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A Bunch of Japes - Stand up Comedy - A New Material Night. Lou Conran + Tom Little + Jo D'Arcy
"Mark Olver has been running new act and new material nights in Bristol for over 10 years. He has also provided a place for new comedians to start and experienced comedians to try new material. In the past these comedians have included Russell Howard, Jon Richardson Alan Carr, Josh Widdicombe, Rob Beckett whoops let me just pick those names up of the floor) We can't promise these names here every week, but we can promise that you will see the best new acts in the area and the best acts in the country trying new material"
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Lou Conran
Lou was born in July in the 70's (hard to believe isn't it?) In her formative years she developed a love of curry, James Bond, Cinzano and Lenny Henry (I know..).
Having gone to stage school when she was 12 she developed her love of twatting about, and went to proper drama school in Oxford, where they didn't like the twatting about and they made her read Shakespeare, and told her off for chewing gum, and having a personality. She was told that if she knuckled down she could make a brilliant serious dramatic actress.
Her first proper acting job was dressing up as a six foot orange teddy bear that lived with four other bears, in a big house, and would get into silly situations everyday. Her role as the 'mother bear' was serious and very dramatic so the drama school was absolutely right.
Here's some info on what she 'as done acting wise, on spotlight: HERE
She then went on to do stand up comedy and has been delighting audiences with her naughty but nice delivery, her friendly presence and her instinctive wit, ever since.
Tom Little
Tom Little has been named as the winner of the Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year 2015 competition.
The contest, which has been running for over 20 years, is one of the most prestigious prizes in the yearly comedy calendar. It is not an open access competition - instead comedians need to be nominated by agents and promoters to be able to take part. The competition has a long history of spotting the comedy stars of the future, with the previous rollcall of winners includes the likes of Rhod Gilbert, Jason Manford, Johnny Vegas, Seann Walsh, Josh Widdicombe and Romesh Ranganathan.
Talking about winning, Little says: "It's such a big deal that these amazing finalists are voted for by the industry. I'm so pleased to be one of them".
Tom Little has been performing stand-up since July 2013. The 27 year-old, originally from Cumbria, now lives in Salford. In 2014 he was a finalist in the BBC Radio New Comedy Award, a semi-finalist in So You Think You're Funny? and came joint third in the Beat the Frog World Series.
Norwegian comic Ingrid Dahle was named the runner up at the live final, which was held as part of the closing weekend of Dave's Leicester Comedy Festival and hosted by Rob Rouse.
The judges were Alex Hardy from The Times, Bruce Dessau from The Evening Standard, Paul Banks from the Leicester Mercury, promoter Peter Vincent and UKTV's Steve North.
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LocationSmoke & Mirrors (View)
8 Denmark Street
Bristol BS1 5DQ
United Kingdom
Categories
| Minimum Age: 18 |
| Kid Friendly: No |
| Dog Friendly: No |
| Non-Smoking: Yes! |
| Wheelchair Accessible: Yes! |
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