Ropery Hall News

It’s the final show of the season. As ever, a lovely Barnstormers Comedy MC will be on hand to introduce three more top acts from the UK Comedy Circuit and beyond. Tonight, they are: cheeky laid back Northern wag Mike Wilkinson, ‘Relaxed and confident stage presence’ – The Last Laugh; freestyling stand-up Ben Van der Velde, ‘Whipsharp…with an air of mischievous mayhem…his hit rate is impressive, while his in-the-moment style creates a buzz of excitement in the room’ – Chortle; and excellent observational stand-up Paul Ricketts, ‘Weird and wonderful… Ricketts should be given his own TV show’ – The Stage

This month, guest Barnstormers’ Comedy MC Phillip Simon  will be on hand to introduce three more top acts from the UK Comedy Circuit and beyond.  On this occasion, he’ll be playing host to: hugely upbeat visual dynamo Steve Royle, ‘Pulsates with enough anarchic energy to power a small European Principality’ – Metro; unique observational comic Wouter Meijs, ‘Side-splittingly funny, his take-off of the ‘worst of British’ is right on the money, excellent entertainment’ – Canarian Weekly ; and the fast paced observations of Lincolnshire’s own Pete Phillipson, ‘Great act with a big future’ – Laughing Stock Comedy

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As ever, Barnstormers’ MC Kevin Precious will be on hand to introduce three more top acts from the UK Comedy Circuit and beyond.  On this occasion, he’ll be playing host to: up ‘n’ coming insightful and topical comedian Chris Kehoe, ‘A damned fine satirist’ – The Skinny; Mancunian legend Tony Burgess, ‘A demon set and staggering stage presence…’ – The Big Issue; and outstanding observational comic Junior Simpson, ‘A vigorous raconteur and vibrant mimic with lots to say’ – The Guardian.

Multi Award-winning stand-up comedian and Hull local Jack Gleadow is one of the most unique performers on the UK comedy circuit today. With his own distinctive comedy voice, Jack takes his inspiration from the golden era of variety with influences such as Norman Wisdom, Bruce Forsyth and Lee Evans. This talented young physical comedian is a one-man stand-up variety show whose use of sounds, stories and jokes (and even a scooter!) are a joy to behold.

When Jack Gleadow was born, Whigfield’s Saturday Night was number 1 in the charts – but what does Saturday Night mean to Jack? This show is a love letter to the entertainers of the past and comedy’s traditional beginnings with Saturday night TV that had something for everyone. It details his unique story of growing up and falling in love with performing.

As a child he took an early interest in magic and originally became a magician travelling the world before eventually being kicked out and banned from the magic circle at the tender age of 14! After a brief stint working at Primark, Jack fell back in love with comedy from the old school era and especially comedians who had catchphrases and were stalwarts on Saturday night telly! His dream was to become the new Bruce Forsyth!  Watch him as he takes you on a journey of laughter through stand-up, magic, music, dance and audience participation. Jack is a comedy one-man-band. A jack of all trades and master of fun!

Jack is in huge demand on the live comedy scene. All well as performing across the top UK comedy clubs he has performed at festivals such as Latitude and Glastonbury, and has also provided tour support for Lloyd Griffith and Carl Hutchinson. He has won and been nominated for numerous awards that include his win as the 2017 Amused Moose National New Comic, 2018 Leicester Mercury Comedian of The Year and this year’s nominations for Chortle’s Best Newcomer and at the Leicester Comedy Festivals’ for Best New Show.

“An absolute natural” Chortle

“A crowd-pleasing, unashamed throwback to the golden age of variety” The Scotsman

‘…quite obviously a star in the making. He has the kind of mainstream appeal that suggests he could be as big as someone like Lee Evans one day. He certainly has funny bones” BEYOND THE JOKE Bruce Dessau