Penelopes
25-02-2011, 13:04
OPENING NIGHT SHEFFIELD!!!
Penelopes & Style Over Substance Proudly Present:
Beyond a Joke Episode 1: Tripping into the abyss.....
Compere: BenQ
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Lineup:
Anonymous the Poet
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A riddle wrapped in an enigma wrapped in a kilt, the mad Scotsman Anonymous the Poet.
"He's completely mad, not afraid of a good ramble, and genuinely very, very funny."
Juice Comedy
http://www.myspace.com/atpoet
Robert Commiskey
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Robert Commiskey, an American stand-up based in London, began performing comedy in April 2009 and made the finals of the 2010 Laughing Horse new act of the year competition.
Bethany Black
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Black was born male and had a troubled childhood, suffering from depression. She attended Manchester Metropolitan University where she got a degree in film, television and cultural studies. Black had a nervous breakdown and attempted suicide on several occasions. Once she tried to hang herself, but she was so heavy she dragged down the ceiling. On another occasion she attempted to gas herself in a car, but the car ran out of petrol. She then came out to her family twice: first as a transwoman, and then as a lesbian. Black eventually underwent sex reassignment surgery and discusses her transition in her stand-up act.
Originally, she was hesitant about entering stand-up because she felt that the best comedians were older people. However, Black changed her mind after seeing Josie Long, someone younger than her, perform successfully while using material similar to her own. At the age of 25 she started her career, first as a compere for a music club in Preston called "Club Fuzzy", where she provided comedy between the music acts. After a hostile reaction, she then began performing in actual comedy clubs. Black adopted a "Fairy Gothmother" style, performing her routines dressed in black, with black eye shadow and sometimes wearing fetish clothing. Most of her comedy is a combination of observational comedy mixed with innuendo.
£5 online, at www.beyond-a-joke.com
£6 at the door
Buy 4, get one free!
Doors 7.30 for 8pm Start
Style Over Substance are a co-operative who were set up a couple of years ago to start promoting new, cutting edge comedy in South London.
Penelopes
53-55 Arundel Gate
Sheffield
S1 2PN
w : www.penelopes.info
e :penelopesclub@gmail.com
t : 07845 880 677
Penelopes & Style Over Substance Proudly Present:
Beyond a Joke Episode 1: Tripping into the abyss.....
Compere: BenQ
****************
Lineup:
Anonymous the Poet
*********************
A riddle wrapped in an enigma wrapped in a kilt, the mad Scotsman Anonymous the Poet.
"He's completely mad, not afraid of a good ramble, and genuinely very, very funny."
Juice Comedy
http://www.myspace.com/atpoet
Robert Commiskey
******************
Robert Commiskey, an American stand-up based in London, began performing comedy in April 2009 and made the finals of the 2010 Laughing Horse new act of the year competition.
Bethany Black
**************
Black was born male and had a troubled childhood, suffering from depression. She attended Manchester Metropolitan University where she got a degree in film, television and cultural studies. Black had a nervous breakdown and attempted suicide on several occasions. Once she tried to hang herself, but she was so heavy she dragged down the ceiling. On another occasion she attempted to gas herself in a car, but the car ran out of petrol. She then came out to her family twice: first as a transwoman, and then as a lesbian. Black eventually underwent sex reassignment surgery and discusses her transition in her stand-up act.
Originally, she was hesitant about entering stand-up because she felt that the best comedians were older people. However, Black changed her mind after seeing Josie Long, someone younger than her, perform successfully while using material similar to her own. At the age of 25 she started her career, first as a compere for a music club in Preston called "Club Fuzzy", where she provided comedy between the music acts. After a hostile reaction, she then began performing in actual comedy clubs. Black adopted a "Fairy Gothmother" style, performing her routines dressed in black, with black eye shadow and sometimes wearing fetish clothing. Most of her comedy is a combination of observational comedy mixed with innuendo.
£5 online, at www.beyond-a-joke.com
£6 at the door
Buy 4, get one free!
Doors 7.30 for 8pm Start
Style Over Substance are a co-operative who were set up a couple of years ago to start promoting new, cutting edge comedy in South London.
Penelopes
53-55 Arundel Gate
Sheffield
S1 2PN
w : www.penelopes.info
e :penelopesclub@gmail.com
t : 07845 880 677