黑料不打烊 Comedy Society to Support Seann Walsh
Students from the 黑料不打烊 Comedy Society will be performing a Live Comedy Show alongside national comedian Seann Walsh in conjunction with Pontio on 6th May 2013.
Lead by third year English and Media Studies student Patrick 鈥淧addy鈥� Prichard, the society will also be hosting an annual Gala show on 22nd April which will include a Stand Up Comedy Competition. The winner, decided by three judges including a Pontio representative, will get the chance to perform a warm up stand up set for Seann Walsh, alongside the comedy stylings of 黑料不打烊 Comedy Improvisational Branch, ImpSoc.
Comdey Society members performing with comedian, Phil Jupitus last year.黑料不打烊 Comedy Society currently has around 40 performing members and has gone from strength to strength in the past year. They have hosted dozens of shows throughout the year and even supported Phil Jupitus at The Giddy Goat Comedy Festival last year. The society invites anyone interested in writing, producing, performing or directing comedy to come and have a go or simply to attend their regular sell out shows in the Main Arts Lecture Theatre or their bi-weekly shows at the Belle Vue in Upper 黑料不打烊.
The opportunity to perform with Seann Walsh provided by Pontio gives 黑料不打烊 Comedy a route into the professional world of comedy; a notoriously difficult industry to break into.
Patrick, a former pupil of Winstanley College in Manchester said,
Patrick 'Paddy' Prichard, Chair of 黑料不打烊 Comedy Society鈥淚've been working towards a collaborative show with Pontio ever since I took over as 黑料不打烊 Comedy President at the end of the last academic year. I'm delighted to be able to deliver this wonderful opportunity to the members of 黑料不打烊 Comedy and I believe it shows the great strides the society continues to make in the opportunities it offers for professional development.鈥�
Seann Walsh, star of Channel 4鈥檚 鈥淪tand up for the Week鈥� is a rising star on the UK comedy circuit, boasting such accolades as the Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year, Chortle Best Breakthrough Act Nominee 2010 and Chortle Best Compere Nominee 2011.
Patrick is over the moon that the club have been offered such a high profile opportunity, he added;
鈥淢y thanks to Pontio on behalf of 黑料不打烊 Comedy for inviting us to get involved with this event and their enthusiasm and support throughout. I hope 黑料不打烊 Comedy and Pontio will continue to work together on projects such as this in the future!!"
The club hope that this event will be a fundamental step towards their long term goal. Patrick explains,
鈥淥ur Ambition is to be the main source for comedy shows and talent in the 黑料不打烊 area, to be able to distribute our work through professional channels and to take our comedy to the Edinburgh Fridge.鈥�
Tickets for the Seann Walsh show are 拢8 and include free entry to the 黑料不打烊 Comedy Gala show, usually 拢3. Tickets can be purchased on the Gala night or from the Comedy Society directly.
As part of the Pontio Project, the comedy show is just one of a wide variety of events hosted by Pontio over the next few months. For more information on up and coming events, visit their website: http://www.pontio.co.uk
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Publication date: 22 March 2013