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Bobby Thompson a comedian from the 1960/70s wearing a flat cap, scruffy jumper, stood next to a microphone pulling a funny face

Films

Heritage Reels: North East Comedy

15 Jan 2025

1:00pm

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Price
£0.00 – £7.00
Venue
  • Arts Centre Washington

Event description

North East Comedy
Wednesday 15 January, 1pm, tickets Pay as you feel

Archive film about comedians from our region including The Little Waster Makes Good a 1973 Tyne Tees feature about Fatfield’s own Bobby Thompson!

We will also be joined stand up comedian Lee Kyle as he takes you on a journey through some of the odder characters and stories of North East comedy history. The comedian who didn’t want to be funny, the Human Anvil and the Sunderland links to the Kennedy assassination.. and that’s just the obvious stuff!

The region has an amazing comedy story to tell and what happened onstage is only part of it!