The twilight zone came to Big Jack's on 11th December.  Audience numbers were down, due to almost the entire working population being on their work Christmas do.  Those who did turn up had just come from an afternoon of drinking with their colleagues, so were already at the same-day-hangover stage on arrival at the Afroba.  This led to an extremely strange atmosphere; it was as if everyone was going to turn into zombies at any minute.  The front two tables comprised a group of sozzled crisp-munching estate agents and a group of trolleyed incurable gossips, whose own drunken conversations were so fascinating that they just would not SHUT UP.  Our comedians certainly had their work cut out for them.

First up was chirpy Aussie Richard Brophy.  The spiky haired cheeky chappie had some great material and a very likeable stage persona.  He did his absolute best to engage the audience and at any other Big Jack's night he would have gone down an absolute storm, but on this particular evening it was like trying to appeal to sacks of cement.  After a battle to make people laugh that was nothing short of valiant, Richard looked a little less chirpy on his way back from the stage.   

Big Jack's regulars James Mason and Jane Hill were our second and third acts of the evening.  Both delivered great sets, as they always do but, again, were let down by the audience's indifference.

By the time our headliner, Helmut (a.k.a. Marc Blake), took to the stage the two tables at the front had left, leaving less than ten people in the room, including the bar staff.  Helmut showed his status as a true pro and achieved the near impossible by creating waves of comfortable laughter in one of the smallest audiences ever seen at Big Jack's.  Helmut, we salute you!

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    Thursday 8th January: Beth Night!

Our very own Beth is going travelling in February, so 8th January is going to be dedicated to our website designer and review writer, who you probably know as the person who collects your ticket money at the door.  Beth has handpicked her favourite comedians from the past two years at Big Jack's.  It's going to be a cracker of an evening featuring Richard Coughlin, Liam Mullone (pictured left) and other special guests.

      All shows feature resident MC Big Jack, who founded the Laughter Club in 2005 

      and comperes each event with a mixture of topical chat and audience interaction.

    Details to follow of acts booked for other months. 

    Event will always be on the 2nd Thursday of the month, unless specified.