Boards
Thu 8th MAY Shazia Mirza, Mark Hibbett, Gin Riots in Brixton - FREE!
Hope some of you can come along to support this free London gig!
Thurs 8th MAY: OFFLINE JAMM
Brixton JAMM with live bands, cabaret, videos, stand-up, DJs and more!
261 Brixton Road, Brixton, London, SW9 6LH.
Tel: 020 7274 5537
Open 8.30pm - 2am
Admission FREE ALL NIGHT!
Website: http://www.urban75.org/offline/
Map/directions: www.urban75.org/offline/map.html
We've put together an extra special bill for our May Cabaret & Comedy Night Special with "the world's only female Muslim comic" Shazia Mirza and a ton of fantastic bands, comics and live acts.
And it's FREE all night!
LINE UP FOR THE NIGHT:
SPECIAL COMEDY GUEST:
Columnist of the Year nominee and "the world's only female Muslim comic":
SHAZIA MIRZA
"Quite unique in modern comedy" The Guardian
"the Lenny Bruce of female stand-up" Metro
"Sticks the knife into political correctness with hilarious effect.
A must see" Attitude Mag
"Great routines... breaking new ground" Mark Thomas, New Statesman
"One of the top new stand-up comics" The Sun
LIVE BANDS
GIN RIOTS
"Artrocking dreampop skiffle for gin addicts...the Velvet Underground managed by Hogarth"
"Brimming with cheeky energy"
"An amalgam of Robert Smith, Shane McGowan and even Arcade Fire...good-time, melodic pop-punk classics... The Gin Riots are certainly worth checking out." Is This Music Mag
MARK HIBBETT
"When it comes to observational pop music few do it better than MJ Hibbett & The Validators" BBC Radio One
"MJ Hibbett should be a British institution...unaffected, unpretentious, funny and stupidly entertaining" Word magazine
"one of 2006's most worthwhile albums" Artrocker
THE BOYCOTT COCA-COLA EXPERIENCE
Agit prop green blues.
"This guy's a genius." THE GUARDIAN
Plus: CABARET HOUR WITH VIC LAMBRUSCO
'Abrasive political comedy' - Time Out
Comic piquancy - Independent
plus
RODDY FRASER - Clever and original Glaswegian comedian, musician and sketch writer
"5 stars. See him before he plays the big venues." edfringe. com
"Hilarious songs. Very inventive." Vancouver Sun
RICHARD ALLEN - "John Cooper Clarke and Mark E Smith pissing down TS Eliot's letterbox."
PLUS SCREENINGS
UK FESTIVAL SLIDESHOW: "the mud, the beer, the pain, the confusion, the fun" PLUS a photo gallery showing NYC and London street shots.
Doors open 8.30pm, Cabaret starts at 9pm, Bands onstage 10pm-12.30, Shazia onstage 11pm. DJs till 2am.
FREE all night!
Please get there early as it's going to be rammed!
PLUS TOP DJS TILL 2AM!
Including Editor (urban75), Nipsla, Dansette45 (Modtown Rockers), with more to be announced.