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1. 1. Kay heads Lowry comedy season

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 23 August 2002 LOCAL comic Peter Kay is set to make a triumphant return to his roots later this year when he plays a 12-day set at the Lowry Theatre as the climax of its new comedy season.

2. 2. Heckle at your peril

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 16 August 2002 BRIAN Higgins is the first to admit he's not one of the biggest names on the comedy circuit, but, having compered a typically excitable Jongleurs crowd last Saturday night with admirable aplomb, he's certainly one of its most skilful.

3. 3. The Phoenix Returns

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 06 August 2002 Peter Kay's cabaret club comedy Phoenix Nights returns for a second series on Channel 4 this fortnight. City Life's Marissa Burgess was granted a visit to the club's location.

4. 4. This rookie is one tough nut

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 23 August 2002 FOR their twenty-first production, the exciting company Rocket Theatre will be putting on Howie The Rookie from Wednesday, August 28 at Manchester's Library Theatre.

5. 5. Wayne Clews looks forward to Manchester Mardi Gras 2002

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 21 August 2002 We have weathered an invasion by our nasally accented Commonwealth cousins to the city, all the overblown triumphalism of the Monarchy over the Jubilee and now it's the turn of Manchester to brace itself for a seething mass of gay men, lesbians, bisexuals and goodness knows what other types sheltering under the umbrella of the annual August Bank Holiday knees-up.

6. 6. King of the sick gag

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 22 August 2002 There was a time when causing offence was the inevitable consequence of a stand-up comedian's act.

7. 7. Stones In His Pockets

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 27 August 2002 'Hollywood's a place where they'll pay you a thousand dollars for a kiss, and fifty cents for your soul', Marilyn Monroe once remarked.

8. 8. Loose lips sink ships

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 22 August 2002 Ryding and partner in crime Maggie Fox have been performing as Lip Service for 15 years now. Latest piece, Hector's House, is their riposte to Peter Hall's ten hour epic Tantalus.

9. 9. The Associate

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 27 August 2002 Continuing The National Theatre's Transformation series, which has so far included a new version of Aristophanes' The Birds (which was due at The Lowry this month until its last minute cancelation) and Sanctuary by Tanika Gupta at Contact, is this odd little piece by Simon Bent.

10. 10. Cold Feet star caught drink driving

    Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 07 August 2002 COLD Feet star John Thomson has been told he could go to prison after he admitted drink driving.

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