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1. 1. Comedy bargains

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 17 April 2003 IT seems that every province of Manchester has its own comedy night these days.

2. 2. Quiet night at the Comedy Balloon

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 24 April 2003 THE Comedy Balloon night in the upstairs room at the Briton's Protection used to be known as The Worst Comedy Club in Manchester.

3. 3. There's comedy at mill

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 03 April 2003 ROB Riley talks to Marissa Burgess about his new comedy night in Dobcross.

4. 4. Comedy that's all woman

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 24 April 2003 WE'RE lucky hens, us women. We qualify for a whole section in the chemists entitled 'feminine hygiene' and have our very own pink wrappered Yorkie bar, so it's only right and proper that we should get our very own comedy night too.

5. 5. Scottish comedy makes return

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 25 April 2003 TONY Roper's comedy, The Steamie, was a big hit when the Oldham Coliseum staged its English premiere back in 1988, and is currently on their again.

6. 6. Hungry Eye @ Comedy Store

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 18 April 2003 EVERY Easter, Maundy Thursday becomes the new Friday as people across the country neck pints in the realisation they don't have to get up early in the morning.

7. 7. Get in with the in crowd

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 25 April 2003 MANY of the comics who've been interviewed on this page over the past year have remarked that some of the best comedy can be heard on Radio 4.

8. 8. BBC rocket from inside

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 09 April 2003 BBC MANCHESTER needs a hefty "kick up the butt", according to one of its own producers - because the last time it created any in-house comedy or drama was a staggering 13 years ago - with Red Dwarf.

9. 9. Manc lad done good

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 03 April 2003 IF you're at all familiar with the live comedy scene you'll undoubtedly have heard of Tony Burgess. He's something of a Manchester institution who's a regular headliner on the local and national circuit, frequently gigging at the Comedy Store and Jongleurs.

10. 10. Mullarkey Malarkey

    Manchester Evening News, Friday 04 April 2003 YOU might think it would be strange for a founder-member of the highly skilled improvisation troupe The Comedy Store Players to want a different artistic challenge given the nature of their work. But tell that to Neil Mullarkey, whose current show, `Don't Be Needy, Be Succeedy', is at the Royal Exchange Studio this weekend.

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