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1. 1. No Jerry after price 'demand'

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 07 March 2006 TWO not-for-profit comedy nights have had to cancel gigs by "man of the people" comedian Jerry Sadowitz - after he demanded ticket prices be hiked for punters to see him, organisers said.

2. 2. Bar review: Bar XS

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 17 March 2006 IF the thought of more freezing weather is making you depressed and the couch is becoming your new best friend, perhaps it's time to treat yourself to a real belly laugh, a few raucous guffaws and some good old fashioned giggling, by getting yourself down to a comedy night.

3. 3. Witty on the web

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 06 March 2006 BUDDING comedy-sketch writers should start thinking up some witty one-liners as I hear the BBC is planning to run a talent contest on its new website which is being launched later this month.

4. 4. Lowry date for The Rivals

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 16 March 2006 THE Rivals, Richard Brinsley Sheridan's exuberant comedy about love and the frankly ridiculous lengths people will go in its pursuit, is to be brought to The Lowry by Theatre Royal Bath Productions& until Saturday.& 

5. 5. Hall' - The Wasps (Hall')

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 24 March 2006 A STRANGE animal, indeed: this recording is a restored version of the comedy by Aristophanes, with extensive music by Vaughan Williams, first presented at Cambridge in 1909.

6. 6. I, Keano @ The Lowry

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 01 March 2006 THE closest comedy writer Arthur Mathews got to confrontation with his most famous incarnation Father Ted was a protest involving 'Down With This Sort Of Thing' and 'Careful Now' placards. The 2002 clash between Roy Keane and Mick McCarthy, was, of course, a much more heated affair.

7. 7. Serious stand-up from Omid

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 02 March 2006 'I NEVER took stand-up too seriously until 9/11 but as a British-born Iranian a lot of people were looking at me for a reaction,' confesses Omid Djalili. He plays Bolton tonight.

8. 8. Stories from an eternal teenager

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 21 March 2006 BY her own admission, author Louise Rennison isn't very good in the mornings. But, sometimes, even honorary teenagers have to get out of bed on school days, and our 9am interview slot is one of those times.

9. 9. Peter Donohue - Harty (Naxos)

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 17 March 2006 SIR Hamilton Harty wrote some magnificent music, but it is perhaps not insignificant that two of the three pieces on the disc do not exist in published editions.

10. 10. What's the craic?

    Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 08 March 2006 IT'S that time again when the entire nation claims they have Irish ancestry, dons a tall green hat and develops a taste for Guinness. Find out what's on, here.

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