UP THE ARTS Comedy Club

2 people have nurtured the club: VERITY WELCH has little understanding about what true comedy is all about, but she knows she likes it and she lives it! Life is not a dress rehearsal so Verity exists with perpetual first night nerves. A graduate from the school of hard knockers, wine, fags and cherry blossom. Slightly odd, rather disturbing, deluded and eager to please. Verity is forever young and always takes to the stage with an empty head and a half full glass – which isn’t appropriate for woman of her age and status. Hackney Empire New Act of Year finalist 2002. Appearences on ITV 2 Gagging For it. “…her bizarre act comprised some great gags… Unique and very funny.” Paramount Comedy PAUL RICKETTS was initially a musician who in the late 1980's and early 1990's recorded albums and singles and performed in the UK and Europe. He switched via music journalism into devising, co-writing and producing stage plays which featured, "plenty of vulgarity and swearing, as well as... depictions of lesbianism, child abuse, abortion and police corruption" - Surrey Advertiser. The obvious move into writing pornography followed but after dabbling with stand-up he's now prepared to put his liver on the line for comedy. "Paul, you is the best comic I ever did see - now give us the fiver." SIMON MUNNERY GIG LIST - Where you've seen us or could see us! 2008 Wed Jan 02 – Paul & Verity – 8.30pm, £5, Pearshaped Comedy, The Fitzroy Tavern, 16a Charlotte Street, London W1T 2LY Thurs Jan 03 – Paul – 8.30pm, £5, Kayla’s Comedy, King William IV, 786 Harrow Road, Kensal Green, London NW10 5JX Fri Jan 04 – Paul – 8.30pm, £5, Bath House Comedy Club, 96 Dean Street, Soho, London W1 Sat Jan 12 – Paul – 9pm, £5, Comedy Brewhouse, Camden Head, 2 Camden Walk, N1 8DY Sun Jan 13 – Paul – 8.30pm, Free, Ryan’s Bar, 181 Church Street, Stoke Newington, London N16 0UL Mon Jan 21 - Paul (Buff Wood) & Verity – 8pm, £5, Pearshaped Comedy Cabaret, Turnmills Top Floor, 63b Clerkenwell Road, London EC1M 5NP Wed Jan 23 - Paul - 8pm, £5, Pearshaped, Ftizroy Tavern, 16a Charlotte Street, London W1T 2LY Tues Jan 29 - Paul - 8pm, Next! The Cock Tavern, 125 Kiburn High Road NW6 6JH Wed Jan 30 - Paul - 8.30pm, Free, Boars Head Taphouse, 39 Worcester St, Kidderminster DY10 1EW Thurs Jan 31 - Verity & Paul - 8pm, Late Night Laughter, J B Bar & Diner, 590 Chiswick High Road, London, W4 5RP Sat Feb 2 - Paul - 8.30pm, £10.50, Cockadoodledoocomedy club, The Cock Tavern, 125 Kiburn High Road NW6 6JH Sun Feb 3 - Paul - 8.30pm, Free, Out Of Step, Ryan’s Bar, 181 Church Street, Stoke Newington, London N16 0UL Tues Feb 5 - Paul - 8.30pm, £10, 31 Below, 31-33 Kingsbury Square, Aylesbury, Bucks HP20 2JA Thurs Feb 7 - Paul - 8.30pm, £5, Comedy @ The Ceder Room, 265 Upper Street, Islington, N1 Wed Feb 13 - Paul - 8pm, £5, Comedy @ The Kirk, The Selkirk, 60 Selkirk Rd, Tooting, London SW17 0ES Thurs Feb 14 - Paul - 8.30pm, £5, The Tournament, 344 Old Brompton Road, Earls Court, London SW5 9JU Sun Feb 17 - Paul - 8.30pm, Brixton GSOH, Hootananny, 95 Effra Road, SW2 1DF Mon Feb 18 - Paul - 9pm, £6, Mirth Control, Borellis, Borellis Yard, Farnham, Surrey GU9 7NJ Tues Feb 19 - Paul - 8pm, Next! The Cock Tavern, 125 Kiburn High Road NW6 6JH Thurs Feb 21 - Paul - 8pm, Downstairs at the King's Head, 2 Crouch End Hill, N8 Mon Mar 3 - Paul - 8.30pm, £5, Electric Mouse Mile End, 359 Mile End Road, E3 Thurs Mar 6 - Paul - 8pm, Ministry of Titillation, The Kensington, Russell Gardens London W14 Fri Mar 7 - Paul - 8.30pm, £7, Upstairs at the Queens Head, 15 Denman St, London W1 Sat Mar 8 - Verity - 8.30 pm, £10.50, Cockadoodledoocomedy club, The Cock Tavern, 125 Kiburn High Road NW6 6JH Sat Mar 8 - Verity & Paul - 8.30pm, £7, Walthamstow Comedy Club, Lord Palmerstone, 252, Forest Rd, London, E17 5JN Thurs Mar 13 - Paul - 9pm, £12, The Comedy Club, Waterfront Place, Waterfront Place, Wharf Road, Chelmsford, Essex CM2 6LU Tues Mar 18 - Paul - 8.30pm, £5, Funny How?, Hope, Whitfield St, W1T 2AW Wed Mar 19 - Paul - 8.30pm, £5, Laughing Horse Camden, The Liberties Bar 100 Camden High Street, Camden Town, London NW1 0LU Thurs Mar 20 - Paul - 8pm, £5, Do Gooders, Oxfam Books & Music, 46 Gloucester Rd, SW7 4QT Fri Mar 21 - Paul - 8.30pm, £5, Ship of Fools, The Ship, Borough Road, SE1 Sat Mar 22 - Paul - 8.30pm, £7, Upstairs at the Queens Head, 15 Denman St, London W1 Sun Mar 23 - Paul - 6.30pm, £5, Comedy @ Enterprise, 2 Haverstock Hill, Chalk Farm, London NW1 Sun Mar 23 - Paul - 8.30pm, £5, Laughing Horse Camden, The Liberties Bar 100 Camden High Street, Camden Town, London NW1 0LU Tues Mar 25 - Paul - 8.30pm, £5, Electric Mouse @ 22 Below, 22 Great Marlborough Street, Soho, W1 Thurs Mar 27 - Paul - 8.30pm, £5, Rising Sun, 38 Cloth Fair, London, EC1A 7JQ, Fri Mar 28 - Paul - 8.30pm, £7, Upstairs at the Queens Head, 15 Denman St, London W1 Sun Mar 30 - Paul - 8pm, £6.50, The Brixton Comedy Club, The Dogstar 389 Coldharbour Lane, Brixton SW9 8LQ Tues Apr 1 - Paul - 8.30pm, Comedy @ The Bedford, Balham, London, SW12 9HD Thurs Apr 3 - Paul - 8.30pm, £7.50, Cockadoodledoocomedy 2, The Cock Tavern, 125 Kiburn High Road NW6 6JH Sat Apr 5 - Paul - 8.30pm, £5, Laughing Horse, The Cricketers 20 Fairfield South, Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey KT1 2UL Mon Apr 7 - Paul - 8.30pm, £5. Laughing Horse, The Blue Posts 18 Kingly Street, Soho, London W1B 5PX Fri Apr 11 - Paul - 9pm, £9, Comedy @ The Drayton, The Drayton Court, 2 The Avenue W13 Mon Apr 14 - Paul - 8.30pm, £2, Electric Mouse Big Ben, Old Red Lion, 48 Parliament St, SW1A 2NH Tues Apr 15 - Paul - 8.30pm, £5, Laughing Horse Soho, The Coach & Horses, 1 Great Marlborough Street, Soho, London W1F 7HG Thurs Apr 17 - Paul - 8pm, £16, Comedy Store, 1a Oxendon Street, SW1Y 4EE Fri Apr 18 - Paul - 8pm, £3, Ship Of Fools @ The Ship, 68 Borough Road, SE1 1DX Sat Apr 19 - Paul - 8.30pm, £5, The Foley Arms, 106 Hare Lane, Claygate, Surrey KT10 0LZ Mon Apr 21 - Paul - 8.30pm, Free, Theatre Royal Comedy Night Theatre Royal (Bar), Stratford East. Raffles Square, E15 1BN Tues Apr 22 - Paul - 8.30pm, £5, Electric Mouse @ 22 Below, 22 Great Marlborough Street, Soho, W1 Wed Apr 23 - Paul - 9pm, Free, Mirth Control Andover, Propaganda Music Canteen, 10 London Street, Andover SP10 2PA Thurs Apr 24 - Paul - 8pm, Free, Comedy at the Metro, The Metropolitan, 60 Great Western Road, London, W11 1AB Sat Apr 26 - Paul - 8pm, £5, Laughing Horse New Act Semi-Final, The Watershed, 267 The Broadway, Wimbledon, London SW19 1SD Sun Apr 27 - Paul - 8pm, £7, The Gallery Comedy Club, The Gallery, 190 Broadhurst Gardens, West Hampstead, NW6 3AY Thurs May 1 - Paul (MC) - 8pm, £6, Up The Arts Comedy Edinburgh Previews, The Queen Boadicea, 292-294 St John St, EC1V 4PA Sat May 3 - Verity & Paul (MC) - 8.30pm, £9, Comedy @ Brentwood Theatre, 44 High St, Brentwood, CM14 4AJ Mon May 5 - Paul - 8.30pm, donations, Comedy Stop, 12 Balham Station Rd Balham SW12 9SG Tues May 6 - Paul - 8.30pm, £3, PBH Free Fringe Edinburgh Previews, Ryan’s Bar, 181 Church Street, Stoke Newington N16 0UL and... - Paul - 8.30pm, 8.15pm, £5, The George, 213 Strand, London WC2R 1AP Wed May 7 - Paul - 9.15pm, £3, Mirth Control II, Lower Ground Bar, 269 West End Lane, West Hampstead NW6 Fri May 9 - Paul - 8pm, £4, Follies @ Merstham Football Club, Merstham FC, Moatside, Weldon Way, Merstham RH1 3QB Sat May 10 - Paul- 8.30 pm, £10.50, Cockadoodledoocomedy club, The Cock Tavern, 125 Kiburn High Road NW6 6JH Mon May 12 - Paul - 9pm, £5, Comedy at The Slak Bar, 4 Bath Street, Cheltenham, Glos GL50 1YE Tues May 13 - Paul (MC) - 8.30pm, £5, Electric Mouse @ 22 Below, 22 Great Marlborough Street, Soho, W1 Thurs May 15 - Paul (MC) - 8pm, £6, Up The Arts Comedy Edinburgh Previews, The Queen Boadicea, 292-294 St John St, EC1V 4PA Sat May 17 - Paul - 8pm, £10, Just the Tonic Comedy Club, Tufnells, 162 Tufnell Park Road, London, N7 0EE Mon May 19 - Paul - 9pm, £5, Angel Delight, Camden Head, 2 Camden Walk, N1 8DY Tues May 20 - Paul - 8.30pm, £6, Falling Down with Laughter Experiment, Belushi’s Bar, 161 Borough High St, SE1 1HR Wed May 21 - Paul - 8.30pm, £5, Comedy @ Casa Blue, 228 Brick Lane, London, E2 6DG Sun May 25 - Paul - 8.30pm, £5, The Exhibit, 11 Balham Station Road, Balham SW12 9SG Tues May 27 - Paul - 8.30pm, £2, Electric Mouse Big Ben, Old Red Lion, 48 Parliament St, SW1A 2NH Wed May 28 - Paul - 8.20pm, £5, Comedy Buzz at Hodgson’s, Flemingate, Beverley, East Yorkshire HU17 0NU Thurs May 29 - Paul (MC) - 8pm, £6, Up The Arts Comedy Edinburgh Previews, The Queen Boadicea, 292-294 St John St, EC1V 4PA Fri May 30 - Paul - 8pm, £3, Mirth Control @ The Grove, 26 Camberwell Grove, SE5 8RE