Like the name says, it's a Comedy Club 4 Kids!
Stand-up comedy for 6-11 year olds at a time of day they can see it, in venues they can go to and jokes and gags without any rude words so they can watch it!
Stand-up comedy for 6-11 year olds at a time of day they can see it, in venues they can go to and jokes and gags without any rude words so they can watch it!
HISTORY
The Comedy Club 4 Kids began at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2006 and
has been going from strength to strength ever since. After the sell-out show in Edinburgh the show was brought to the London based Menier Chocolate Factory.
Since then the club has had residence at the Arts Theatre London, and the Komedia in Brighton.
We have done 6 hugely successful runs in the Bongo
Club at the Edinburgh Fringe, toured the show around the UK and been involved
in many arts and music festivals. With its regular compere, comedian Tiernan Douieb, the Comedy Club 4 Kids is now based at Soho Theatre in London, with other shows at various venues all over the country and abroad!
ETHOS
The
idea behind the show came from stand-up comedian for kids, James Campbell.
He figured that if he could make kids laugh then why can't other comedians
do it as well? His gamble paid off and comedians who never usually go near
children had them and their parents rolling around in fits of laughter!
HOW IT WORKS
The Comedy Club 4 Kids is run like any other adult comedy club. We have an MC, an opening act and a headline act.We also have 5 min guest spots from the children from our Comedy Academy 4 Kids.
The
show is one hour long, but can be extended or shortened if necessary. We recommend the show to kids 6 and older but we have had younger children in the audience before who have thoroughly enjoyed it.
The show is very simple to run, all we need is a microphone with stand, some preshow music, and stage lighting.
The show also works best in a raked theatre, or theatre/tent/hall with a high stage as the kids need to be able to see, if adults are in front of them.