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Best of Leicester Comedy Festival Tour in May and June

After our little rest, we’ll be selecting some of the best bits from the 10-days and taking them on tour to 8 towns and cities across the UK in our Best of Leicester Comedy Festival Tour in May and June.

Featured acts include Paul Sinha, Alun Cochrane, Robin Ince, Zoe Lyons, Count Arthur Strong and Josie Long and many, many more.

Full tour details are available by clicking on events above or downloading the flyer below:-

Thurs May 22        Derby Assembly Rooms    01332 255440
Fri May 23              Stamford Arts Centre        01780 763203
Sat May 24          Newark Palace Theatre     01636 655755
Thurs May 29        Leicester The Y        0116 2557066
Friday May 30       Wellingborough The Castle        01933 270007
Sat May 31         Nottingham Lakeside Arts Centre        0115 8467777
Sun June 1            Warwick Arts Centre       0247 6524524
Fri June 6               Norwich Arts Centre        01603 660352

To catch up on all of the goings on, listen to our offical series of podcasts by clicking here . The Comedycast's go behind the scenes, providing interviews, reviews and opinions on the hottest festival shows.

If that’s not enough, become our Facebook friend and send us some pictures or comments from your festival.

We will be back in February 2009 to celebrate our 16th birthday... The festival dates are 6-15th February.

Performers and promoters can e-mail info@comedy-festival.co.uk for more information.



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