19th September event

Compere: Dom Woodward

Dominic is always in demand on the professional stand-up circuit and performs in comedy clubs all over the UK. Dominic’s acting background shines through as he tells hilarious stories about his everyday life and brings to life the quirky people he meets. Always in demand as headliner, support and compare he performs regularly in many large UK clubs.

Opener: Sally-Anne Hayward

Sally-Anne Hayward combines the things you shouldn't like about your best friend's mum with the sensibilities of Jack the Ripper. She grew up to reject dizzy incompetence and feminine wiles for a disarming mix of ingratiating charm and unsettling pugnacity that gets more laughs than a hyaena's dawn rally. (That's an anagram by the way. Check it out).

Open Mic: Lynne Crook, Adam Stuanton and Wyane Shakespere

Headliner: Greg Cook

46 year-old Greg Cook’s deadpan style and mastery of the spoken word led John Plowman, head of BBC Comedy to describe him as ‘Les Dawson for the 21st century’. A prolific writer of comedy, he has several hours of tested material to draw on, but reserves the right to dish up a blistering set drawn from this morning’s newspapers. Religion, politics, sport, terrorism, poetry, the police, philosophy, royalty and his long-suffering mum have all been given the Greg Cook treatment, since he began performing in May 2002.

17th October event

Compere: Phil Ellis

Phil Ellis has established a reputation as a unique, reliable and exciting act.  A regular MC on the national circuit, his natural and instantly likeable style has proved a hit with promoters and audiences alike. Phil regularly MCs at big weekend clubs such as Highlights and the Frog and bucket, where he has his own night at both the Preston and Manchester venue.

Opener: Sam Avery

Friendly and enthusiastic, his observational style instantly puts audiences at ease allowing him to regale them with his tales of everyday life. Sam has gained a reputation for being able to spark the dullest of rooms into life with his warm, infectious humour and quick wit, which have put him in demand at the top comedy clubs in the UK.

Open Mic: Alex Hancock

Headliner: Steve Royle

Last year saw Steve’s stand-up work go ballistic. He is a regular headline act at The Comedy Store and other alternative venues, and performed alongside Steve Coogan & Peter Kay at the Apollo Theatre Manchester. During the last few years Steve has supported Peter Kay many times; He has toured with Dave Spikey on his ‘Overnight Success tour’, performed with the cast of ‘Phoenix Nights’ and Badly Drawn Boy to over five thousand people at the Europa Festival in Manchester, and up until last year, performed every summer as ‘Mad Edgar’, a jester character he invented ten years ago.