BLOG! NORWICH! LINCOLN! FAREHAM! BASINGSTOKE! MAIDENHEAD!

-- Posted by matthew on Friday, February 20 2009

The tour continues apace. For all the misadventures from shows so far, please enjoy our blog right here. Leave a comment or simply uncover the mystery of this photo.

This week you can see us at the following venues...

Saturday, February 21, 2009 NORWICH Playhouse
Tuesday, February 24, 2009 The Engine Shed, LINCOLN
Wednesday, February 25, 2009 Ashcroft Arts Centre, FAREHAM
Friday, February 27, 2009 BASINGSTOKE, The Forge
Saturday, February 28, 2009 Norden Farm Centre for the Arts, MAIDENHEAD

We're excited. You should be too! All the details of all the tour shows can be found on this site.

Fun blog posts from the last few weeks...

Passing time in Cork!

Fun and games in Dublin!

READ OUR TOUR BLOG! SEE US LIVE IN IRELAND or THE INTERNET!

-- Posted by matthew on Saturday, February 7 2009

Hey gang!
Want to hear more about Pappy's life on the road? Well, Matthew's blog is currently hosting the Pappy's Fun Club Tour Blog featuring info and anecdotes about our tour. Check it here: matthewcrosby.blogspot.com

The tour is well underway with shows in London, Galway and Cork under our belts.

We will be in DUBLIN on Tuesday at Trinity College. For tickets e-mail comedy@csc.tcd.ie
On Wednesday we'll be in LIMERICK. For tickets email schnitzelcomedy@gmail.com

Next up will be LEICESTER on February 14 at the Phoenix Theatre and HULL on February 15 at Carnivale 69 Comedy night. More details on the shows page of this site.

Bit of extra bonus...

Ben, Brendan and Matthew did some videos for word of the day website Wordia. See our definition of (surprise surprise) the word 'Minstrel' HERE.

MAKE YOUR OWN PAPPY; TOM ON SKINS; EVERYONE HAPPY; TOUR BEGINS!

-- Posted by matthew on Friday, January 23 2009

Hey everyone,

A few fun bit and bobs first...

Sally, a member of our facebook group, has sent us this link to a picture of some models of us that she has made out of card.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/scally/3215465982/

If you click here you can print off the plans to make your own. Thanks Sally!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/scally/

Our very own Tom is playing Jim in the adverts before and after hit E4 show, Skins. You can see him in action here.

http://www.e4.com/skins/O2.html

Finally, some would say most importantly, we begin our tour in London on February 2nd and 3rd at the Battersea Arts Centre. Tickets are available here.

http://www.bac.org.uk/

All other tour dates with all the details are on the website.

See you on tour!
Love
PFC

THIS WEEK BRIGHTON & NEW CROSS! PLUS TOUR DATES IN READING, WARWICK, BASINGSTOKE & SELBY!

-- Posted by matthew on Monday, January 12 2009

We'll be at the Brighton Komedia all weekend doing 4 shows as part of their Krater Comedy Club. This won't be the tour show but it should be lots of fun. If you're about, please join us. Show times below...

BRIGHTON KOMEDIA
44-47 Gardner Street
Brighton
East Sussex
BN1 1UN

Friday 16th 7.30pm
Saturday 17th 7pm & 10.30pm
Sunday 18th 8pm

On Monday 19th at 8:30pm we'll be at Happy Mondays Comedy Club in New Cross. Again, this is just a club date, not a tour show.

HAPPY MONDAYS
The Amersham Arms
388 New Cross Road
New Cross
London
SE14 6TY

The Funergy tour has added the following dates. All the info about the tour can be found on the shows part of the website. Or in the last news item posted.

Friday, February 27, 2009 BASINGSTOKE, The Forge [Funergy on Tour]
Thursday, March 5, 2009 WARWICK Arts Centre [Funergy on Tour]
Wednesday, March 25, 2009 READING, South Street [Funergy on Tour]
Friday, May 15, 2009 SELBY Town Hall Arts Centre [Funergy on Tour]

ON TOUR ACROSS THE UK AND IRELAND IN 2009!

-- Posted by matthew on Monday, January 5 2009

Your favourite sketch team are on tour in 2009. We'll be doing a massive show that combines all of our favourite sketches with almost all of our hit Edinburgh show, Funergy. It'll also feature some brand new, never-before-seen material!

The Guardian has already described the show as "turbo-charged" with "great jokes" and "an effective combination of intelligence and idiocy" and that's without all the extra bonus stuff we're sticking in for the tour.

All the dates are below (with place names in capitals so you can see when we're nearest to your hometown) and all the venues and booking details can be found on this website. So what are you waiting for? Book today!

Monday, February 2, 2009 BATTERSEA ARTS CENTRE [Funergy on Tour]
Tuesday, February 3, 2009 BATTERSEA ARTS CENTRE [Funergy on Tour]
Wednesday, February 4, 2009 Roisin Dubh, GALWAY with Jon Richardson [Funergy on Tour]
Friday, February 6, 2009 The Firkin Crane, CORK with Maeve Higgins [Funergy on Tour]
Tuesday, February 10, 2009 Trinity College, DUBLIN [Funergy on Tour]
Wednesday, February 11, 2009 Schnitzel Comedy, LIMERICK [Funergy on Tour]
Saturday, February 14, 2009 Phoenix Theatre, LEICESTER [Funergy on Tour]
Sunday, February 15, Carnivale 69 Comedy, HULL [Funergy on Tour]
Saturday, February 21, 2009 NORWICH Playhouse [Funergy on Tour]
Tuesday, February 24, 2009 The Engine Shed, LINCOLN [Funergy on Tour]
Wednesday, February 25, 2009 Ashcroft Arts Centre, FAREHAM [Funergy on Tour]
Friday, February 27, 2009 BASINGSTOKE, The Forge [Funergy on Tour]
Saturday, February 28, 2009 Norden Farm Centre for the Arts, MAIDENHEAD [Funergy on Tour]
Thursday, March 5, 2009 WARWICK Arts Centre [Funergy on Tour]
Friday, March 6, 2009 Towngate Theatre, BASILDON [Funergy on Tour]
Saturday, March 7, 2009 The Junction, CAMBRIDGE [Funergy on Tour]
Friday, March 13, 2009 University of Essex, COLCHESTER [Funergy on Tour]
Saturday, March 14, 2009 Little Civic, WOLVERHAMPTON [Funergy on Tour]
Tuesday, March 17, 2009 The Tron, GLASGOW [Funergy on Tour]
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 CRANLEIGH Arts Centre [Funergy on Tour]
Thursday, March 19, 2009 ALDERSHOT West End Centre [Funergy on Tour]
Friday, March 20, 2009 Rondo Theatre, BATH [Funergy on Tour]
Saturday, March 21, 2009 New Greenham Arts, NEWBURY [Funergy on Tour]
Wednesday, March 25, 2009 READING, South Street [Funergy on Tour]
Saturday, March 28, 2009 Forest Arts Centre, NEW MILTON [Funergy on Tour]
Thursday, April 2, 2009 COLCHESTER Arts Centre [Funergy on Tour]
Saturday, April 4, 2009 House of Fun @ The Library, LEEDS [Funergy on Tour]
Sunday, April 5, 2009 The Hyena, YORK [Funergy on Tour]
Tuesday, April 7, 2009 Winchester School of Art, SOUTHAMPTON [Funergy on Tour]
Thursday, April 9, 2009 Gulbenkian Theatre, CANTERBURY [Funergy on Tour]
Thursday, April 16, 2009 Brecknock Knock @ Theatre Brycheiniog, BRECON [Funergy on Tour]
Friday, April 17, 2009 Comedy at the Globe, HAY-ON-WYE [Funergy on Tour]
Sunday, April 19, 2009 The Hawaiian, CARDIFF [Funergy on Tour]
Friday, May 1, 2009 Upstairs at the Three & Ten, BRIGHTON [Funergy on Tour]
Saturday, May 2, 2009 Upstairs at the Three & Ten, BRIGHTON [Funergy on Tour]
Sunday, May 10, 2009 Otherside, HULL [Funergy on Tour]
Monday, May 11, 2009 Otherside, SCARBOROUGH [Funergy on Tour]
Tuesday, May 12, 2009 Otherside, THIRSK [Funergy on Tour]
Friday, May 15, 2009 SELBY Town Hall Arts Centre [Funergy on Tour]
Sunday, May 17, 2009 Otherside, GRIMSBY [Funergy on Tour]
Monday, May 18, 2009 Otherside, SCUNTHORPE [Funergy on Tour]
Tuesday, May 19, 2009 Otherside, LOUTH [Funergy on Tour]
Tuesday, June 2, 2009 The Brook Theatre, CHATHAM [Funergy on Tour]

PFC TOUR PREVIEWED IN THE GUARDIAN

-- Posted by brendan on Saturday, January 3 2009

Our upcoming tour loosely built around our Funergy show, with extra bits, was previewed in the Guardian Guide in December. Thanks the Guardian.

Read what they said here.

Final FUNERGY show and PAPPY CHRISTMAS!

-- Posted by matthew on Saturday, December 6 2008

Christmas just wouldn''t be Christmas without Pappy's Fun Club. We're a bit like Woolworths in that respect. And in quite a few others.

Catch us LIVE in London performing BRAND NEW CHRISTMAS material at the following shows...

Mon 8 Dec - Sketchatron Nano at the Pleasance, Islington [20 mins new Christmas material]
Tues 9 Dec - Sketchatron Nano at the Pleasance, Islington [20 mins new Christmas material]
Fri 12 Dec - Christmas Charity Show for CRISIS at the Pleasance,Islington [10 mins]
Sat 13 Dec - Bath Komedia [headline set so we'll probably just end up doing some old favourites]

THEN on SUNDAY 14th DEC we have a radio appearance and two gigs...

10am-1pm Live on the Jon Richardson Show, BBC6 Music
2pm-6pm Laughter In Odd Places, Red Gate Gallery, 209 Coldharbour Lane, Camberwell, SW9 8RU
8pm Sit Down Sundays, Landor Theatre 70 Landor Road, Clapham, London, SW9 9PH

Finally your last chance to catch our hit show FUNERGY in 2008 comes on Monday 15th at the Purcell Rooms, Southbank Centre. More details here: http://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/calendar/productions/pappy-s-fun-club-funergy-43362

See you at one (or all) of our festive shows!

Pappy's go to/stay in Streatham!

-- Posted by matthew on Thursday, November 6 2008

Our friends at new website LondonIsFunny.com asked us to write all about our experiences of our adopted hometown of Streatham. So we did.

Click here to read the article.

PFC TV SHOW AVAILABLE ONLINE

-- Posted by brendan on Friday, August 29 2008

If you missed our TV show as part of the Comedy Lab season on Channel 4, you can still catch it via C4's On Demand service:
http://www.channel4.com/video/brandless-catchup.jsp?vodBrand=comedy-lab-pappys-fun-club

It'll be online for the next 7 days, ie until 4th Sept.

PFC CHANNEL 4 TV SHOW: 11:20pm, Thurs 28th Aug 08

-- Posted by brendan on Tuesday, August 26 2008

Here at Pappy's Fun Club we're excited that our new TV show will be making an appearance on UK screens shortly.

More info on the Channel 4 website

Channel 4
Thurs 28-Aug-08,11:20pm

This one-off show takes up where our last live show, 'Funergy', left off. Should be a lot of fun, so tune in!

EDINBURGH REVIEWS

-- Posted by brendan on Thursday, August 14 2008

The reviews are in! Here's what we've had so far:

THE SCOTSMAN, 14-Aug-08
"Despite a growing field of contenders, Pappy's Fun Club have almost certainly retained their title as the funniest sketch troupe on the Fringe."

THE LIST, 14-Aug-08
"The sleeper hit of 2007, PFC storm back with Funergy"

THE INDEPENDENT, 14-Aug-08
"Pappy's Fun Club are back with a fairly loveable, knockabout romp."

ED FEST MAG, 11-Aug-08?
This review is very difficult to sum-up in a single quote. So here's a few:
"an hour of sketched-based hilarity ensues, gaining momentum throughout"
"The sketches were of variable quality"
"the perfect way to spend an hour"

THREE WEEKS, 12-Aug-08
"Insanely inventive, the show powers itself with manic creative energy"

THE GUARDIAN, 12-Aug-08
"2008 finds them at the height of their fun-generated powers"

INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY, 10-Aug-08
"a feelgood Fringe favourite"

ONE4REVIEW, 10-Aug-08?
"I savoured every single moment that I spent in the fun club and the face ache I experienced for an hour afterwards was well worth it. An absolute must see."

CHORTLE, 7-Aug-08
"Though they come across as ridiculous fools, there’s a keen sense of structure and purpose behind what they do."

METRO, 5-Aug-08
"you really should see this"

THE TIMES, 4-Aug-08 (with Ivan Brackenbury)
"Patchy, but very, very likeable."

PAPPY'S FUN CLUB: FUNERGY - EDINBURGH FRINGE

-- Posted by brendan on Sunday, July 27 2008

6:40pm, 30 Jul - 25 Aug (not 11th), Pleasance Courtyard.

We've finally arrived at the Edinburgh Fringe with our new show 'Funergy'! We've had a great time previewing the show, and we're excited to be opening the doors of the Fun Club in Edinburgh for the third year running.

We'll be taking over the Pleasance Cabaret bar with an hour of frantic fun, characters from beyond the sea, and hard-hitting political drama. Well, two out of three ain't bad. If you're up at the Festival, we hope you can join us.

6:40pm (1hr)
30 Jul - 25 Aug (not 11th)
Pleasance Courtyard - Cabaret Bar

Tickets from the Fringe or Pleasance box-offices:

Fringe box-office:
Tel +44 (0)131 226 0026
http://www.edfringe.com/shows/detail.php?action=shows&id=989

Pleasance box-office:
Tel +44 (0)131 5566 550
http://www.pleasance.co.uk/edinburgh/listings/show/_pappy%27s_fun_club%3A_funergy/tickets

PFC IN DUBLIN FOR THE COMEDY CARNIVAL

-- Posted by brendan on Friday, July 25 2008

We're thrilled to be in Dublin this weekend for the Carlsberg Comedy Carnival in Iveagh Gardens. We'll be performing our new show, 'Funergy', as well as appearing with Dublin-based sketch group and all-round funny people Diet of Worms.

Sat 26th: Pappy's Fun Club: Funergy
6.00pm, The Shack

Sun 27th: Puffincat Club - with Diet of Worms
5.30pm, The Comedy Factory

Full details and tickets are on the official website:
http://www.carlsbergcomedy.com/comedians/Pappys_Fun_Club.shtml

FINAL FEW CHANCES TO CATCH 'FUNERGY' BEFORE EDINBURGH!

-- Posted by matthew on Saturday, July 12 2008

Our new show, Funergy, has emerged from its egg like a baby velociraptor. Very soon it'll be opening doors and tearing out people's bellies. If you'd like to join the fast growing legion of Funergy fans, then come to one of the shows we're doing in the UK and Ireland over the next few weeks. All the details are below.

Please note that the Latitude Festival has definitely sold out, but if you're coming please come and see us at the Literary Arena. It's going to be a wild ride!

More details of all our shows can be found on the front page of this site www.pappysfunclub.co.uk

PAPPY'S FUN CLUB "OOPS UPSIDE YOUR PAPPY" TOUR 2008!
July 12: Pleasance, Islington
July 13: Pleasance, Islington
July 14: Battersea Arts Centre
July 15: Tobacco Factory, Bristol
July 16: Roisin Dubh, Galway
July 19: Latitude Festival, Literary Stage
July 22: Riverside Studios, Hammersmith
July 23: Gulbenkian Theatre Bar, Canterbury
July 24: Rondo Theatre, Bath
July 25: Horsebridge Arts Centre, Whitstable
July 26: Dublin Comedy Carnival
July 30th- August 25th: Pleasance Cabaret Bar, Pleasance Courtyard, Edinburgh Festival

Thanks to the if.comedy people for sponsoring these shows.

PAPPY'S FUN CLUB ON TOUR JUNE/JULY

-- Posted by matthew on Monday, June 16 2008

Please come and see us at one of our upcoming shows. All the details are on the shows page of this site. But, for those of you who hate the irritating click of the mouse, here are all the dates that you can see us do a full show:

June 17: The Boathouse, Cambridge
June 21: Three and Ten, Brighton
June 22: Three and Ten, Brighton
June 24: Laughing Horse, Soho
June 26: Old Fire Station, Oxford
July 1: Falling Down With Laughter, Belushi's Bar, Borough
July 2: Norwich Arts Centre
July 9: Knock2bag, Shepherds Bush
July 11: Greenham Arts, Newbury
July 12: Pleasance, Islington
July 13: Pleasance, Islington
July 14: Battersea Arts Centre
July 15: Tobacco Factory, Bristol
July 16: Roisin Dubh, Galway
July 19: Latitude Festival,
July 22: Riverside Studios, Hammersmith
July 23: Gulbenkian Theatre Bar, Canterbury
July 24: Rondo Theatre, Bath
July 25: Horsebridge Arts Centre, Whitstable
July 26: Dublin Comedy Carnival

Thanks to the good people of the if.comedy awards whose funding made this tour possible.