Comedy fans across Teesside will know to prepare for anything when razor-sharp Geordie Jason Cook takes to the stage, and this headline set from the maestro of mirth looks set to be no different. Fresh from a solo tour of New Zealand, Jason will be bringing us his unique mix of audience interaction, storytelling and improvisation, as well as the glint in his eye that promises ‘anything can happen’. Not to be missed!!
Canadian Craig Campbell is an internationally acclaimed stand up, with a unique ability to find humour in the mundane, coupled with his own natural eccentricity, making for truly inventive storytelling. Having appeared on numerous television shows on both sides of the Atlantic, Craig is highly regarded as one of the best live stand ups working today, and is a dead cert to light up the Stockton stage.
In the true spirit of Teesside, Brummie Andy White started his working life in a call centre, however having escaped he is now a hugely successful stand up comedian, performing sell out gigs across the United Kingdom. Andy also boasts the claim of winning the comedians special of The Weakest Link, so not only will he having you doubled over laughing, he may also help you drop the quiz machine.
With musical skills that would easily fit into many rock bands, Duncan Oakley performs an infectious mix of musical comedy and stand up with one of his trusty guitars. Having dazzled audiences across the length and breadth of the UK, Duncan will be bringing his unique act to Teesside for one night only.
The best thing to come out of Manchester since Boddingtons, Mike Newell is a gentle, amiable power-house of a comic, with timing the envy of performers with ten times the experience, and living proof that you can’t learn to be funny, some people just are.
From Malawi, to Canada, via South Africa and finishing at Teesside, the show kicks off with globetrotting tour de force Daliso Chaponda. Daliso is a versatile comedian; equally comfortable talking politics, romance, filth or religion. As such, he has performed in churches, casinos, strip clubs and sports bars, and now Stockton.
Liverpudlian-in-exile Silky did his first gig in 1994, and his fourth gig was the final of the BBC New Comedy Awards shown on BBC1.
From Teesside (University) with Love presents...
A session exploring the career of locally based songwriter Steve Thompson – and the many twists and turns of copyright affecting his ability to profit from his talent; a songwriter of international repute, with credits for Elaine Paige, Celine Dion and Sarah Brightman. He has also worked with Andy Taylor of Duran Duran, Toni Halliday of Curve and produced heavy metal acts like The Tygers of Pan Tang, Raven, Venom and many more he claims to have forgotten.
Simon Long is a lawyer who specialises in media and entertainment industries. His current clients range from artists, their management and A-list record producers – with links to Bjork, Rufus Wainwright, David Gray, Feeder, Girls Aloud and Elliot Minor.
The session will be an entertaining ‘warts and all’ journey with Steve telling of his experiences and promising to name names; with his trusted lawyer Simon on hand to keep him out of the law courts!
