Edinburgh preview double bill at The Cookie Jar tomorrow

Two more acts put their Edinburgh routines to the test tomorrow night at The Cookie Jar. Young star Tom Deacon (Radio 1, Dave's One Night Stand) and quirky, intelligent Irish comedy writer Grainne Maguire feature in an Edinburgh preview double bill (the first of several at the venue) and tickets can be yours for the measly sum of £5 by going here: http://www.wegottickets.com/event/170162
More information on the Cookie Jar's upcoming shows (and there are some gooduns I can tell you!) can be found by pointing your mouse at this bit of the internet: http://www.thecookiejarleicester.co.uk/

Double Edinburgh preview show at the Looking Glass tomorrow

Get in touch with your inner Alice and head for the Looking Glass tomorrow night, where you will discover a fantastic Edinburgh preview double bill, featuring James Dowdeswell and Andrew Watts. Dowdeswell has featured in Extras and Russell Howard's Good News, and combines deft stand-up with daft stories, whereas Watts is still building his reputation on the comedy circuit since quitting his job as a solicitor to become one of the most talked about newbies on the circuit.

The show starts at 8pm and tickets are a very reasonable £6 or two for £10 (reservable by texting 079414 71468).

Comedy for rich and poor alike this weekend

The ever-increasing divide between rich and poor will be in sharp focus this weekend in Leicester, with gravelly-voiced Welsh superstar Rhod Gilbert performing two nights at DeMontfort Hall (Friday and Saturday). Tickets are predictably not cheap at 25 quid, but if you're one of the lucky few with any wages left this month, tickets are available here: http://www.demontforthall.co.uk/events/events.php/2012/841/rhod-gilbert/

For those with a slightly more modest budget, Friday night sees the return of Five Pound Friday at Just The Tonic. This week's budget bonanza features Ivan Brackenbury, the inept and inappropriate hospital radio DJ, with support from bogus clairvoyant Ian D Montford, deadpan Canadian import Jason John Whitehead and regular compere Romesh Ranganathan. To get tickets for just five of your actual British pounds, go here http://www.justthetonic.com/Leicester-comedy/shows/friday-22-jun-2012/713/ and enter the promo code FIVERFRIDAY. If you can't make it, the same line-up appears again on Saturday, but not for five quid.

Forget 'Three Lions', these ones are much funnier...

Do you like football? No? Well fear not - there is an alternative to watching England repeatedly take the lead then lose it again. Lions Eat Ice Cream, the monthly open mic night at Hub on Braunstone Gate, returns tomorrow night for another mix of new acts and more established acts trying new things. Entry is free and whatever happens in the footy there's bound to be a celebratory atmosphere in the room, as this month they celebrate their first birthday - awwww....
Appearing on the bill are Billy McGuire, Leanne Mckie, Aaron Twitchen, Lu Lo, Claire May, Martin Bouse, Julie Jones and whoever else decides to shun the sport in favour of entertaining the non-football fans.

I pity the Fool that misses this, er...sucka.

So, good long weekend was it? Whether it was all street parties, bunting and comically-exaggerated notions of 'Britishness', or whether you just took the opportunity to crawl into a drunken stupor on Friday and have yet to emerge, I hope you enjoyed it. Anyway, to help pick you up from the inevitable crushing depression you're bound to be feeling after going back to work tomorrow, get yourself to Ship of Fools Comedy Club downstairs at the Looking Glass on Braunstone Gate.
It's billed as a 'new act/new material night', and they are providing seven, yes seven, fine comedians to get you through that work hangover, and since you asked, they are: Anthony King, Mark Cram, Leanne McKie, Graham Milton, Robert Kemp, Ian Hall (as Blake Incarcerated) and Kevin Greet, and if that wasn't enough, compere Alan Seaman makes eight!
It all kicks off at 8:30 and tickets are only £4, which this humble comedy fan believes represents good value.
Here's a link to the facebook page, should you wish to view a picture of a stuffed monkey holding a union jack handbag:

https://www.facebook.com/events/309535415797862/