THE ROVING COMEDY NIGHT : Sunday 30th June
A truly unique night featuring over 20 comedians moving from pub to pub, providing entertainment to four packed audiences.
A group of the comedians will be local 'trainees' who will have undergone an eight week course with the brilliant Logan Murray. This evening will be their first performances!
Joining them will be a series of professional comedians who will be assisting and entertaining in good measure.
Meet the four professionals:
SILKY - TONY LAW - DOMINIC HOLLAND - DUNCAN OAKLEY
The Anchor - The Black Horse - The Kings Arms - The Robin Hood
Meet the trainees
Carol Jenkins
Lives: Stoke Mandeville
Works:
Favourite Comedian:
Most/Least Excited about you doing the course:
David Whittome
Lives:
Works: WD40, Milton Keynes
Favourite Comedian:
Most/Least Excited about you doing the course:
Nick Woodward
Live: Tring
Work: Tring, running a drinks consultancy
Favourite Comedians: Sean Lock, Jimeoin, Eddie Izzard, Andrew Lawrence
Most & least excited about you doing the course: Me. In the morning I wake up terribly excited about doing the course. In the middle of the night I wake up excreting terribly about doing the course
Deric Newman
Lives: Tring
Works: Civic Trees, Watford
Favourite Comedian: Rhod Gilbert
Most/Least Excited about you doing the course: My wife and my wife!
Wayne Maclaughlin
Live: Tring
Work: Altered Image
Favourite Comedian: Dave Allen, Tommy Cooper, Morecombe and Wise, Vic'n'Bob, Coogans stand-up characters, Ross Noble, Richard Herring... there are many people who make me laugh. But not Miranda. Hate Miranda!
Nicolas Pitman
Lives: Hitchin
Works: St George's School, Harpenden
Favourite Comedian: Daniel Kitson/ Chris Addison
Most/Least Excited about you doing the course: Most - my Mum, Least - my cat!
Phil James
Lives: Aylesbury
Works: Fruit & Veg Importer
Favourite Comedian: Peter Kay
Most/Least Excited about you doing the course: Most - One of the ‘school Mums’ found out that I was doing this and was very upset to find out that the Roving Comedy night clashes with a Robbie Williams concert for which she has tickets, obviously she has her priorities wrong! Least - Her indoors
Nicola Morgan
Lives: Great Missenden
Works: Director/Writer at Politics Teacher Ltd (educational resources company) and freelance tutor/writer - my office at home in Great Missenden
Favourite Comedian: So many for lots of different reasons but for being lovely, I'd say Lucy Porter
Most/Least Excited about you doing the course: My daughters are the most excited because they love it when I'm on stage - closely followed by my husband who will be able to play his guitar all evening while I'm out on Fridays. There are quite a lot of people who aren't the slightest bit excited about me doing the course.
Ross Jordan
Lives: Wendover
Works: University Lecturer
Favourite Comedian: Dylan Moran / Stewart Lee
Most/Least Excited about you doing the course: most excited = My friend Nicky who seems to think I am funny anyway, Least excited = my cats.
Andy Pethick
Lives: Hanslope
Works: Metsec, Oldbury
Favourite Comedian: Lee Mack (also, Steve Hughes, Jeff Innocent, Chris Addison and Sean Lock)
Most/least excited you're doing the course: Most - My mate Peter, as he is in to comedy writing. Least - My wife Julie, as she knows I will swear a lot!
Jonathan Bacon
Lives: London Brixton
Works: Jonathan Bacon Design & Consultancy
Favourite comedian: Billy Connolly, Richard Pryor, Micky Flanagan, Sarah Silvermam, Michael McIntyre Peter Kaye, Al Murray
Most/least excited you're doing the course: Life long friends are the most excited and everybody else hopes I'm kidding.
Toby Gillman
Lives: Wendover
Works: In Aylesbury for the NHS
Favourite comedian: Dave Gorman
Most/least excited that you're doing the course: The person most excited is probably my friend Nilesh; he is living in Australia and doesn't have to come. The person least excited will be my wife Rachael; she lives in Wendover and does have to come.
Sandra Boothroyd-Todd
Lives: Ivinghoe
Works: Publisher of Tring/Berkhamsted Living
Favourite comedians: Morcambe and Wise, Steve Martin, Steve Coogan, Eddie Izzard, Tommy Cooper
Most/Least Excited about you doing the course: Me of course.... I even turn up 1 hour 10 mins early every week. Least is my brother...