funny

comedy night funny comedians exeter events evening entertainment

Comedy at the Park

Event Date: 
11/02/2022 - 7:00pm to 11:00pm
Venue: 
Sandy Park, Exeter

Exeter's biggest comedy night returns on Friday 11th February from 7pm.

Comedians are to be confirmed, but working with the Comedy Surgery we are guaranteed a line-up of five top comics to keep you laughing all night.

Tickets for this fantastic Comedy night start from £10 or £18 with Beef Chilli, Rice, Sour Cream and Tortilla Chips (vegetarian option available - please specify when booking your tickets).

To get your tickets now, please go to the Sandy Park website !

Comedy at the Park

Event Date: 
07/02/2020 - 7:00pm to 10:30pm
Venue: 
Sandy Park, Exeter

The first Comedy at the Park of 2020 will be on Friday 7th February. The line-up is yet to be announced, however the Comedy Surgery are sure to come up with four brilliant comics. Tickets are available for £10, or £15 including hot food on the evening. Early bird tickets are available until Friday 20th December. To book, please visit https://tickethub.sandypark.co.uk/selection/event/date?productId=1013386...

Art with a laugh: Devon artist launches ‘WooHoo’, an art exhibition with a difference

An Exmouth-based painter who likes to have fun is bringing something new to Devon

in March 2018. Artist Anna FitzGerald is launching ‘WooHoo’, an exhibition focussed on art and performance which she describes as a 'week-long giggle'.

Anna is funding this non-profit-making exhibition herself and hopes the week willbring delight to everyone who visits. She is looking for artists and performers keen to raise a smile.

Anna explains, "This world needs fun, art and community and I think WooHoo ticks a lot of these boxes. So many people think galleries are dull and dreary...

Search on for 'punniest' name

The search is on for the funniest and most creative business name in Exeter with the launch of the Small Business Pun of the Year 2015.

The awards, launched by build-your-own-app service Appsme.com, aims to find the shop or small business with the most side-splitting name. Business owners and members of the public can nominate their best small business pun by sharing a photo of the shop sign on the Appsme blog. They can also tweet or Instagram a photo along with the business’s details using the #SmallBizPun hashtag.

Nick Barnett, CEO at Appsme, says: “We help small...

Milked by Simon Longman

Event Date: 
10/03/2015 - 7:30pm to 14/03/2015 - 7:30pm
Venue: 
The Bike Shed, Exeter

Pentabus Theatre Company presents

Milked By Simon Longman

Paul can’t find a job. Snowy can’t find himself. A tender, pertinent portrayal of rural life, unemployment, friendship and a cow called Sandy. A riotous black comedy from one of the UK’s most exciting new playwrights.

For ages 15+ Tickets: £5 Tuesdays, £10/£8 Wednesday - Saturday

http://www.bikeshedtheatre.co.uk/whats-on/

@pentabustheatre #MilkedPlay

Kidnapping Lapdancers cleared

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Fri, 01/31/2014 - 1:09pm

Three lapdancers and their manager have been cleared of kidnapping a Gloucestershire club boss. Curtis Woodman alleged the four women and two men forced him into a car and robbed him in September 2012. Dancers Mandy Cool, Rachel Goodchild and Stephanie Pye, and manager Charlotte Devaney, had worked for him during the Cheltenham Hunt Festival. Brothers Robert Morris, 27, and Alexander Morris, 23, were also cleared of kidnap. During the trial DJ and Manager Ms Devany told Bristol Crown Court Mr Woodman had invented the kidnap to avoid paying them £42,000. The £42,000 sum was allegedly taken...

Parents let children climb on £10m sculpture

Authored by Huw Oxburgh
Posted: Wed, 01/29/2014 - 4:54pm

Parents have left the art world horrified after letting their two daughters play on a £10m sculpture at the Tate Modern. New York gallery owner, Stephanie Theodore, posted a picture of the children playing on the multi-million pound piece by American artist Donald Judd with the caption: “Holy crap. Horrible kids, horrible parents.” The picture quickly caused outrage among twitter user, one user wrote: “Shame, breaking the barrier of trust that allows the Tate to put great art on show for everyone” Speaking to the London Evening Standard, Theodore said: “I was shocked. I said to the parents...

Plymouth woman forgot she knew photo-taking 'burglar'

Authored by Huw Oxburgh
Posted: Fri, 11/15/2013 - 12:02pm

A Plymouth woman who reported a burglar had taken a picture of himself on her phone has said that she knows the man in the photo.

The woman found a picture on her mobile of an unknown man sitting in her home

The woman contacted Devon and Cornwall Police believing that a burglar had left a chilling calling card.

However, in what the police have called a “genuine lapse in memory” the unnamed woman forgot that the man had been in her house and was known to her.

The woman also reported that crisps and other food had gone missing from her house around the...

Adam Hills

Event Date: 
19/11/2013 - 5:15pm
Venue: 
Exeter Corn Exchange

Fresh from his triumph as host of Channel 4's critically acclaimed entertainment show 'The Last Leg', Australian funny man Adam Hills returns to the UK with his long overdue and highly anticipated new show Happyism. Happyism will see everyone's favourite Antipodean comedian take to the stage for a first-class evening of comedy with the usual anecdotes and audience participation all delivered in his refreshingly unique, laid-back style.

Adam became a household name in the UK after his part in the London Paralympics Games where he fronted the hugely successful 'The Last Leg with Adam...

RAW comedy presents Andrew Lawrence

Event Date: 
08/11/2013 - 8:00pm
Venue: 
Barnfield Theatre, Exeter

As seen on BBC1′s Live At The Apollo, star of his own BBC Radio 4 series How Did We End Up Like This? Andrew Lawrence presents his latest stand-up show of all new material.

‘Anyone who gives this spikily inventive performer the time of day will realise they’re in the presence of an A-list talent.’ The Guardian

‘Few people have caught the irritated, misanthropic mood of the moment better than this supreme misfit; the only wonder is that it’s taking Lawrence so long to become a national institution.’- The Telegraph

Tickets: £14 (students £12) plus booking fee....

Pages