Cottingham Comedy Club. Voted Best Independent Comedy Club in Yorkshire 2023. Second Thursday of every month at The Back Room, Cottingham.
June is upon us and we have an absolute treat for our CCC audience this month, with first time headliner Phil Ellis and a welcome return for Abigail Rolling with an Edinburgh Festival preview of her brilliant show Shit Lawyer.
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Phil Ellis is an award-winning comedian who has entertained audiences of all ages with his amalgamation of off-beat observational material and physical comedy. Most recently, he was nominated for the prestigious Sky Best Comedy Show at the 2023 Edinburgh Comedy Awards and won The Malcolm Hardee Award for Comic Originality for Phil Ellis’s Excellent Comedy Show. The show was ranked in the top 20 best-reviewed shows of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2023.
He starred and co-wrote three series of his own BBC Radio 4 sitcom Phil Ellis is Trying, co-starring Johnny Vegas, Lolly Adefope, Amy Gledhill, Alexei Sayle, Sindhu Vee, Jack Dee, Lee Mack, Mark Lamarr and Sean Lock. The series was nominated for a BBC Audio Award in 2019.
In 2014, Phil won the Edinburgh Comedy Award’s panel prize with his anarchic, sleeper hit show Funz and Gamez. After meeting incredible critical acclaim, Funz and Gamez was broadcast as part of BBC Radio 4’s Fresh from the Fest and BBC Comedy Feeds (BBC Three). The show went on to have an 18-show run at the Soho Theatre and all major UK comedy festivals. Phil’s recent Edinburgh shows, Au Revoir (2019) played at the Soho Theatre and Hedgehog (2023) led Phil to embark on a successful first ever UK tour.
‘The density of gags is impressive… There’s not many better exponents of this message-free, ego-free, knockabout comedy than Ellis in his prime. And this is that show.’
★★★★1/2 Chortle
‘Ellis’s performance is touched by comic genius. Every moment he is on stage something funny, and then funnier, is happening.’
★★★★★ Scotsman
‘It’s a surreal and unforgettable hour which firmly cements Phil Ellis as one of the funniest and finest comedians in the UK today.’
★★★★★ Broadway Baby
★★★★★ One4Review
★★★★1/2 Comic’s Comic
★★★★ Entertainment Now
★★★★ Beyond the Joke
★★★★ List
It’s Phil’s first time at CCC and we’re really excited to welcome him here.
Opening the show we’re delighted to welcome back Abigail Rolling with a preview of her Edinburgh show Shit Lawyer.
Dark. Funny. Underfunded. And that’s just Abby. The Criminal Justice System is too. After almost three decades on the frontline, Abby shares real cases from her own experience as an actual solicitor, speaking to all that’s wrong with a justice system in terminal decline. LOL
‘Skilfully draws out the tragi-comic realities of her job’
– Steve Bennett, Chortle
‘Fascinating and revealing… Like the Secret Barrister, but with gags and a face’ – The Scotsman
‘Everyone needs to hear this’ – Chris Lang, screenwriter ‘Unforgotten’ (ITV)
‘Wears her political and social heart on her sleeve’ – The Wee Review
Plus in our middle section we’ve two cracking acts also, Josh Sedman and Hull Comedian Of The Year 2023 Hannah Margaret both making their CCC debuts.
With a show this good it barely needs a compere, which is probably for the best because it’s Rich Austin’s turn this month.
Doors open 7:30pm, show starts at 8pm (or whenever we can be arsed). Tickets £12 in advance or £14 on the door (£10 with NUS / NHS or What’s On Hub card).
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Tickets available to collect from the venue itself on the night: The Back Room, 175a Hallgate, Cottingham HU16 4BB (please message us on FB or send an email to cottinghamcomedyclub@gmail.com to reserve tickets to purchase on the night at the advance rate).
We’ve sold out the last few months so please make sure you’re booking/reserving in advance. If you’re coming in groups of four or more it’s helpful if you can book together or let us know your total group size so that we can allocate seating.
Cottingham Comedy Club, winner of Yorkshire’s Best Independent Comedy Club 2023 and the village’s only comedy venue, provides an unique comedy experience in many ways. This intimate club gets you up close and personal with the acts, many of whom are breaking through into TV, or are established acts from the UK and international comedy circuit. The Back Room is a welcoming venue and we have a dedicated room for the comedy, with regular breaks between the acts for you to lubricate your throats with laughter juice. With four acts and a compere it’s great value for money at less than £2.50 per comedian. We think it’s the most fun you can have with friends on a midweek night out.
Next available:
Wed 14 Jun – Tue 31 Dec
