.
Then to our headliner, Wil Hodgson from Chippenham with bright pink hair, he described himself as an old boy George! Wil entertained us with one continuous sentence, no punctuation and no pausing for breath. Very funny, clever and full of attitude.
Forthcoming shows
For more info:
Email:
bigjackslaughtclub@
yahoo.co.uk
Tel:
07770 370 221
11th Feb 2010 compered by our very own MC Jack Lin
Rich Lyons
Stuart Laws
Steve Day
All shows feature resident MC Big Jack, who founded the Laughter Club in 2005 and comperes each event with a mixture of topical chat and audience interaction.
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Details to follow of acts booked for other months.
Event will always be on the 2nd Thursday of the month, unless specified
Tickets cost £5 and are available at the door on the night.
Comedy starts at 20:30, but please feel free to arrive earlier for a drink or two