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1. 1. Nylon Pylon @ Comedy Store

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 10 June 2003 IF evidence were needed of electro music's graduation from clubs and into the mainstream, this double header in the seated Comedy Store theatre provides it in ample measure.

2. 2. Lettuce Laugh

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 19 June 2003 “WHEN the Comedy Store moved in, it started off the Manchester comedy scene properly, clubs started springing up everywhere.” Comedian Jonathan Paylor talks to Marissa Burgess about& comedy& in Manchester.& 

3. 3. Men in coats @ The Lowry

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 23 June 2003 THE& world of comedy is usually one reserved for the over eighteen’s and the, largely, under 40s. But the mass appeal of Men in Coats is the key to their popularity – these guys aren’t just reserved for your die hard comedy club punters.

4. 4. Unique voice

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 05 June 2003 STUDENTS of the British comedy scene may be wondering what actor Ken Campbell is doing in the comedy section, but when it comes to making an audience laugh, 62-year-old Ken , a one-man definition of the word idiosyncratic, has few peers.

5. 5. The Barmy World of Ken Campbell

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 05 June 2003 HISTORY of Comedy, Part One: Ventriloquism sounds like an innocuous title for a comedy show, perhaps a little dry and not much fun but other than that you wouldn't expect it to offer up anything particularly unusual.

6. 6. Bangers and Laffs @ The White Hart at Lydgate

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 11 June 2003 MOST pub comedy clubs are in the shiny ultra–chic bar area or a deliciously seedy upstairs room. Tthe White Hart at Lydgate thought they’d be different and go for a marquee. And a posh one at that.

7. 7. Full mental jacket

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 19 June 2003 MEN& In Coats are a comedy duo who don’t talk, but they’re not a mime act. And they’ve been up for an Ethnic Minority Award but they’re both white. Confused?

8. 8. Life's one long holiday for Biggins

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 16 June 2003 CULT TV prison comedy Porridge is being reheated for a revival - and so is Christopher Biggins' camp character, Lukewarm.

9. 9. Bernard's Asian adventure

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 25 June 2003

   CONTROVERSIAL comic Bernard Manning on his recent trip to India, his heroes and the problems with comedy today.

10. 10. Ken Campbell @ Library Theatre

    Manchester Evening News, Friday 13 June 2003 WHILE there are many descriptions, including hilarious, poignant, instructive and improbable, one might happily apply to the latest Ken Campbell solo show, the notion that it’s a vaguely realistic history of anything, let alone comedy or ventriloquism, is, of course, utter nonsense.

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