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The Glee Club (comedy Club)
The Glee Club is a chain of independent live stand-up comedy and live music venues in the UK. The first Glee Club was opened by Mark Tughan in Birmingham's Chinese Quarter in 1994,Doors will open on an improved Glee club Birmingham Post, 25 October 2001 the first dedicated comedy club to open in the United Kingdom outside .Brum loses out in comedy stakes Evening Mail, 8 October ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Glee means delight, a form of happiness. Glee may also refer to: * Glee (music), a type of English choral music * ''Glee'' (TV series), an American musical comedy-drama TV series, and related media created by Ryan Murphy * ''Glee'' (Bran Van 3000 album) * ''Glee'' (Logan Lynn album) * Glee.com, a social networking site for LGBTQ+ communities * Glees, Germany, a municipality in the district of Ahrweiler, Rhineland-Palatinate * Glee Peak, a summit in Washington state Variant casings * GLEE, or Graph Layout Execution Engine, an earlier version of Microsoft Automatic Graph Layout, a .NET library * GLee, or OpenGL Easy Extension library, a C/C++ library See also * Glee club (other) A glee club is a choir that specializes in singing short songs. Glee Club or The Glee Club may also refer to: * Glee Club (British politics), an event at the Liberal Democrats conference * ''Glee Club'' (TV series), British talent show * The Glee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Kay
Peter John Kay (born 2 July 1973) is an English actor, comedy writer and stand-up comedian. He has written, produced and acted in several television and film projects, and has written three books. Born and brought up in Bolton, Kay studied media performance at the University of Salford. He began working part-time as a stand-up comedian, winning the North West Comedian of the Year award. In 1997 he won Channel 4's ''So You Think You're Funny'' contest and the following year was nominated for a Perrier Award for his show at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. With his public profile raised, in 2000 he co-wrote and starred in ''That Peter Kay Thing'' for Channel 4. This resulted in a spin-off sitcom, ''Peter Kay's Phoenix Nights'', which ran for two series from 2001 to 2002 and in turn generated another spin-off, ''Max and Paddy's Road to Nowhere'', in 2004. In 2005 he recorded a promotional video in which he mimed to Tony Christie's 1971 hit " (Is This the Way to) Amarillo", which w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Allen (comedian)
Thomas Paul Allen (born ) is an English comedian, actor, writer and presenter. In 2005, Allen won the ''So You Think You're Funny'' contest. Early life and education Allen attended Coopers School in Chislehurst. He trained with the National Youth Theatre, performing with the company in London and Manchester, in addition to working on outreach projects, films and also forming part of their Company Management Team. Career Comedian In 2005, at the age of 22, Allen won the UK comedy newcomer award, ''So You Think You're Funny''. The same year, he won the BBC New Comedy Award. In 2016, he supported Sarah Millican on her sold-out tour of Australia, New Zealand and the UK. He has also supported Josh Widdicombe, Romesh Ranganathan and Michael McIntyre. After a sell-out run of his show ''Indeed'' at the Edinburgh Festival in 2016, he returned to The Pleasance in Edinburgh the following year with his show ''Absolutely''. Allen subsequently embarked on his first solo tour around the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Lycett
Joe Harry Lycett, also known by the self-given moniker Mummy, is an English comedian, painter and television presenter. Known for his sardonically camp style, whimsical public stunts and elaborate set designs, Lycett has been described as one of Britain's most popular comedians. Born in Hall Green, Birmingham and raised in Solihull, Lycett began performing stand-up in 2009 and won the Chortle Student Comedian of the Year the same year. He has appeared on TV shows including '' Live at the Apollo'', '' Taskmaster'', ''Never Mind the Buzzcocks'', ''8 Out of 10 Cats'', '' QI'', as the announcer on Saturday BBC One show '' Epic Win'', the narrator for ''Ibiza Weekender'' and as the presenter on BBC Two's ''The Great British Sewing Bee'' and Channel 4's consumer rights show, ''Joe Lycett's Got Your Back''. In February 2020, Lycett briefly changed his name by deed poll to Hugo Boss as part of a protest against the fashion brand of the same name. He is also recognised as one of Brit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russell Kane
Russell Kane (born Russell David Anthony Grineau; 19 August 1975) is an English writer, comedian, and actor. He has 4 times been nominated at the Edinburgh Comedy Awards, winning the Best Comedy Show award in 2010. Although known mainly for stand-up comedy, for television, he has presented ''Big Brother's Big Mouth'' (2007), ''I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here - Now'' (2009-2011), '' Freak Like Me'' (2010), '' Geordie Shore: The Reunion'' and '' Britain Unzipped'' (2012), ''Live at the Electric'' (2013), '' Stupid Man, Smart Phone'' (2016), and hosted the BBC Radio 4 series ''Evil Genius'' in 2018. Early life Kane was born to David and Julie Grineau in Enfield, North London and brought up in Essex, where he still lives. He studied English at Middlesex University and graduated with a degree in Media Writing. Career In 2004, Kane won the Laughing Horse New Act of the Year, and in the same year he was runner-up to Nick Sun in ''So You Think You're Funny''. In 2005, he joined Ra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frankie Boyle
Francis Martin Patrick Boyle (born 16 August 1972) is a Scottish comedian and writer. He is known for his cynical, surreal, graphic and often controversial sense of humour. A stand-up comedian since 1995, Boyle first gained widespread recognition as a regular panellist on the comedy show ''Mock the Week'' from its beginning in June 2005 until his departure in September 2009. After he left ''Mock the Week'', Boyle created and starred in the Channel 4 sketch show ''Frankie Boyle's Tramadol Nights'' (2010). Currently, he presents the BBC Two chat show ''Frankie Boyle's New World Order'' (2017–present). In 2020, he presented a four-part series on BBC Two, ''Frankie Boyle's Tour of Scotland''. He has embarked on a number of tours, releasing several stand-up specials. Early life Boyle was born and raised in Pollokshaws, Glasgow, to Irish Catholic parents from Crolly in County Donegal. He attended St Conval's Primary and Holyrood Secondary School in Glasgow. After leaving school, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alan Carr
Alan Graham Carr (born 14 June 1976) is an English comedian, broadcaster and writer. His breakthrough was in 2001, winning the '' City Life'' Best Newcomer of the Year and the BBC New Comedy Awards. In the ensuing years, Carr's career burgeoned on the Manchester comedy circuit before he became known for co-hosting ''The Friday Night Project'' (2006–2009) with Justin Lee Collins. This led to the release of a short-lived entertainment show '' Alan Carr's Celebrity Ding Dong'' (2008), and he went on to star in the comedy chat show '' Alan Carr: Chatty Man'' (2009–2016) which aired on Channel 4. Since 2017, Carr often stands in as a team captain on ''8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown''. In 2019, he became a judge on ''RuPaul's Drag Race UK''. In 2021, he took over from Fearne Cotton as host of BBC’s '' Interior Design Masters''. Carr hosted the radio show ''Going Out with Alan Carr'' on BBC Radio 2 (2009–2012), as well as releasing his autobiography book ''Look Who It Is!'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Josh Widdicombe
Joshua Michael Widdicombe (; born 8 April 1983) is an English comedian, presenter and actor. He is best known for his appearances on ''The Last Leg'' (2012–present), ''Fighting Talk'' (2014–2016), ''Insert Name Here'' (2016–2019), ''Mock the Week'' (2012–2016) and his BBC Three sitcom ''Josh'' (2015–2017). He also won the first series of '' Taskmaster'' in 2015 and the show's first ''Champion of Champions'' special in 2017. During the 2020 Covid 19 lockdown, Widdicombe started the ''Parenting Hell'' podcast with fellow comedian Rob Beckett. Early life and education Widdicombe was born on 8 April 1983 in Hammersmith, London, and grew up in Haytor Vale, near Widecombe-in-the-Moor in Devon. He attended Ilsington Church Of England Primary School and South Dartmoor Community College, later studying sociology and linguistics at the University of Manchester. Career Widdicombe began performing live in 2008 and made it to the final of ''So You Think You're Funny'' at the Edinb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eddie Izzard
Edward John Izzard (; born 7 February 1962) is a British stand-up comedian, actor and activist. Her comedic style takes the form of what appears to the audience as rambling whimsical monologues and self-referential pantomime. Izzard's stand-up comedy tours have included '' Live at the Ambassadors'' (1993), ''Definite Article'' (1996), '' Glorious'' (1997), '' Dress to Kill'' (1998), ''Circle'' (2000), ''Stripped'' (2009), '' Force Majeure'' (2013) and, most recently, ''Wunderbar'' (2022). She starred in the 2007 television series '' The Riches'', and has appeared in numerous films, including ''Ocean's Twelve'' and ''Ocean's Thirteen'', ''Shadow of the Vampire'', ''The Cat's Meow'' and ''Valkyrie''. Izzard has also worked as a voice actor on films such as ''Five Children and It'', '' The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian'', '' Abominable'' and the Netflix original series ''Green Eggs and Ham''. Among various accolades, she won two Primetime Emmys for ''Dress to Kill'' and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sean Lock
Sean Lock (22 April 1963 – 16 August 2021) was an English comedian and actor. He began his comedy career as a stand-up comedian and in 2000 he won the British Comedy Award, in the category of Best Live Comic, and was nominated for the Perrier Comedy Award. He was a team captain on the Channel 4 comedy panel show ''8 Out of 10 Cats'' from 2005 to 2015, and on ''8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown'' from 2012 until his death in 2021. Lock frequently appeared on stage, television and radio. His routines were often surreal and delivered in a deadpan style. He also wrote material for Bill Bailey, Lee Evans and Mark Lamarr. Lock was voted the 55th-greatest stand-up comic on Channel 4's ''100 Greatest Stand-Ups'' in 2007, and he was upgraded to 19th in the updated 2010 list. He was a frequent guest on other panel shows, including BBC's '' Have I Got News for You'', '' QI'' and ''They Think It's All Over''. Early life Lock was born in Chertsey, Surrey, on 22 April 1963. His father w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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