Autumn-Winter Comedy in Devizes

Comedy in Devizes is a rare thing, unless you count visitors turning right at the Shane’s Castle junction, reading opinions on the Devizes Issues (but better) Facebook group, and the total legend who once climbed on top of the Roses façade to drive the lawnmower mounted up there. But we do have three upcoming comedy gigs to look forward to this autumn-winter; chickens, crossing roads….

Firstly, there’s two at the Exchange fundraising for the Mayor’s Appeal. One is on Thursday the 3rd October. The ‘Ginger Viking’ Chris Brooker is compère and it features Pierre Hollins, Neil McFarlane and promises guests. 

Expect a mixture of brilliant stand up and ditties. Pierre can move from the glaringly obvious to the sublime with frightening ease and describes himself as ‘’far-fetched and slightly dangerous.” A comedian and guitar noodler who has supported Lenny Henry and Rory Bremner, and toured with The Flying Pickets, Willie Rushton & Barry Cryer.

Neil McFarlane is a regular act at the highly-regarded Stand Comedy Clubs in Glasgow & Edinburgh. He now performs in locations across the length and breadth of the British Isles, attracting widespread concern. Allow him gently to divert you from the horrific truth of your own existential plight and occasionally use the word ‘seepage’.

Hopefully this will keep us giggling until Thursday 12th December, when the second instalment arrives, again with all proceeds going to the Mayor’s Appeal.

Mirth Control’s Geoff Whiting is compère this time around, with Alan Francis, Samantha Day and guests. The List described Alan as “brazen, dark and clever!” Winner of Channel 4’s ‘So you Think You’re Funny’ at the Edinburgh Festival, Alan is regular on the UK and International Comedy Circuit, appearing on TV’s Mid Morning Matters, Psychoville, with Alan Partridge, Knowing Me Knowing Yule, Alistair McGowan’s Big Impression, Ancona and Co., Alas Smith and Jones, The BBC Stand-Up Show, the Alan Davies Show, Alexei Sayle’s Stuff and Between the Lines.

Samantha explores everything from sex and money, to pronouns and social media — come and find out if you were smart enough to be born at the right time. Comedy Store King Gong Winner and SCF New Comedian of the Year (2022).

Tickets are £12.00 adv / £15.00 on the door. Tickets available at Devizes Books, Vinyl Realm and The British Lion, in Marlborough at Sound Knowledge and online HERE.

Between these two, if the comedy moments do wear off, Devizes Arts Festival has a special autumn night of laughs at the Corn Exchange on Friday 8th November. Headline act Hal Cruttenden is one of the top touring stand-up comedians working in the UK. He has made several appearances on ‘Live at the Apollo’, ‘Have I got news for you,’ ‘The Royal Variety Performance’, ‘Would I Lie To You’ , ‘The One Show’ ‘The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice’ and ‘The Apprentice: You’re Fired.’ Hal as completed six nationwide tours….   He is also a highly accomplished writer and actor.

Alieen McQueen, Steve Williams and Geoff Whiting, compère for the December gig also makes an appearance here. Tickets for this one can be found HERE, and are £12.

You could, potentially, do all these and you’d be loaded with gags to ruin trying to tell your mate at work, or I could tell you my camel joke for free, if you like, but if you’ve heard it once…..

what else is happening, dude?

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Chippenham folk singer-songwriter, M3G (because she likes a backward “E”) has a new single out tomorrow, Friday 19th December. Put your jingly bell cheesy tunes…

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