March Show: James Sherwood, Jimbo, Nick Page

The English Comedy Club is very happy to presents a : **2 DAY SHOW**

Sunday, 7 March & Monday, 8 March 2010:
James Sherwood (UK), Jimbo (AU)  Hosted by Nick Page (UK) 

Substanz Live Club & Bar — Ruppertstr. 28 (U3,U6 Poccistraße) — 80337 München

Sunday, 7 Mar:
Door: 7:00 pm - Show:  8:00 pm - Tickets 18€
Monday, 8 Mar:
AFTERWORK SPECIAL - FOOD & MUSIC & HAPPY HOUR
Door: 6:00 pm - Show: 8:00 pm - Tickets 18€

James Sherwood has become one of the country’s foremost comedy writers and continues to rapidly ascend the stand-up circuit.  Having received the BBC Radio Entertainment writers’ bursary in 2008, James contributes the funnies to radio shows across the BBC, including The Now Show, The News Quiz and BBC7’s new topical comedy sketch show, Tilt. He is the chief writer on a new BBC Radio pilot, , I guess That’s Why They Call It The News. As well as that, he regularly reviews the newspapers on Sky News, writes a regular blog on the Guardian website and spends most Sundays singing in a church choir, dispite not actually being religious. His debut Edinburgh show in 2006, ‘I know what you did last Sunday’, was a total sell-out and was followed in similar fashion with 2007’s offering, ‘James Sherwood’s Somewhat Premature Review of 2007′. His third show, ‘Songs of Music’ was equally well-received and was recorded live for the forthcoming CD in December 2008. 2009’s offering well see James returning to his seat beyond the keyboard for an hour of satire and songs. Having originally made a name to himself on the live circuit as a topical comic, in recent years James has incorporated a number of  self-penned, original comic songs into his act. Altough this involves lugging a keyboard around with him, it’s worth it - songs about grammatical inaccuracies and failed nightclub courtships have had audiences literally crying with laugther. More info: http://www.sherwoodcomedy.com
 
- ‘With his sharp mind and old-school charm, Sherwood seems a natural heir to the respectable English tradition of smart, middle-class satire’ The Guardian
- ‘Spoofing classic pop songs, James Sherwood seamlessly interweaves the political and satirical into the inspired ditties tapped out on his keybaord’ Three Weeks
- ‘Brilliantly conceived and very funny…Sherwood has phenomenal stage presence The Scotsman
- ‘If you ever wondered what would happen if Bill Baily and Marcus Brigstocke had a love child…’ Chortle

Jimbo has been performing comedy in a variety of forms from G rated to R rated since 1990. His current stand-up style (which has been road-tested for years in outback pubs) is unapologetically raw, uncensored, risky, outrages, rude interactive, confronting and uniquely Australian. Jimbo has been banned from most comedy rooms located in the captial cities of Australia, but you can still find him travelling non-stop all over Australia.

The host for the evening Nick Page got into comedy for a bet, he’s still not sure if he’s won. He turned professional 4 months after his first open mic appearance, helped by working with Steve Coogan’s ‘Baby Cow’ production company and an approach from the BBC who needed someone with knowledge of property and a bit of life for a new series. That offer turned into 3 series (sor far) of  ’Escape to the Country’, which attracts daytime audience share of over 30% and has moved to prime time as well. Despite gaps in his gigging schedule caused by filming, Nick is performing all over the country, and is at home compering a rowdy Friday night comedy club as he is doing a one man show a  corporate event. His material is a surprising mixture of cynical observations and storytelling, drawing on his useless degree (International Politics and Far Eastern History) and inability to do a proper job (he was an estagte agent but is mostly cured). He is quite tall, some would say very tall, but that may be hyperbole. His borther holds the record for throwing a Wellington boot (292 feet) More info: http://www.comedycv.co.uk/nickpage/index.htm