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Venture Scotland Makes Ye Laff
Venture Scotland is putting on a fundraising event entitled “Venture Scotland Makes Ye Laff” to raise £1000 of critical funds to help change the lives of our socially excluded young people.
“Venture Scotland Makes Ye laff” will take place at “The Voodoo Rooms” at 7.30pm on 29th September 2010. Stand up comics from around Scotland will donate their time for the evening.
Book tickets via
www.thebooth.co.uk (search Venture Scotland)
Acts include,
- Jojo Sutherland who performs in major comedy clubs across the UK where she is in as much demand for her compere abilities as she is for her comedy routine. The charismatic victim of channel 4’s wife swap will be our compere for the night.
“A performer the audience could have watched all night” The Herald
- Daniel Webster - 'Well known for his eccentric and unpredictable laid back style’.
'Received the evening's biggest laughs' Scotsman
- Sebastian Walls - Breathing Fresh Air Into Stand Up Comedy, Scotland's Rising Teenage Star Delivers - Spots and All!
- Ed Whitely – With 5 years comedy experience and a regular at the Stand in Edinburgh and Glasgow this act comes with everything – even a trombone!
- Jamie Griffin – Geek chic is in and Jamie has just reached the heights of cool.
- Jonny Brick – An intelligent new comedian who brings an educated twist to everyday life.
- Owen Mcguire – A great local comedian with 2 years on the circuit. Check out Page on Facebook
And last, but certainly not least...
- Vladimir McTavish - our headline act is making his fourteenth visit to the Edinburgh Fringe in 2010, where he headlined at the sell-out Best of Scottish Comedy , as well as creating a critical and box-office success in his own solo show “Whisky: An Idiot’s Guide”.
Vladimir McTavish was a regular performer on BBC Scotland’s BAFTA-nominated comedy series Live Floor Show. He previously starred in the Channel 5 show Club Class, was a guest on the ITV comedy football quiz show We’re On Our Way to Wembley and featured in the BBC stand-up programme The Empire Laughs Back. He has a long list of radio credits to his name, most recently No Going Back (Radio Scotland), Swots (BBC 7), Jo Caulfield Won’t Shut Up! (Radio 4) My Stand-Up is Bigger than Your Stand-Up (Radio 4) Inverceleb and The Lost Archive (Radio Scotland). He also presented this year’s Edinburgh Fringe edition of the Radio Scotland Comedy Zone.
“Sparkling jetsers’ eyes with scathing wit….. nothing short of superb”
**** The Scotsman
“Scythe-like wit, in this case the term “genius” is justified. Too good to miss” ***** Three Weeks
“Masterful” The Metro
“For his intelligence and showmanship, this is compulsory viewing” ****
The List
“Scotland’s top satirical stand-up” Morning Star
“Extremely reminiscent of your dad at Christmas after one too many sherries”**** Edinburgh Evening News
Tickets can be purchased via www.thebooth.co.uk (search Venture Scotland) and cost £12.50 for adults (16+), £10 for concessions (student, OAP, current Venture Scotland Volunteer, disabled and under 16’s). We have an early bird saving of 25% off adult tickets available until 31st of August.
This Event is still in need of a £200 sponsorship so please get in touch if you would like to contribute some money in exchange for some advertising on the night.
Venture Scotland Director Alison Denny says:
"We’re very excited about the event as this is a new venture for us. We have an impressive line up of comedians and a fantastic venue, and the evening promises to offer some great entertainment, as well as raising funds for our programme. I’d like to take this moment to publicly thank the acts for volunteering their time to help our programme.”
For further information please contact:
Justin Davis
Fundraising and Marketing assistant
Venture Scotland
Norton Park
57 Albion Road
Edinburgh
EH7 5QY
01314752395 - Telephone
01314752396 - Fax
E-mail: Justin@venturescotland.org.uk
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