Comedy Night -- June

Our monthly Comedy Night returns, with Dan Antopolski (pictured left) and Rick Right (pictured below). As always Paul B Edwards is MC, and there is a licensed bar.

Note late start to give football fans a chance.

Since winning the BBC New Comedy Award in 1998, Dan Antopolski has quickly built himself a reputation for being one of the most inventive, intelligent, edgy and unusual comics to emerge in years. Dan's quick witted mind and surreal flights of fancy have delighted both critics and comedy audiences alike. His Perrier Award nomination at the Edinburgh Festival 2001 followed a Perrer Best Newcomer Award nomination in 2000, and he also received critical acclaim for his part in the Perrier Award nominated Lee Mack's New Bits at the Edinburgh Festival 2000.

Dan's other television credits include appearances on two series of The Stand Up Show (BBC1), How To Survive (BBC Choice), Cherry Pop (UK Play) and The Perrier Awards (Channel 4). He recently travelled to Melbourne to appear in The World Comedy Series, which will be screened on Comedy Central in the USA and on The Paramount Comedy Channel in the UK.

"A dazzling stage presence and a great store of one-liners" - The Times

"Undeniably the most imaginative comedian on display" - Time Out

Rick Right is still a major presence on the US (and now the world!) comedy scene after a decade, simply because no one else does what he does, and until someone comes along to challenge, Rick stands in a class by himself. And as long as the Pop Music biz continues to manufacture its stars based on how good they look in a video, Rick will continue to be there to point up the hypcrisies. No artist who has ever charted, good or bad, is safe from Rick's barbs.

More than Rick's sardonic wit and ever-so-subtle sarcasm is the fact that Rick knows the music so well that on a mere suggestion he can sing and play any song that was a major hit over the last 40+ years, even if he has never played it before. Coincidentally, Rick has material in his backlog to comedically cover virtually every artist that an audience member may request, so that it's more than just a "Human Jukebox" type of act. Rick probably knows about 10,000 songs and is nightly challenged to show how much he does know! The "Stump The Band" segment was originally supposed to be a filler for when he had to do over an hour of stage time. Some years later, that "filler" has sometimes been an hour-long set of its own! This is
definitely not your typical "guitar comic" act.

Rick is also flexible in his musical repertoire. He calls himself "The Rock And Roll Comic", but he's just as well versed in COuntry, R & B, Disco, Rap, even Jazz and Classical, if neccessary. With that many diverse styles under his belt, there is almost no audience that Rick can't hit a responsive chord with. Catering to crowds' musical tastes is Rick's own unique way of talking with theaudience, so that he has never once had to utter the phrase, "Where you from?"

Now that he has entertained in such worldwide locales as Korea, Japan, Australia and England, the rest of the world is beginning to discover one of American comedy's best-kept secrets. Rick Right is rockin' the world, and he's ready to rock your world as well!