One of the pubs that Jimmy performed at, in 1999, was The Grange Tavern Warwick Road, Ealing, W5 3XH. A gorgeous Victorian building, built in 1871, it’s still there as a pub / restaurant / event venue (see here).
The Hounslow and Richmond Chronicle had a listing for this gig:
December 12th 1999, Sunday
Laughing Club presents:
- Paul Rogan
- Justin Rozenholtz
- Jimmy Carr
- Steve Morrison
- Alfie Joey
Show start time was 8.15pm and entrance £5. Not a lot of money to be shared between the venue, promoter and 5 comedians!
Who else was on that weekend?
Some weekends have more interesting line-ups than others – but you may recognise 1 or 2 names from these other events.
Friday 10th December
The Cosmic Comedy Club, Hammersmith
This was £40 a ticket for dinner, disco and comedy from Danny Brown, Brendan Riley, Paul Zerdin and Simon Bligh
The Room, Orange Tree pub, Kew Road, Richmond
Laughing Club put on a line-up of Luis Alberto, Justin Rozenholtz, Stanley Rimmer, Neil Long, Lennie & Morris, Alfie Joey. All for just £6.
Ealing Studios, Ealing Green, St Mary’s Road
Ha Bloody Ha were selling £25 tickets for Martin Bigpig, Andy Parsons, Steve Best and Lee Canterbury. With “dancing after show and late bar”.
Saturday 11th December
The Cosmic Comedy Club, Hammersmith
Line-up was Brendan Riley, Addy Borgh, Simon Bligh and Paul Zerdin. With a disco until 2am these tickets were £12.
The Room, Orange Tree pub, Kew Road, Richmond
Laughing Club put on a line-up of Paul Zerdin, Harvey Oliver, Francesca Martinez, Neil Long, Peter Tennant and Alfie Joey for £7.
The Turk’s Head, Winchester Road, St Margarets
Bearcat Comedy Club presented Rich Hall, Arj Barker, Mark Maier and Eddie Strange
Background
At this stage in his career Jimmy was just performing above pubs and “going on stage after strippers” (his words) so there was no tour name at this point. Just driving up and down the UK, sometimes doing 2-3 venues a night, trying to get spots on open nights and hoping to get enough to cover his petrol money.
There is a new page (here) about the UK Comedy Circuit.
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