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About the show
Chorlton Comedy Club in March 2026 with Steve Gribbin (?A highly refreshing and original comic. Hilarious!? The Scotsman), BBC New Comedy Award Winner Frankie Monroe (????? Mail On Sunday ????? Observer), Kathryn Mather (?Wickedly accomplished? Rolling Stone) and your compere, Ben van der Velde (?The perfect comedy club host? Huffington Post) all at Hough End Centre, Chorlton, Manchester. Scroll down for details on the comedians.
Please arrive in plenty of time. The bar temporarily closes at 8.30pm until the first interval. Doors open at 7.30pm Acts subject to change. 18+ Fully seated. We want all our guests to have a great night so please respect those around you by turning off your phone and not talking whilst the show is in progress. Sorry but we can only refund or reallocate in event of the show being cancelled . Thanks!
Steve Gribbin first took to the stage at the tender age of 13. He was cruelly beaten into third place by a ventriloquist and a Donny Osmond impersonator. By his late teens, Steve was fifty per cent of comedy duo Skint Video just as something called ?alternative comedy? was beginning to infuriate the tabloids..
All good things come to an end and Skint Video was no different. Steve got custody of the guitar and metamorphosised into the comedy circuit?s most prolific and productive performer.
?A highly refreshing and original comic. Hilarious!? The Scotsman ?Pulls it off with real aplomb.? The Independent
BBC New Comedy Award Winner Frankie Monroe is the owner and resident MC of The Misty Moon, a working men?s club in Rotherham and also a portal to hell. He is also the winner of the Best Newcomer at the 2024 Edinburgh Comedy Awards and Best Show at Leicester Comedy Festival 2024!
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Ben Van der Velde has spread joy and nonsense to all four corners of the British Isles, as well as Greece, Denmark, Sweden, Switzerland, Estonia, Latvia, Finland and Norway.
A regular at The Comedy Store, Komedia and The Glee, Ben also hosts festival stages for Bestival, Festival No.6, End of the Road and Sunday Papers Live and doing audience warm-up for Deal Or No Deal.
Ben has also performed a voodoo re-marriage ceremony(!), founded the Church of the Holy Kazoo with comedy legend Mark Thomas, walked the entire London Underground network to raise money for The Refugee Council, hosted a comedy tour of the FIFA Museum in Zurich and even took part in experiments at The Royal Society that revealed him to have the most infectious laugh of any human, rat or monkey.
?The perfect comedy club host ? he is a master of audience interaction. The audience weren?t just warmed up, but pretty hysterical even before the first act of the night hit the stage.? Huffington Post
?Wonderfully improvised riffs showcasing his impressive spontaneity and sharp tongue.? Edinburgh Festivals Magazine
?On flights of fancy, he pushes ideas to extremes and displays a crackling, spontaneous energy in which we?re swept up.? Fest
Chorlton Comedy Club in March 2026 comes complete with Charlie Ashton (?Wickedly accomplished? ?and the gags come at such a relentless rate? Rolling Stone) Chorlton Comedy Club is booked, marketed and produced by Comedy In A Van
Please note that the artists appearing may be subject to change.
Featuring
Steve Gribbin
'The vertically-challenged Scouser with a guitar, savage lyrics and a voice that will break your heart (if not your crockery); topical, incisive, witty and bloody-minded.' (Glee) His original comedy songs combine razor sharp lyrics with tunes that put their foot in the door of your mind and refuse to leave. Firmly based in rock 'n' roll and refusing to pull no punches, these are not the 'oh so witty' ditties of penguin-suited plink plonk piano playing posh gobs. They are that rarity - comedy songs which are actually funny. For nine years Steve was the smaller one in the dynamic comedy duo Skint Video, stalwart's of the Edinburgh Festival, appearing on countless television programmes such as Saturday Live, radio such as The Mary Whitehouse Experience, and their own show in 1992/3 Songlines (BBC Radio 1). Skint Video went their different ways in 1993, since when Steve has been storming across the UK and Ireland as a solo artiste. "A highly refreshing and original comic” (The Scotsman). “Satirical songs pulled off with real aplomb” (The Independent).
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Ben Van Der Velde
Ben Van der Velde is a stand-up comedian, actor, improviser and presenter, who, over the past few years, has spread joy and nonsense to all four corners of the British Isles, as well as Greece, Switzerland, Estonia, Latvia, Finland and Norway. He is a regular host and act for respected British comedy clubs such as The Comedy Store, The Stand, Komedia, The Backyard, Covent Garden Comedy Club, Outside the Box, the Frog & Bucket, Comedy Club 4 Kids, Off the Kerb and The Comedy Café, as well as hosting stages for Bestival, Festival No.6 and Sunday Papers Live. He has also founded the Church of the Holy Kazoo with comedy legend Mark Thomas, walked the entire London Underground network to raise money for The Refugee Council and even took part in experiments at The Royal Society that revealed him to have the most infectious laugh of any human, rat or monkey. Ben is a regular performer at the Edinburgh Festival, where he has performed four critically-acclaimed shows: Chain Letter, Strudelhead, Barbarians and Sidekick. In 2016 his most recent show received 5 and 4 star reviews, whilst several of jokes made it into lists of ‘Best Joke at the Fringe’ compiled by The Scotsman, i-News and The Huffington Post. Ben has amassed a few residencies as an MC; most notably at Really Lovely Comedy and the legendary Free Beer Show, where he has featured alongside acts such as Omid Djalili, Reginald D. Hunter, Sarah Millican, Jim Jefferies and Andrew Maxwell . Ben is currently helmsman of the Chortle Award-winning Good Ship Comedy Club in Camden Town, where he can be seen spinning webs of nonsense and good humour every Monday from 8pm. (<a href="http://www.goodshipcomedy.com)" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">www.goodshipcomedy.com)</a> “A sharp and crafty gagsmith, with wittily obtuse takes on…an impressively wide range of topics…bringing flair and confidence to them all.” Steve Bennett, Chortle “Highly promising…an accomplished comic.” Time Out “Wonderfully improvised riffs showcasing his impressive spontaneity and sharp tongue.” Edinburgh Festivals Magazine “The perfect comedy club host – he is a master of audience interaction. The audience weren’t just warmed up, but pretty hysterical even before the first act of the night hit the stage.” Huffington Post “On flights of fancy, he pushes ideas to extremes and displays a crackling, spontaneous energy in which we’re swept up.” Fest
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Mauldeth Road West
Chorlton
M21 7SX
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on Friday 6 March 2026