Art & Theatre / Events in Norfolk and Suffolk / Tourist Attractions Norfolk and Suffolk May 20, 2010
Kicking the night off will be Harvey Oliver whose rapid fire gag rate and experience at dealing with errant punters is legendary.
Next up will be Sean Percival, an ex-welder from the Black Country. His brand of honest, explosive comedy has been described by What’s On as ‘not smile humour, this is bust your gut rubber underpants stuff’, and has made him a favourite at Edinburgh, Glastonbury and Reading Festivals.
To follow is Andi Osho. After just four months and just 40 gigs Andi won The Nivea Funny Women Award and since then, has gone from strength to strength performing at top comedy venues and appearing on TV comedy shows such as Russell Brand and Friends.
Guitar-wielding satirist Steve Gribbin completes the line-up. The Liverpudlian combines comedy songs with razor-sharp lyrics and off-the-wall observations, to produce that rarity – comedy songs which are actually funny.
8.30pm
Tickets £11 Min age 18
Box office 01379 652241
If you like great music, Saturday night sees top country-rock act The Barker Band at Diss Corn Hall.
The Barker Band have been tipped for stardom by NME, Time Out and Vogue Magazine and are now becoming one of the country’s top country-rock acts – as at home with country and bluegrass as they are with ska, surf and rock.
Last year the band played at the major festivals including Glastonbury and Summertyne 09 and on recording radio sessions for Bob Harris’s Country Show, Steve Lamacq and the Queens of Noize. In June last year their third album, Sorry for the Kissing, earned 4 and 5-star reviews from the top music magazines.
‘Somewhere in an alternative universe, where there are no manufactured bands and corporate music, this band is walking off with the Mercury Prize’ – Steve Lamacq, Radio2.
Supporting will be Hairy Dave a.k.a. local musicians many will know as Lizzie Smith, Dave Howes & Rachel Perry. Theirs is music to please the ears; original, heartfelt and traditional all rolled into one.
8pm
Tickets £8 / Students £6
Box office 01379 652241
Diss Corn Hall
www.disscornhall.co.uk