Opening Night Review Wed 18th Feb

A huge thank you to everyone who made it to the opening night it was a really successful night and we hope to recreate the same kind of night for next month’s show.

The night got off to a great start with the MC Dan Willis interacting with the crowd and making a pair of art teachers, a scouse student, and Tony's dad memorable members of the audience. Dan's quick wit and hilarious ability to banter with the crowd made his time on stage very popular. Dan runs a gig near Stepney Bank called the Grinning Idiot which showcases some of the biggest names on the UK Comedy circuit check it out at http://www.thegrinningidiot.com

First act of the night was James Christopher, who did an amazing job at opening the night. His honest tales into his life and views of the world were well received by the crowd in particular his advice for drinking at the seaside went down a storm. A huge thank you to James for coming down from York and for those of you who frequent Leeds or York James runs three fantastic gigs, including one at the Golden Fleece in York, which is a lovely gig so go check these gigs out too.

Ant Miles was on next. His one liners and clever puns were an instant hit with the audience. For a new act this was an amazing performance which drew a lot of compliments from the crowd. He is going to be great so keep your eyes open for Ant in the future.

Gav Webster performed some new material which won the room over instantly but we would expect nothing less from this man. Laughter from the minute he walked on stage. I am sure he gained a few more fans of his work that night. Gav is doing a one man show at the live theatre at the end of March if you would like to go and see him go to www.live.org.uk for tickets. We really appreciated Gav coming down and hope he will perform for the Laughing Penguin again soon as he was an instant audience favourite.

Sean Mcloughlin performed next, who is one of the rising stars of the UK comedy circuit. His incredible writing skills, coupled with an emotive and honest performance means his set is a winner with any crowd he plays to. A star in the making so again watch out for him achieving great things. Sean will be jointly headlining the Laughing Penguins May 20th show so if you enjoyed his performance come back for half an hour of the best of Mr Mcloughlins’ material.

Next was co-founder of the Laughing Penguin Tony Jameson a rising star on the UK comedy circuit fresh from his travels to Scotland. His clever writing skills coupled with enough stage confidence to win over every room he plays ensures Tony never has a bad gig. His material is well structured and delivered to a very high standard. Tony has to be given a lot of credit for not only jointly running the night but also getting on stage and giving the performance to the standard he did on a busy opening night. This guy really is one to watch his rise since September 2008 has been a joy to witness and I am sure this will only continue.

Our headline act was Mr Steffen Peddie who was an incredible closing act. His clever anecdotes won the crowd over instantly with the room in constant hysterics through his set. His set is a pleasure to watch and the whole of the audience instantly warmed to him. He is one of the nicest guys on the comedy circuit and we want to thank him for helping to make the opening night a great success especially as he had just had a tooth removed, so thank you Stef! Steffen runs a gig over at the Royalty in Sunderland on the first Wednesday of every month which is a lovely gig so try and catch that one.

Lastly we have to thank the audience who made the night what it was we were overwhelmed by the amount of support for the night and hope it continues.

The line up for next month is fantastic so please come back and show your love to the next set of comedians.

A huge thank you to all that performed we really appreciate your support.
The Laughing Penguin
xxx

WED 18th February, 2009 - 'The Laughing Penguin' @ The Bridge Hotel, OPENING NIGHT

Can we just say a massive thankyou to all those who helped make the opening night of The Laughing Penguin a massive success.

The support we recieved has been phenominal, and the feedback from the venue has been very positive. A wonderful night of comedy, Im sure you'll agree, provided by some of the best comics from around the North East.

Our second nights line up is already confirmed, and we feel that it is another night that shouldn't be missed.

We're absolutely delighted to be able to showcase the kind of acts that we have confirmed for the coming months, and we believe that it will only get stronger as the Newcastle comedy circuit begins to really take off.

Once again, a massive thankyou to you all, and we really hope that if you enjoyed the show, please leave a little bit of feedback either for the acts or the hosts, to ensure that we build on the opening nights' success so that we can go from strength to strength.