Comedy Carousel at The Glee Club
Overview
The Glee Club is perfect for a Spice night out!
Voted Best Comedy Night in the Midlands (What's On) four years running & Best Themed Comedy Night 2020 (Chortle). A fast-paced & spontaneous show, featuring top stand-up comedians and a big screen to bring you the best bits from the weird world of the web.
Please note this show will contain material of an adult nature
Tonight’s Line- up is:
Andy Robinson
Widely regarded as one of the country top headline acts.
He has been in the business well over 20 years and began his meteoric rise into comedy from a pub in Dudley where he sharpened his trade compering a ‘free and easy’ night every fortnight. The discipline of cracking funnies between bare-knuckle boxing and dogfights was an invaluable experience.
Andy won Best Club Night in the Midlands in the 2015 Chortle Awards and was the winner of the Best Act and Best Compere at the Midlands Comedy Awards 2014.
He has also worked as a warm-up artist for shows such as Never Mind The Buzzcocks, Shooting Stars, Later with Jools Holland, Friday Night with Jonathan Ross as well as dozens of others.
Andy has been the support act for Sean Lock, Rich Hall and Paddy McGuiness. He is also known as comedy legend Jo Brand’s regular support act and has worked with her for the past ten years.
His TV appearances include The Stand Up Show (BBC 1), The Comedy Store (Channel 5) , Gas (Channel 4) and The Big Stage (Channel 5)
Michelle Shaughnessy
Originally based in Toronto Michelle Shaughnessy fast made a name for herself across North America. She’s had numerous appearances on television and her debut album “You Know What You Did” hit number one on the iTunes comedy charts. Her sophomore album “Botoxic” received a coveted 5 star review from Toronto’s NOW Magazine.
In 2017 she was a finalist in Canada’s “Top Comic” competition and her audition video has since went viral, with 5 million views and climbing.
In 2018 her original scripted pilot was a finalist in Just For Laughs Stand Up and Pitch” sitcom contest.
Michelle is also an accomplished writer and actor with credits that span commercial, variety, scripted and unscripted television. Her acting work has been featured on Hulu, Amazon Prime and Netflix.
Newly based in London Michelle is becoming a fan favourite all over the UK. She appeared at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2022. Her show “Be Your Own Daddy” was directed by Adam Hills. The Scotsman called it a “winning debut.
1 other act to be confirmed.
As shows are live it is difficult to give a precise end time however Comedy Carousel generally finishes around 10.15pm.
Includes
- Admission ticket for the show.
- Glee Club ticket fee
- Spice Voluntary Coordinator + Spice Admin Fee
Extras
Drinks on the night.
The Glee Club is in Birmingham City Centre and is well served by public transport and car parks. The Arcadian car park is the nearest car park to the venue. Please be aware of the clean air zone in operation around the City Centre.
Host & Everything Else
A great evening, co-ordinator very welcoming, food was fine and comedy acts all good. Will book again.
The Glee Club provided an excellent evening's food and entertainment. My GF food was really nice, drinks were reasonably priced to. I would definitely go again.