I checked your site, it hadn't been updated
Yeah sorry about that, you know how it is...
G news: Adam Riches' delightful 5 star wonder of a show, Rogue Males (featuring Jess) is on at the Soho Theatre this Friday and Saturday.
The Ransom Club starts again on starting Tuesday 9th February at Lowdown at the Albany, it's every 2nd Tuesday of the month.
D news: A lot of sharpening of pencils, and tapping on keyboards to make some jokes for your ears and for some conferences and for some festivals - news of the dates anon. And due to a strange turn of events, she is also due meet Sean Bean (King of the North) in real life next week! She will try not to call his wife Mrs Bastard. BTW Sean Bean's lawyers, this is a ref to a sketch from 2007 and in no way a dis on your client or his wife....
G news: Adam Riches' delightful 5 star wonder of a show, Rogue Males (featuring Jess) is on at the Soho Theatre this Friday and Saturday.
The Ransom Club starts again on starting Tuesday 9th February at Lowdown at the Albany, it's every 2nd Tuesday of the month.
D news: A lot of sharpening of pencils, and tapping on keyboards to make some jokes for your ears and for some conferences and for some festivals - news of the dates anon. And due to a strange turn of events, she is also due meet Sean Bean (King of the North) in real life next week! She will try not to call his wife Mrs Bastard. BTW Sean Bean's lawyers, this is a ref to a sketch from 2007 and in no way a dis on your client or his wife....
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So, er, what have you two been up to? Well..
...half of us is doing this
it's at Lowdown at the Albany and the next one is Tuesday 8th December
and the other half of us is doing this:
Nine Comedians and Carols at various venues around the UK. Dates and venues in the diary above.
Oh and you might have caught sight of one of us here:
(You can watch the whole series and admire the vast array of wigs on iplayer)
Oh and we've been watching Don't Tell the Bride, knitting, doing a bit of Singstar, you know the usual. But enough about us, how the jiggins are you?
and the other half of us is doing this:
Nine Comedians and Carols at various venues around the UK. Dates and venues in the diary above.
Oh and you might have caught sight of one of us here:
(You can watch the whole series and admire the vast array of wigs on iplayer)
Oh and we've been watching Don't Tell the Bride, knitting, doing a bit of Singstar, you know the usual. But enough about us, how the jiggins are you?
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5 stars; 5 a day
Congrats to our lovely friend and world-class yakult gulper* Adam Riches who's Edinburgh show Rogue Males got a 5 star review here. Woot! As you will see excitingly Jess as in "our Jess", "Girl-from-Girl-and-Dean-Jess", "Armstrong-and-Miller's-Jess" (more of that later) is appearing in Adam's show. Bonus! It's every day at 3.30pm in the Cellar at the Pleasance. It is selling out fast, so book a ticket if you are heading up to the Fringe.
* that's not a euphemism. (At least it's not meant to be.)
Meanwhile Dean attended the launch of Innocent's Big Knit last night at their HQ, Fruit Towers. Innocent give about £250,000 to Help the Aged each winter with the sales of smoothies with little bobble hats on. It was a lovely evening of fruit and cake and knitting little hats and more fruit and more cakes. Here is a little reminder of one the marvels of the fruit world, the Mango.
* that's not a euphemism. (At least it's not meant to be.)
Meanwhile Dean attended the launch of Innocent's Big Knit last night at their HQ, Fruit Towers. Innocent give about £250,000 to Help the Aged each winter with the sales of smoothies with little bobble hats on. It was a lovely evening of fruit and cake and knitting little hats and more fruit and more cakes. Here is a little reminder of one the marvels of the fruit world, the Mango.
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Gig one, knit two
We are super busy this week in the run up to Girl and Dean's Tearoom at the Hen and Chickens for the next two Fridays (July 3rd & 10th) at 7.30pm. Tickets can be found on the H&C website here. Do come - it will be a celebration of baked goods based silliness, with musical input from Tom Wateracre and alpha male opinion from Adam Riches. (And yes there will be biscuit bingo!)
Below are two very short films Sarah made about delightful knitting idiocy,with the help of knitters at the UK Ravelry Day* Thanks to everyone who helped out. Enjoy!
Oh and the rather cheeky pattern can be found here
Below are two very short films Sarah made about delightful knitting idiocy,with the help of knitters at the UK Ravelry Day* Thanks to everyone who helped out. Enjoy!
Oh and the rather cheeky pattern can be found here
Public service announcement to the people of Coventry
Today is the first ever UK Ravelry Day in Coventry. Ravelry is, well it's sort of like facebook only with wool, which sounds a bit niche, doesn't it? Except this niche has 3 million members worldwide. Today it's just some of the British ones meeting up.
So Middle Englanders, please be aware that the risk of having you eye poked out in Coventry City Centre by a knitting needle is higher than usual. Thank you
Sarah (Dean; 4-eyes) will be wandering around recording interviews with knitters for a podcast project. More news of that soon (as soon as she has learnt how to edit audio to be honest...)
In other news we are doing a short set at Falling Down with Laughter at Belushi's bar on Borough High Street on Tuesday night, hosted by the delightful Alexis Dubus and remember Girl and Dean's Tearoom at the Hen and Chickens on Fridays 3rd and 10th July, book now for baked goods based comedy.
So Middle Englanders, please be aware that the risk of having you eye poked out in Coventry City Centre by a knitting needle is higher than usual. Thank you
Sarah (Dean; 4-eyes) will be wandering around recording interviews with knitters for a podcast project. More news of that soon (as soon as she has learnt how to edit audio to be honest...)
In other news we are doing a short set at Falling Down with Laughter at Belushi's bar on Borough High Street on Tuesday night, hosted by the delightful Alexis Dubus and remember Girl and Dean's Tearoom at the Hen and Chickens on Fridays 3rd and 10th July, book now for baked goods based comedy.
From now on we only do gigs, which have food in the title...
Please check the gig calendar above right for details of a couple of gigs we are doing in May - the Comedy Hamper on Wed 20th May with the gorgeously funny Boom Jennies at the Canal Cafe Theatre, and as guests of the Cheese and Pineapple Club (seriously those girls know how to throw a party of laughery) on Wed 27th May at Lowdown at the Albany .
Plus get ready for Girl and Dean's Tea Room 2! A celebration of tea urns, global village life and inbred caricature with houseband Tom Wateracre on Fridays 3rd and 10th July at the Hen and Chickens...more anon.
Plus get ready for Girl and Dean's Tea Room 2! A celebration of tea urns, global village life and inbred caricature with houseband Tom Wateracre on Fridays 3rd and 10th July at the Hen and Chickens...more anon.
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Eunuch, Eunuch? Who's there?
Germaine Greer has an article about why women aren't as funny as men in the Guardian today. I would write a witty response, but I am not concerned to prove myself.*
Indeed come to the Hen and Chickens tonight for Girl and Dean and Chums, when people of all sexes (and none) will make jokes and it will be delightful. 7.30pm - see diary above.
*Essentially why Greer thinks this state of affairs exists.
Indeed come to the Hen and Chickens tonight for Girl and Dean and Chums, when people of all sexes (and none) will make jokes and it will be delightful. 7.30pm - see diary above.
*Essentially why Greer thinks this state of affairs exists.
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3 apples, 4 strawberries, 5 oranges....
It's Eric Carle's 80th Birthday this year and it's 40 years since The Very Hungry Caterpillar was published. Coincidentally we've got a sketch about it in our new show. To see it, best come to our new hour long show on Sunday 1st March or Monday 2nd March at the Hen and Chickens at 7.30pm. Do come, we are creating our new show with funny song man Tom Wateracre, and special guest character comedian Adam Riches. Just £6.
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Slow Club
The people what wrote* the music for our Edinburgh show are a band called Slow Club. They are from Jess' home town of Sheffield. They are doing a Christmas gig tonight at Union Chapel in Islington. You should go if you like upbeat whimsy noise from a pseudo brother and sister beat combo.
* When they wrote the songs, they didn't know they were writing for us. They just wrote them. We heard them with our ears and paid them money to use them in our show. They don't know who we are...sigh....
We are going to be doing a gig in Guildford at a church called Nine comedians, Nine carols On Saturday 13th December. It is a carol service with jokes. Tim Vine, Jude Simpson, Miranda Hart, Tom Wateracre and Jo Enright are doing it to. Plus 3 others. It is going to be lovely and Christmassy. It is £7 in advance or £9 on the door. plus " carols on the big screen, comedy sketches, video link-ups, mince pies, mulled wine and other bar drinks, live music, & much more.." (We are the sketch bit.) More info on this anon.
* When they wrote the songs, they didn't know they were writing for us. They just wrote them. We heard them with our ears and paid them money to use them in our show. They don't know who we are...sigh....
We are going to be doing a gig in Guildford at a church called Nine comedians, Nine carols On Saturday 13th December. It is a carol service with jokes. Tim Vine, Jude Simpson, Miranda Hart, Tom Wateracre and Jo Enright are doing it to. Plus 3 others. It is going to be lovely and Christmassy. It is £7 in advance or £9 on the door. plus " carols on the big screen, comedy sketches, video link-ups, mince pies, mulled wine and other bar drinks, live music, & much more.." (We are the sketch bit.) More info on this anon.
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Barack to the Future?
Lately we have been thinking about what Tiggy and Jocasta would make of the US elections...and so Girl and Dean are pleased to announce that we are going be performing at US Election Night Comedy Special organised by the charming bowl-hair-cut stand up, Chas Early on November 4th. Here's the blurb: "A night of comedy & satirical fun at the expense of the would-be new leaders of the Western World. Entrance £5. Doors/bar from 7.00pm, show starting 8.00pm, the venue Downstairs at CAFE KOHA, 11 St. Martin's Court WC2 (the alley down the side of Wyndham's theatre) - www.cafekoha.com. Attractions include stand-up Gordon Southern, ("razor sharp wit", Evening Standard), comic songsmith Tom Wateracre ("hugely inventive and rich in sparkling lines", Chortle) and MC Chas Early ("one-liners to treasure at every turn", Daily Telegraph), plus special guests and news updates from the Election throughout the night."
Expect cutting edge satire with wooden spoons from us....
Expect cutting edge satire with wooden spoons from us....
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You are probably know this anyway...
but it's National Knitting Week this week. Our charming friends at super knitting shop, IKnit London are running a series of events every night this week to celebrate*. It is the only licenced knitting shop in the world too, so whilst you K2P1YO, you can have a G&T.
*Dean was on the winning team for their pub quiz on Monday night,and she only bloody won Ralph Fiennes..kind of
We would also like to say goodbye and thank you to the lovely Doug of "Doug's Sketchy Night" fame. Doug has run an always-full-to-the-rafters monthly night of sketch comedy at the Albany in Great Portland Street for the past 4 years, and he has been kind enough to give us a slot on many an occasion. Doug is going on to do solo things and standing up himself, so tonight is the very last Sketchy night, so do pop down if you can make it (We can't actually go due to work stuff..sniff, sniff...)
Our lovely chums Pegabovine have got the latest episode of the Pegabovine's House of Mirth podcast available for download here. It was taped live at the Canal Cafe Theatre back in the spring when we did a double bill with them, so you get a full 2 words from Jess at the beginning. Woop!
And finally our favourite boys of sketch, Idiots of Ants have got all of their E4 Funny Cut up for your perusal on youtube - go here to see the funny
love G&D x
*Dean was on the winning team for their pub quiz on Monday night,and she only bloody won Ralph Fiennes..kind of
We would also like to say goodbye and thank you to the lovely Doug of "Doug's Sketchy Night" fame. Doug has run an always-full-to-the-rafters monthly night of sketch comedy at the Albany in Great Portland Street for the past 4 years, and he has been kind enough to give us a slot on many an occasion. Doug is going on to do solo things and standing up himself, so tonight is the very last Sketchy night, so do pop down if you can make it (We can't actually go due to work stuff..sniff, sniff...)
Our lovely chums Pegabovine have got the latest episode of the Pegabovine's House of Mirth podcast available for download here. It was taped live at the Canal Cafe Theatre back in the spring when we did a double bill with them, so you get a full 2 words from Jess at the beginning. Woop!
And finally our favourite boys of sketch, Idiots of Ants have got all of their E4 Funny Cut up for your perusal on youtube - go here to see the funny
love G&D x
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It's the Adam and Pippa show - this Tuesday.
Hallo, we are doing a gig this Tuesday at Lowdown at the Albany with the delightful Pippa "nominated for best newcomer, IF.comeddies 2008 Evans, and Adam "Alpha Males" Riches. Do come down to see a plethora of sketch funny, details if you click the box with the dates at the top right of this page.
This night is something of a reunion as we all did our respective shows in the Cellar venue at the Pleasance this year in Edinburgh, but more importantly it is a reunion for the "We hate James Riches club". James is Adam's brother who managed to break Adam's leg in two places during a stage fight in performance of Alpha Males. Our show and Pippa's were canceled while paramedics gave Adam loads of drugs and dragged him up the cellar stairs. Nice one James*.
Do come on Tuesday - you might get to sign Adam's cast
*As Mr Creighan would say "Only kidding!"
This night is something of a reunion as we all did our respective shows in the Cellar venue at the Pleasance this year in Edinburgh, but more importantly it is a reunion for the "We hate James Riches club". James is Adam's brother who managed to break Adam's leg in two places during a stage fight in performance of Alpha Males. Our show and Pippa's were canceled while paramedics gave Adam loads of drugs and dragged him up the cellar stairs. Nice one James*.
Do come on Tuesday - you might get to sign Adam's cast
*As Mr Creighan would say "Only kidding!"
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