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Weaver chairs as Suzi Ruffell and Paul Sinha field questions from the crowd, Nathan Caton riffs on lockdown with a new girlfriend and Jessica Fostekew talks no-nonsense parenting ....
Last modified on Thu 4 Feb 2021 12.19 EST âThank you all so much for coming out,â is how Prince Abdi greets us at the top of his set. If only it were so! Iâm watching from my daughterâs bedroom, Felicity Ward is joking about the clothes horse in her background and Mo Omar shows us the spilled talc on his bedroom floor. None of us are out, but we all wish we were â in Leicester, say, for the first night of Britainâs second-biggest comedy festival. The east Midlands, though, is out of bounds for anyone not already in the east Midlands. So here we are in the Zoom room for First Night Funnies, the standup cabaret that launches this yearâs event, a live-streamed festival featuring 300 performances from more than 100 comedians. It probably offers a fair crosssection, of acts on form, acts not quite firing and acts still pining, Iâd imagine, for real-world standup to in-person audiences. ....
Leicester Comedy Festival 2021 starts today - and it could be just the tonic we need in lockdown Tom Allen, Al Murray, Zoe Lyons and Ed Byrne are among the comedians taking part 04:00, 3 FEB 2021 You can enjoy an exclusive interview with Al Murray Never miss another Leicestershire story by signing up to our free email updatesInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Sign up When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Sometimes they’ll include recommendations for other related newsletters or services we offer. OurPrivacy Noticeexplains more about how we use your data, and your rights. You can unsubscribe at any time. ....