Newport City sees it's, once little known of comedy festival,ComedyPort return... And what a triumphant return it's been!
Choosing to program more "Fringe" style performers and giving them entirely free reign of the U.R.B.A.N Empty Shop in John Frost Sq, Newport may seem like a high risk strategy from a still very much emerging festival, but the two nights we have spent in that building have been immensely successful!
Audience numbers seem to have more than doubled in little over a year and a thick buzz that can be spidey-sensed in the air can almost be cut with a chainsaw! For our opening party we kitted out the unit to resemble the inside of a rocket ship. It seemed appropriate as we we're "launching" (pun most definitely intended) the festival.
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The combination of U.R.B.A.N (Unused Retail Buildings for Arts in Newport) and ComedyPort 2011 has seen an interesting concoction emerge. There's a place for almost un-heard of/less mainstream acts like us to explore and experience, with a provision of main stream names delivered by the Riverfront.
LaunchPad was our personally curated opening party for which we programmed 6 amazing acts: improvisors Ludus Ludius, comedian Dan Rowley, singer song writer/character creator Francesca Dimech, musical extrodinaries Elvis Preseli and the Undertakers, comedian Geraint Dafydd Evans & man of casual danger Dangerous Ryan you can check them all out on the links provided at the bottom of this blog.
Peter's Space Balls = FRICKING AMAZING!
Francesca Dimech with Vlad the Impaler!
Dangerous Ryan being Dangerous as fuck!
Three people experiencing altitude sway, the others held in place by gravity.
Geraint Evans... Looking a bit startled.
Elvis Preseli! The only bald, Welsh speaking, non-Elvis-song-sining Elvis tribute act in the world... Probably.
The Life and Times of Albert Lymes
So last night saw the same space inhabited for a short fleeting time by the man himself - Mr Albert Lymes!
"Wowsers. A nice room full of a nice audience was nice. Nice is a word that's too readily used in modern conversational l description, but I think in the three aforementioned instances it's use is perfectly justified. But for any who came who reads this blog. THANK YOU SO SO MUCH! I had an absolute blast!" Albert Lymes
Keep up with all things Comedy Port whilst you can, or suffer the consequences - Waiting a whole year to have the opportunity again!!!
www.tinshedtheatrecompany.com
www.comedyport.wordpess.com
LAUNCHPAD ACTS
Ludus Ludius : http://www.ludusludius.co.uk/
Dangerous Ryan : http://www.dangerousryan.co.uk/
Francesca Word Salad Dimech : www.myspace.com/francescaswordsalad
Geraint Dafydd Evans : www
.geraintdafyddevans.com
Elvis Preseli : http://www.theburgerking.co.uk/menu.htm
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