{"id":15122,"date":"2017-09-27T10:25:05","date_gmt":"2017-09-27T09:25:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/?p=15122"},"modified":"2017-09-27T10:25:05","modified_gmt":"2017-09-27T09:25:05","slug":"frighteningly-funny-comedy-tops-the-bill-this-october-in-cookstown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/2017\/09\/frighteningly-funny-comedy-tops-the-bill-this-october-in-cookstown\/","title":{"rendered":"Frighteningly Funny Comedy tops the bill this October in Cookstown"},"content":{"rendered":"

Seann Walsh tops the bill at this year\u2019s exciting Cookstown Comedy Festival, in its new diary slot of 5th \u2013 7th October in a line\u2013up which also includes Andrew Maxwell, and May McFettridge in a brand new comedy drama, \u2018Dirty Dusting\u2019.<\/h1>\n

\"\"The \u2018Lie-in King\u2019 Seann Walsh takes to the Burnavon stage on Saturday 7th October for the first time with a brand new show. Described by The Guardian as \u201cunquestionably the best observational comic of his generation”, however dishevelled he may be, the Foster’s Comedy Award nominee is also one of the best comics in the country. With a keen observational mind, Seann can spot the absurdity in everything and convert it to perfectly delivered stand-up comedy.<\/p>\n

You might have seen Seann on TV, but he\u2019s something else live \u2013 pacing the stage, working the room and reducing crowds to hysterics. Even if he\u2019d probably rather be at home watching Sky Sports News. Team captain of Channel 4 and E4\u2019s Virtually Famous and regular on ITV\u2019s Play to the Whistle. As seen on BBC1\u2019s Live at the Apollo, ITV\u2019s Jonathan Ross Show and Tonight at The London Palladium, ITV 2\u2019s Celebrity Juice, Channel 4\u2019s 8 Out Of 10 Cats and Alan Carr: Chatty Man, Comedy Central\u2019s Russell Howards Stand Up Central, he\u2019s one headliner not to miss. Tickets are \u00a316.<\/p>\n

Renowned for his cutting edge comedy and intrepid social commentary, Andrew Maxwell is also the recognisable voice of MTV\u2019s hit show \u2018Ex on the Beach\u2019, which is now in its sixth series. As seen on Live at the Apollo (BBC One), Have I Got News For You (BBC One), Celebrity Juice (ITV2) and Mock The Week (BBC Two). He is also the voice of Get Your Tats Out: Kavos Inc (Channel 5).<\/p>\n

Throughout his career, Andrew has had many sell-out shows at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and has also performed at The Amnesty \/ Channel Four\u2019s Secret Policeman\u2019s Ball (alongside Eddie Izzard, Chevy Chase and Dylan Moran), Glastonbury, Kilkenny\u2019s Cat Laughs, The HBO US Comedy & Arts Festival in Las Vegas (alongside Jerry Seinfeld and Chris Rock), and several appearances at the Montreal Just for Laughs Festival. Tickets for Andrew\u2019s gig on Friday 6th October are \u00a316.<\/p>\n

When three cleaners, Olive, Gladys and Elsie, are threatened with redundancy they feel that their lives are coming to an end until a chance wrong number gives them a new business start-up idea \u2013 why not run a telephone sex line? They\u2019ve got motive, opportunity and a lifetime of experience \u2013 some more than others, mind you.<\/p>\n

Provided Elsie can teach the other two a few new tricks there\u2019s no reason why they can\u2019t get rich quick providing they can keep their operation a secret from their bosses\u2026 and their husbands\u2026and their children\u2026and their grandchildren.<\/p>\n

A searing indictment of ageism in the 21st Century heavily disguised as a hysterical, laugh-out-loud, heart-warming comedy, \u2018Dirty Dusting\u2019 starring May McFettridge is on Thursday 5th October, and tickets (limited availability) are \u00a319.50.<\/p>\n

All shows start at 8pm and tickets can be purchased at the Burnavon Box Office, Burn Road, Cookstown; by telephone on 028 8676 9949 or online at www.burnavon.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Seann Walsh tops the bill at this year\u2019s exciting Cookstown Comedy Festival, in its new diary slot of 5th \u2013 7th October in a line\u2013up which also includes Andrew Maxwell, and May McFettridge in a brand new comedy drama, \u2018Dirty Dusting\u2019. The \u2018Lie-in King\u2019 Seann Walsh takes to the Burnavon stage on Saturday 7th October … Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15122"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15122"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15122\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15124,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15122\/revisions\/15124"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15122"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15122"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15122"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}