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Written by Wendy Ivers
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Comedy Capers - May Listings & News
This newsletter tells you about the weekly shows we run in Aberdeen City centre: Live Stand Up @ Snafu on Tuesdays, and Take the Mic in Cellar 35 on Thursdays and also contains details about our comedy workshops, and our late summer shows.
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| Show descriptions, photos, & listings follow. Please support comedy in the North East by coming to a show or three, by bringing everyone you know & by spreading the word - perhaps you could forward this or print it for others to read. |
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Live Stand Up Comedy - Tuesdays @ Snafu - £5/4
Show 8:30pm to 10:45pm (doors 7:30pm) 1 Union St. Abdn
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Take the Mic - Thursdays @ Cellar 35 - £3/2
Show 8:30pm to 11:30pm (doors 7:30pm)
Rosemount Viaduct. Abdn
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| A professional, club-style, night of stand up comedy hosted by a national comedy MC with new guests each week |
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A comedy variety night with stand up & improv games hosted by an experienced comedy MC.
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| On the 6th Scott Forbes hosts the first of our two showcases organised as part of the Word Festival Fringe, on the 13th former boxer and comedy headliner Matt Price steps into the ring, on the 20th May is our second showcase hosted by Wendy Ivers on the 27th May Bill Dewar will be closing the show. |
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Hosting Cellar 35 in May are Scott Forbes on the 1st, Wendy Ivers on the 8th, Martin Bearne on the 22nd & special guest Danny McRossan on the 29th they will be joined by an ever expanding collection of up & coming North East acts. |
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| See below for info on & links to hosts & guests @ Snafu in May |
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To perform or to book a comedian for your event Tel: 01224 492561 Mob: 07886595233 |
| FULL LISTINGS for TUESDAYS in MAY |
| Tue 6th May - Comedy Capers Showcase I - 1 Union St. (£5) Starts 8:30pm (doors 7:30pm) |
| Ranging from the political to the particular, from the dark to the clever and from the surreal to the ridiculous each performer will present the best bits from their tried and tested comedy sets |
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Scott is an experienced, assured comedian with a confident and imaginative set that charms the audience every time. For more about the hippy-haired Montrosian, click here |
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| Tue 13th May - Live Stand Up @ Snafu, - 1 Union St. (£5) Starts 8:30pm (doors 7:30pm) |
| Ex-boxer Matt Price is a master story-teller with a high speed, high energy crowd pleasing set. For more info about Matt click here |
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Steph Laing is sweet, surreal and sometimes sickening, but she's always funny. As a compere she is delightful - for more about Steph click here |
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| Tue 20th May - Comedy Capers Showcase 2 - 1 Union St. (£5) Starts 8:30pm (doors 7:30pm) |
| Audiences will delight at the depth and diversity of comedy talent on display that is on a par with anything produced elsewhere in the UK. |
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Wendy is a natural compere and her train of thought delivery makes her a must-see. For more about Wendy click here |
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| Tue 27th May - Live Stand Up @ Snafu - 1 Union St. (£5) Starts 8:30pm (doors 7:30pm) |
| Bill is an experienced and more than competent comic who can connect and interact with any audience. For more info about Bill click here |
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Jason's set incorporates satire, social comment, and free-styling. He has a charming, affable stage presence, and a talent for finding the surreal in any situation. For more about Jason click here |
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Our workshop programme, 'Get better at Being Funny,' covers all aspects of comedy writing & performance whatever your age & background click read more (below) for more on these and some exciting summer shows we have coming up.
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We now have two fantastic comedy shows every week in Aberdeen City Centre, 'Live Stand Up,' has taken over Tuesday's at Snafu and 'Take the Mic,' has moved to Cellar 35 on a Thursday. | | Every Tuesday - Only £5/4
Live Stand Up @ Snafu Comedy Club | | Every Thursday - Only £3/2
Take the Mic @ Cellar 35 | | | |  A brand new all singing and dancing night of professional, club-style, stand up comedy hosted by a national MC.
We kick-start each night with a light sprinkling of nearly new & established North East acts. We then feature a high quality support act & a professional headline comic handpicked from the UK or International comedy club circuit(s).
Click read more (below) for listings | |  A comedy variety night hosted by an experienced North East comedian.
A bucket load of new & established North East comics take part in improv games or present their own unique brand of stand up, silly songs or comical poetry.
Featuring a different host every Thursday some nights also showcase new acts from the UK comedy circuit.
To perform call : 01224 492561/07886595233. | | | | Day : Every Tuesday | | Day : Every Thursday | | | | Starts : 8:30pm (Doors : 7:30pm) | | Starts : 8:30pm (Doors : 7:30pm) | | | | Entry : £5, Snafu, 1 Union Street, Abdn | | Entry : £3/2, Cellar 35 Rosemount Viaduct | | | | Offer : £1 off with this week's Comedy Phrase | | Offer : £1 off with this week's Comedy Phrase | | | | Tickets : Click here to buy for any Snafu shows | | Tickets: Call 01224 640483 to reserve | | | | Reservations & Hospitality: 01224 596111 | | Reservations & Hospitality: 01224 640483 | | | | | | | | | | At Snafu on Tuesdays in April guests include the amazing Comedy Magician Kevin McMahon, the frantically funny comic Paul Pirie, the insurmountable free-styling Phil Kay, the gay Glaswegian Scott Agnew and the crazy Welshman Dan Mitchell. | | At Cellar 35 on Thursdays in April hosts include Scott Forbes, Andrew Learmonth, Stephanie Laing and Wendy Ivers and we have a special guest appearance by Phil Kay with, 'The Justice Show,' on the 17th. | | | | | | Click read more (below) for full Snafu listings in April and links to the headliners in May | | Click read more (below) for full Snafu listings & links to the profiles for our regular hosts at Snafu & Cellar 35 | |
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