Up The Clough

Another top night of comedy at Hanging Heaton Cricket Club. 

Our headling act is Liam Pickford. If Stewart Lee, Jack Dee and Morrissey ever had a child together then Liam is who they would call son. Liam started performing stand up in Manchester in June 2012. His unique style is a breath of fresh air to the circuit with Liam has crafted his own unique brand of stand up, mixing cleverly honed material and punchlines with excitingly unpredictable audience interaction. All this, mixed in with a hint of ‘whimsy’ and clever observations whilst delivered in a wonderfully unenthusiastic and grumpy style.

“He’s got funny bones, and a scattergun mind that doesn’t quite work like anybody else’s.”- Steve Bennett, Chortle

Our opening act is Jonny Brook, "The Sat Down Stand Up". Jonny won the Breakthrough Act of the Year Award at the 2022 Yorkshire Comedy Awards and is a Gag N Bone Man Comedy regular. Brook is dry. Incredibly dry.  You listen intently, and you’re never ready for the punchline. You can’t tell when it’s coming because of his delivery, but when it arrives it’s consistently a killer line. Every single time. Crucial topics that he covers include love and poetry, a comparison to him and Lady Gaga, his parents’ divorce and sharing stories about living with legs that hate him. Brook is a seriously funny guy, with a brilliant act. He’s becoming a regular on the Leeds comedy circuit now and, travelling further afield, becoming increasingly popular.

With support from rising star vof the local scnee, Rachel Hough, and hosted as ever by Graeme Rayner.