Welsh comedy festival
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The Welsh Comedy Festival is the first Welsh
Comedy Festival to be held in partnership with the Welsh children's hospice charity, Tŷ Hafan. It hosting a wide range of comedy performances and acts during the period 6–15 July 2007. The inaugural festival opened at Gio's and moved to locations such as The Point at Cardiff Bay
, The Social (Cardiff
) and the Cardiff University
Student's Union and included a visit to Swansea
's famous Grand Theatre
during the festivities organised by local stand up comic and promoter Jeff Baker of Cracker Ass Comedy fame.
Acts included Howard Marks
, Dirty Sanchez
, Rhod Gilbert
, Wes Packer
, Jeff Baker, Frank Honeybone and Dan Mitchell (Comedian)
.
The BBC
filmed events throughout the duration of the festival as part of their Funny Business series, screened in Autumn 2007. This series highlighted the burgeoning comic scene in Cardiff and also followed the ups and downs of hundreds of comedians all hoping to secure a £30,000 contract.
Wales
Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...
Comedy Festival to be held in partnership with the Welsh children's hospice charity, Tŷ Hafan. It hosting a wide range of comedy performances and acts during the period 6–15 July 2007. The inaugural festival opened at Gio's and moved to locations such as The Point at Cardiff Bay
Cardiff Bay
Cardiff Bay is the area created by the Cardiff Barrage in South Cardiff, the capital of Wales. The regeneration of Cardiff Bay is now widely regarded as one of the most successful regeneration projects in the United Kingdom. The Bay is supplied by two rivers to form a freshwater lake round the...
, The Social (Cardiff
Cardiff
Cardiff is the capital, largest city and most populous county of Wales and the 10th largest city in the United Kingdom. The city is Wales' chief commercial centre, the base for most national cultural and sporting institutions, the Welsh national media, and the seat of the National Assembly for...
) and the Cardiff University
Cardiff University
Cardiff University is a leading research university located in the Cathays Park area of Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom. It received its Royal charter in 1883 and is a member of the Russell Group of Universities. The university is consistently recognised as providing high quality research-based...
Student's Union and included a visit to Swansea
Swansea
Swansea is a coastal city and county in Wales. Swansea is in the historic county boundaries of Glamorgan. Situated on the sandy South West Wales coast, the county area includes the Gower Peninsula and the Lliw uplands...
's famous Grand Theatre
Swansea Grand Theatre
The Grand Theatre is a performing arts venue in the centre of Swansea, Wales. The theatre stages plays, pantomimes and touring theatrical acts visiting Swansea. The Grand Theatre is the base for the UK's only Russian ballet company, the Swansea Ballet Russe....
during the festivities organised by local stand up comic and promoter Jeff Baker of Cracker Ass Comedy fame.
Acts included Howard Marks
Howard Marks
Dennis Howard Marks is a Welsh author and former drug smuggler who achieved notoriety as an international cannabis smuggler through high-profile court cases, supposed connections with groups such as the CIA, the IRA, MI6, and the Mafia, and his eventual conviction at the hands of the American Drug...
, Dirty Sanchez
Dirty Sanchez (band)
Dirty Sanchez is an electroclash band that formed in Los Angeles in 2001 and includes Jackie Beat, Mario Diaz and DJ BARBEAU.Dirty Sanchez have a very strong following on the West Coast, where they play to full houses. Dirty Sanchez have finished a very successful East Coast tour with Thrill Kill...
, Rhod Gilbert
Rhod Gilbert
Rhodri "Rhod" Gilbert, is a Welsh comedian who was nominated in 2005 for the Perrier Best Newcomer Award. In 2008, he was nominated for the main if.comedy ....
, Wes Packer
Wes Packer
Wes Packer is a Welsh comedian from Rhondda.He began his career in the Poncho Club in Cardiff in 2005 and in August 2006 he won the UK's most prestigious comedy Newcomer award So You Think You're Funny, at which point he was still employed as a computer programmer for his local council...
, Jeff Baker, Frank Honeybone and Dan Mitchell (Comedian)
Dan Mitchell (comedian)
Dan Mitchell is a Welsh-born comedian originally from Brechfa, a village near Carmarthen. In his youth, Dan had a fascination with comics and comedy. Having had his comedy appetite raised by running the local pub quiz , he started his career in comedy in 2005 and ran a regular stand-up night,...
.
The BBC
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
filmed events throughout the duration of the festival as part of their Funny Business series, screened in Autumn 2007. This series highlighted the burgeoning comic scene in Cardiff and also followed the ups and downs of hundreds of comedians all hoping to secure a £30,000 contract.