FESTIVAL DIARY DAY 9 - Doc Brown shines amongst the Friday night chaos

Good Lordy - it's the middle Saturday of the festival already! That means we're half way through, and I've seen upwards of 20 shows in a week (most of them good); cycled about 40 miles in the process; met and wittered at lots of performers, judges, punters and promoters; had my brain thoroughly rewired; made a cameo appearance in one show, and spent the last 3 days coughing and sneezing. Thankfully I haven't felt moved to walk out of a show yet (unless it's to rush off to another show), although I did consider it last night - read on, comedy fans...

Just the Tonic offer - Festival Day Tickets and Johnny Vegas for £2.50!!

Just to let you know, Just the Tonic are running some fantastic offers for their festival shows - as well as 'Five Pound Fridays', in which you can see 5 great stand-ups for just a fiver, they are also offering day tickets for their weekend shows, meaning you can buy one ticket and see all the shows on that day at a special discounted price, saving up to £12.50 - woohoo!

The tickets allow you to stay in the venue between shows, where food & drink will be served, and stay around for the late night bar after the Saturday shows (careful now). Here are those weekend line-ups in full (click on the date for tickets):

Saturday 9th Feb - Keith Farnan, Alfie Moore, Jeff Innocent, Tim Clark, Just the Tonic Comedy Club
Sunday 10th Feb - Shappi Korsandi, Johnny Vegas, Rob Deering, So On And So Forth plus others
Saturday 16th Feb - Gary Delaney, Mark Little, Rob Rouse, Wil Hodgson, Mark Nelson plus may more
Sunday 17th Feb - The Nosie Next Door, The Silky Pair, Francesca Martinez
Saturday 23rd Feb - Just the Tonic Comedy Cub, John Robins, Ivan Brackenbury plus more
Sunday 24th Feb - Seann Walsh, Shazia Mirza, Casual Violence plus others

Some top names in there I think you'll agree!

They also have a super-special deal on for this Sunday afternoon (10th Feb) - the unpredictable whirlwind of comedy Johnny Vegas will be appearing on Mark Olver's Dancing About Architecture chat show, and a limited number of tickets are half price (just £2.50 for a bona-fide comedy legend!!) To get your tickets, visit http://www.justthetonic.com/Leicester-Comedy/shows/sunday-10-feb-2013/945/ and enter the special promo code JOHNNYCHAT

Police Academy's Michael Winslow appearing tonight!

Man of a thousand noises Michael Winslow from the Police Academy movies is appearing at Just the Tonic tonight and tomorrow. Dunno about you, but as a child of the 80s, I find that rather exciting. It's not often you get to witness an actual Hollywood star making funny noises for your entertainment in a small room in Leicester.
Supporting are Rob Rouse, whose superlative storytelling ability is itself worth buying a ticket for, and Gareth Richards, who will entertain you with funny songs and reassure you that the world will not end this year. What a nice man.
Tickets are £14, as usual go to http://www.justthetonic.com/leicester-comedy/ to get one. I'm pretty sure this will be a gig to remember...