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Oct 10 2008
THE phone rings and it’s Paddy McGuinness, calling ten minutes early....
Oct 7 2008
TALKING proper: it was noted by a leading phonetician that when HRH the Princess Royal opened the final phase of Grosvenor’s Liverpool One shopping centre last Wednesday, the Duke of Westminster pronounced Chavasse Park as “Shar-vaze” Park. Have we been saying it wrong all these years, or is it nature’s compensation for that Birkenhead mayor who introduced Viscount Leverhulme as “Vizz-count” Leverhulme?...
Sep 19 2008
Justin Moorhouse tells Vicky Anderson about being on tour and his Phoenix Nights memories...
Sep 3 2008
EVEN in the voluminous annals of misguided careers’ advice, it seems bizarre to persuade the odd couple of Geoffrey Perkins and Michael Portillo – respectively future BBC head of comedy and future Tory minister – to join a shipping line in Liverpool....
Aug 11 2008
THE line-up of next month’s St Helens Comedy Festival has been revealed, with Phoenix Nights star Paddy McGuinness and 8 Out of 10 Cats captain Jason Manford heading two weeks of shows and events....
Jul 15 2008
PASSION fills the sculptor as he considers his next job – the meeting of Ken Dodd and Bessie Braddock in Lime Street station. David Charters reports...
Jun 11 2008
COMEDIAN John Bishop will be walking out in front of his largest ever crowd this weekend. The stand-up and talk radio DJ will be warming up the crowd and compering in between the headlining acts at Saturday night’s The Three Fellas gig at the Echo Arena Liverpool, featuring Father Ted star Ardal O’ Hanlon, Black Books creator Dylan Moran, and Irish comedy’s hottest property Tommy Tiernan....
Jun 9 2008
ORMSKIRK-BORN, Crosby- raised and now Leeds-based comic Silky has most recently been seen in the city compering at the sadly missed, but hopefully soon to be reborn Capital of Comedy nights at the Slaughterhouse, so the chance to see what he’d do in an hour-long show was promising....
May 30 2008
Paul Merton is coming out from behind his desk and hitting the road with his impro show. Brian Donaldson learns more...
May 30 2008
GINA YASHERE doesn’t tour the UK as much as she used to, having mov- ed to LA to further her career. At first, it seemed something of an absurd move for the brash Lond- oner, but last night there was no reason to doubt she has what it takes to make it over there....
