This is one show with two award winning comedians - show priced at £15.00
Rhod Gilbert & The Award Winning Mince Pie - 8.00pm
IF.COMEDY ‘BEST COMEDY SHOW’ – NOMINEE 2008
CHORTLE ‘BEST HEADLINER’ - NOMINEE 2008
‘TOP 50 COMEDIANS’ – THE TIMES 2006
The multi award-winning Welsh Misery is back on the road with his hilarious new
if.comedy nominated show. Following a sell-out hit run at the Edinburgh Festival
with extra dates added due to overwhelming public demand, Rhod takes his critically
acclaimed new show to venues around the country – culminating in an eight night run
in London’s West End at the Soho Theatre.
Since his Perrier Newcomer nominated debut show - ‘Rhod Gilbert’s 1984’, Rhod has
been haunted by critics describing him as a serial fantasist of ex-prime ministerial
proportions. This year, Rhod decided to abandon his fictional tales of Llanbobl, and
try living in the real world for once. ‘Rhod Gilbert & The Award-Winning Mince Pie’
begins in a service station, at about 2.40am. Armed with a travel pillow, a flask and
a very powerful torch, Rhod aggressively demands to know more about the
'Award-Winning Mince Pie' on display on the counter. Suddenly aware of what he is
doing, he is forced to acknowledge that he may be having a very mild nervous
breakdown. How did it come to this? He doesn’t even like Mince Pies. The pressures
of living in a tedious, pointless and absurd world surrounded by idiots have finally taken
their toll. Perhaps he should never have left his fantasy world of Llanbobl in the first
place. This is the slightly ridiculous story of how one Mince Pie broke the camel’s back.
On TV screens, Rhod has appeared on ‘Mock The Week’ (BBC 2), ‘Never Mind The
Buzzcocks’ (BBC2), ‘Dara O Briain Talks Funny’ (BBC 1), 'The Charlotte Church
Show' (Ch 4), ‘Live at the Fringe’ (Paramount & STV), ‘Edinburgh & Beyond’
(Paramount), ‘The World Stands-Up’ (Paramount), as well as a 30 minute special for
‘The Comedy Store’ (Paramount) and sketch performances on ‘Comedy Shuffle’ (BBC 3)
and ‘Comedy Cuts’ (ITV2).
"A virtuoso performance. Every moment is exhilarating, passionate and
sparklingly funny” CHORTLE
"Gilbert’s performance is powerhouse and this show is his best yet” METRO
“Gilbert has finally surpassed all expectations…exhilarating stand-up, sublime
storytelling” SCOTSMAN
“Face-achingly funny…the audience were genuinely weeping with
laughter” DAILY RECORD
Justin Moorhouse's Ever Decreasing Social Circle - 9.30pm
Join the star of CH4’s Phoenix Nights & 8 out of 10 Cats in his brand new show.
In the age of Facebook, Myspace and Bebo, Justin has decided he doesn’t want any
new friends. He’s got enough. In fact, he needs to drop a few. His nana once said
you are truly blessed if you can count your friends on the fingers of one hand. She
also said cats were magic and that Ken Dodd was her ex-boyfriend but that was
when she was a bit older.
So join Justin as he explores his address book and begins to purge.
Who goes, who stays…he decides.
“Comedic tour-de-force…brought a tear to a critical glass eye” HERALD
"Simultaneously down to earth and out-of-this world” LIST
"Easily my favourite comedian” JIMMY CARR
“Wonderfully cynical…high energy...an hour of fast paced fun” «««« BROADWAY BABY
Moorhouse's astute observations upon the ridiculous nature of Facebook other
internet phenomena are fun and socially relevant, whilst his infectious energy,
self depreciation and gravelly Mancunian accent create an easy complicity with
his audience” THREE WEEKS
 
Rhod Gilbert Justin Moorhouse
Admission £15.00 to see both comedians.
Show starts at 8.00pm prompt, finishes by 10.45pm.
Tickets available direct from the Sage Gateshead on 0191 443 4661.
Or pay on the door on the night (subject to availability)
Venue : Sage Gateshead, St Marys Square, Gateshead NE8 2JR
www.thesagegateshead.org |
