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CHRIS RAMSEY COMES TO BARNARD CASTLE Sitcom star will bring his latest show to the Parish Hall for one night only Following a sell-out tour of the UK , Hebburn star Chris Ramsey comes to Barnard Castle for one night only.  Ramsey, who played lead Jack Pearson in the hit BBC 2 sitcom, will head to the intimate Parish Hall on Thursday 14 August for a special performance of his latest show, The Most Dangerous Man On Saturday Morning Television. The event, organised by Funny Way To Be Comedy Club , comes just two days before Ramsey takes the show to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe for a limited, eight-night run. Peter Dixon, of Funny Way To Be, said: “If I’d been told four years ago when we set up Funny Way To Be Comedy that one of the country’s top comics would ask to perform in Barnard Castle a couple of days before a major run at the world’s leading comedy festival I would not have believed it.  “This is an incredible opportunity to see a leading theatre show i...

BABY COW & CHANNEL X ON BOARD The production arm of award-winning sitcom Hebburn are hoping for another Geordie hit – when they sponsor a new comedy night on Tyneside. Baby Cow Productions and Channel X will sponsor the Giggle Beats Comedy Quiz when it launches at The Stand Comedy Club , Newcastle, on Sunday 5 January. The industry giants, who co-produced Jason Cook’s BBC2 sitcom, are providing prizes for the quiz, which will run on the first Sunday of every month. Gill Isles, of Baby Cow Productions, said: "We had such a great time filming in Hebburn, so we're really happy to be supporting this great comedy event in the North East." The quiz is programmed by the comedy website Giggle Beats and combines stand-up with the traditional pub quiz format. Comedy aficionados will be tested on their comedy knowledge by comedian Seymour Mace ( Ideal, Dave’s One Night Stand), before a stand-up spot to round off the night. Jo Caulfield, Lost Voice Guy a...

Tyne   Created and edited by Michael Chaplin with contributions from Sid Chaplin, Tom Hadaway, Alan Plater and Julia Darling. Directed by Max Roberts.       Musical Director: Kathryn Tickell Live Theatre – until 20 th July 2013 .   Live Theatre reaches 40 and still continues to produce new theatre which both entertains and makes one think. This production has two parallel themes: the Tyne and family life.   The stories about life on the Tyne capture the spirit of the region and its identity. They cover the coal, shipbuilding and other manufacturing industries. Without getting party political the rise, fall and rebirth of the black river are traced. There is nod to the area's immigrants and the food that they brought with them. Stories of the people who worked on the Tyne are intertwined with short scenes written by Sid Chaplin, Tom Hadaway, Alan Plater and Julia Darling. These apparent detours add to rather than de...