Monkey business blog 2012
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Saturday 7 January 2012
The Oxford had a full house tonight and The Steeles was half full ,but the shows were highly enjoyed at both clubs.
The acts on at both venues were
Spencer Brown
+
Simon Munnery
Nick Doody
Thursday 12 January 2012
A really enjoyable new act night which included
Dimple Pau
Saturday 15 January 2012
Both venues enjoyed a good night with these acts
controversial
Scott Capurro
+Suzi Ruffell 
+very enjoyable comic
Matt Green
Saturday 21 January 2012
We had almost a full house at both venues with similar bills.
At the Steeles we had a fantastic night with top entertainment provided by Alex Horne fromHorne Section 
+
Geoff Boyz
+
musical comic
Kate Lucas
+ hilarious Dan & Dan
and
Matt Forde
who put in a secret set ,
was brilliant and stormed it .
Saturday 28 January 2012
Our show tonight was really challenging at The Steeles as the result of a group of youngsters who wouldent stop chatting.
I was told that the show at the Oxford with less audience was a smooth gig.We had performing
multi award winning
STEPHEN GRANT
+
hilarious showman
SOL BERNSTEIN
+
charming entertaining musical act
Carly Smallman
+
entertaining musical madness comedy
Tom Adams
+
enjoyable magic fr0m
Stu Turner
Ed Surname
funny guy and top radio presenter made his Monkey Business debut tonight doing very well
Saturday 4 February 2012
A lovely receptive audience at both venues enjoyed
the excellent multi award winning stand up
Andy Zaltzman
+
BBC's Michael McIntyre Comedy Roadshow star
Ava Vidal
+ Jonny Awsum
+funny award winning actress &
American comic
TAYLOR GLENN
Thursday 9 February 2012
A truely smashing night which included Mock the week star
Andi Osho
and enjoyable stand up
Tez Ilyas
Friday 10 February 2012
I am very happy to see an excellent review in the Islington gazette
that says that The Monkey Business Comedy Club clearly deserves its reputation as one of the finest laugh-emporiums in the capital.
Saturday 11 February 2012
We were quite at both venues but our shows were very strong which included
very funny
STEVE SHANYASKI
and
brilliant stand up
Nick Doody
entertaining showman
Wes Zaharuk
Thursday 16 February 2012
A TOP SECRET SET FROM
Swedish super-star
MAGNUS BETNER
doing 45 mins was a real treat tonight
Saturday 18 February 2012
Both clubs had almost full houses with very sucsessful shows
Our smashing acts tonight were
excellent stand up
Martin Coyote
+
radio presenter on talk sport
funny man
Matt Forde
delightfully funny award winningAmerican comicTAYLOR GLENN+
Spencer Brown
&
Martin Hill
Saturday 25 February 2012
A sensational night of top quality comedy put our audience in a happy mood.Our line includedLive at The Apollo & Mock The Week Star
Andi Osho
JEFF INNOCENT
Matt Richardson
& hilarious
DAN & DAN
Wednesday 29 February 2012
Ray Presto dies at 74 : News 2012 : Chortle : The UK Comedy Guide
www.chortle.co.uk
Ray Presto
RIP RAY PRESTO.I am sad about this news.Ray was a regular at Monkey Business who made many people laugh.Also sadly RIP Davie Jones from The Monkeys lost his life today
Wednesday 29 February 2012
Matt Forde
presenter of TalkSport radio and I were the two guests on FM radio in Hammersmith .
We had lots of fun and laughs during our hour on air
.
Thursday 1 March 2012
A really smashing night with some big named acts on the bill including ITV`S Shjow me the funny winner Patrick Monahan
Patrick Monahan performing at Monkey Business on 1/3 12
Martin Besserman wth Patrick Monahan dancing on stage 1/3 12
Paul Chaudry
performing at Monkey Business on 1/3 12
Saturday 3 March 2012
We had a full house at The Sir Richard Steele with a hugely entertaining show
which the audience loved .The performers were
Mock The Week Star
Andi Osho
Adams & Rea
Matthew Osborn
Norwegian
Daniel Simonsen
and Canadian comic
Peter White
Thursday 8 March 2012At our new act night tonight
FunBags
entertaining comedy sketch act were really good
Saturday 10 March 2012
Another excellent of comedywith a full house with
HILARIOUS…
THE NOISE NEXT DOOR
+posh sketch duoCroft & Pearce
+
fantastic stand up
Geoff Boyz
+
Roisin Conaty
and
cheeky cockney newcomer
Glen 'Lenny' Sherman
Saturday 17 March 2012
A quiter night then usual but a grand show thatincluded performances fromstar of BBC1`s dance relief
& winner of ITV`s Show me the funny
PATRICK MONAHAN
photo of Patrick Monahan taken on Sat 17 March 2012
Jonny Awsum
highly enjoyabletop visting Canadian stand up Peter White
+ Daniel Simonsen
Thursday 22 March 2012
It was a very special night as three big names in comedy performed tonight
.
Lee Nelson
+
Patrick Monahan
& Nathan Caton
Saturday 24 March 2012
We had good night with
unique musical double act
RAYGUNS LOOK REAL ENOUGH
+
Felix Dexter
+
Irish stand up
Shane Todd
+
Sonia Aste
Thursday 29 March 2012 I am feel delighted to have been asked to host a young films peoples awardon Tuesday 24 April with some well known film makers who will be in the audience.
Saturday 31 March 2012
A happy full house enjoyed a fab show from
the excellent multi award winning stand up
Andy Zaltzman
plus
superb top stand up
Romesh Ranganathan 
plus
young stand upBobby Mair plus David Mills
Thursday 5 April 2012
Both Russell Kane & Lee Nelson
had been booked to secretly perform tonight ,but both needed to pull out last minute.
The audience were delighted by some high profile replacements that included
Paul Chaudry 
and
RAYGUNS LOOK REAL ENOUGH
Saturday 7 April 2012
we had a good busy Easter show with Carey Marx highly entertaining showman Wes Zaharuk Stephen Carlin
. plus
very amusing crowd pleasing
comic from Norway
Daniel Simonsen
plus
funny stand up/story teller/
tv personality & ex top model
Michelle De Swarte
Thursday 12 April 2012
Some top acts came to perform including
Nathan Caton
and top magic man
Alan Hudson
Thursday 19 April 2012
A packed house enjoyed a secret performances by both
LEE NELSON doing new charactors for his up and coming BBC3 TV show
and Patrick Monahan trying out new stuff
and Alan Hudson and others
Also today Monkey Business has a half page piece about our fund raiser show next week
Saturday 21 April 2012
A full house a great audience
A wonderful show made for a perfect evening
Our acts tonight included
The Noise Next Door
Lucy Porter
and
Fergus Craig
Saturday 28 April 2012
Our show tonight for K9 Angels (dog rescue abroad) was brillant
We raised approx £600 thanks to the acts that performed which included
Abandoman
+
Daniel Simonsen
and
Kate Lucas
K9 ANGELS with t v personality Cindy Jackson
and Spyros 
To top up a fantastic night
Simon Cowell
got in touch thanking blessing us for putting on the show.
Tuesday 1 May 2012
The most famous and most succsessful comic in the UK
Harry Hill
has put in four dates with me May 30 June 13 ,14 ,and 15 ,Its very exciting
Thursday 3 May 2012
Lee Nelson popped in doing a brilliant set
Saturday 5 May 2012
Almost a full house ,and our show was excellent with
Henning When 
,
Nick Doody
+
Lewis Shaffer 
+
Funbags
Don Biswas
,and Michelle De Swarte 
Thursday 10 May 2012
L.ee Camp head lined a fun night
Saturday 12 May 2012
The entertainment was provided by
Scott Capurro 
Sol Bernstein 
Angie McEnvoy 
Saturday 26 May 2012
It was a really lovely evening
with a hot bill that included
very funny musical
Elliot Mason
excellent stand up
Jo Rowntree
20 year old classy
Patrick Morris
newer act Reuben Christian
and 
charming Laura Carr
Wednesday 30 May 2012
A truly wonderful evening with
one of Britains most famous comics
Harry Hill
who performed for over an hour
photos taken on night
Harry Hill and Martin Besserman taken 30/5/12
Saturday 2 June 2012
The Queens Royal Dimond jubilee so it was a quite night despite an incredible line up
which included a rare performance from
TV magician
Pete Firman
who did an hour long Edinburgh preview
and the excellent
Loretta Maine
Thursday 7 June 2012
Lee Nelson
performed for 1 hour various other characters for his new BBC3 TV seies starting soon ,
and we also had a fantastic set from
Nathan Caton
+ aso on the bill was Britains got talent star
Gatis Candis
Saturday 9 June 2012
Rich Fulcher from The Mighty Boosh
Chris Cox the mind reader who cannot read minds
Earl Okin
& Toby Muresianu
Wednesday 13 June 2012
Another very special night
with Harry Hill
Elliot Mason
+
and Deliso
Thursday 14 June 2012
HARRY HILL NIGHT
FRISKY AND MANNISH special guests
Friday 15 June 2012
Another smashing night with Harry Hill
support came from Sol Bernstine and Dan & Dan
Saturday 16 June 2012
A top night of entertainment with
The Noise Next Door ,
+
HENNING WHEN
German Comedy Ambassador to Great Britain ,
and superb stand up
Gordon Southern
Saturday 30 June 2012
A wonderful night of comedy which included
Ian Cognito
+
Paul Sweeny
+
Rayguns Look Real Enough
+
Andy Storey
Wednesday 4 July 2012
RIP Eric Sykes 
who passed away today aged 89.
He was a funny man and a good soul
Thursday 5 July 2012
The photo`s below are of me being filmed at the club for a future TV show
Saturday 7 July 2012
A good night with almost a fully house ,
which is fantastic in this present climax
with Ava Vidal
Sarah Pascoe
Daniel Simonsen
Lucy Cox
and Tez
Saturday 14 July 2012
Another smashing night with
Loretta Maine
Danny Buckler
Gorge Cottier
Christian Steele
Thursday 19 July 2012
It was A VERY SPECIAL NIGHT which included
MULTI AWARD WINNING
ANDI OSHO
+
TIFFANY STEVENSON
doing their Edinburgh previews
+top act Patrick Morris
Saturday 21 July 2012
It was a full house tonight
and we had a fantastic night of laughter with
Andy Zalzsman
Andi Osho
+
Joey Page
+
Matt Rees
+
Lucy Beaumont
Thursday 26 July 2012
Sky TV filmed at Monkey Business as part of the show tonight for a show that will go out on Sky Alantic
in December called Mother of Invention
Our highly enjoyable show tonight involved
ROB BECKETT
PAUL SWEENEY
and
Joanne Lau
Saturday 28 July 2012
Another nice evening of comedy
with Swedish super star
who did a hour thought provoking set
Magnus Betner
also performing tonight was
Ellie Taylor
Fred Barber
and Swedish singer
Ellin Hansson
who performed lovely songs with her backing band.
Saturday 4 August 2012
A lovely night headlined by the classical musical madman
Rainer Herch
Saturday 11 August 2012
It was a rather quite night ,but a good one anway which included
smashing stand up
Julian Dean
making his Monkey Business debut ,and
Ellin Hansson
performed lovely songs again to audience delight .
14 August 2012
we hired a car
drove towards York on way to Edinbugh.
16 and 17 August 2012
we walked all around Edinburgh soaking up the lively atmosphere ,
given guest tickets for the fringe`s best show The Boy with tape on his face!!
Saturday 25 August 2012
An audience of approx 40 people
had a nice evening with performers that included
and
Don Biswas
with four smashing performers
Alan Hudson
Camp stand up from
David Mills
and Aussie comic
Thursday 6 September 2012
The brilliant Magnus Betner who headlined made it a memorable night in the end
Saturday 8 September 2012
It was a very warm evening with just a small crowd of approx 30 people in
but our show was probably the best in London
which included a secret appearance
by Lee Nelson
Andy Zalzman
Jeff Innocent
Manos
and visiting jewish American
Maria Schultz
It was a very good night ,but made a bit diffilcult by a couple of drunks
Tuesday 11 September 2012
Took advantage of my guest tickets to see Rock Of Ages
in the West End.It was a good fun musical
Thursday 13 September 2012
ED PETRIE
+ Funmbi Omotayo
,Kate Lucas ,Lewis Schaffer
were amongst the acts that entertained tonight
Thursday 20 September 2012
A good sized audience which was a best in quite a while enjoyed a great night which included
some great headline acts
JOE ROWNTREE 
and Mark Maire
Wayn Deakon
and from Britain`s got talent Gatis Kandis
Saturday 22 September 2012
Mock the Week star
Ava Vidal 
Paddy Lennox
Ola
Andy Storey
and Alfie Brown
who spilt the room with some loving him ,but others not knowing what to make of him
Saturday 29 September 2012
three main acts tonight
THE NOISE NEXT DOOR
Matthew Osborn
Ellie Taylor
Thurs 4 Oct 2012
Headlined by
INDA MANOCHA
and
Never Mind the Buzzcocks star
CELIA PACQUOLA
It was a really nice night.
Satuday 6 October 2012
SCOTT CAPURRO,
Fergus Craig
Patrick Morris
Vahid Jahangard
El Baldiniho
Saturday 13 October 2012
We had a full house for the first time in ages
thanks partly to Time Out highliting us in their magazine this week
RICH FULCHER from The MIGHTY BOOSH
Johnny Awsum
Foil, Arms and Hog
Sam Savage
Dan Moss
provided the great entertainment
and here I am on the night
Thursday 18 October 2012
popping in as an audience member tonight was
Jerry Sadowitz
and the performers included
Lewis Schaffer
and magic man
Casper Thomas
Saturday 20 October 2012
It was busy ,but it was one of those rare nights where no act
could please an ice cold audience .
Acts included Danny Buckler.Chris Martin, Elliot Mason ,and Casper Thomas
Again Jerry Sadowitz was an audience member
Thursday 25 October 2012
a great Thursday show with some fantastic performances from some star performers including
LIAM SPIERS
GREG BURNS
DAN & DAN
and
LEWIS SCAFFER
Saturday 27 October 2012
It was a nice strong bill with some great performances from
Carey Marx
Rayguns Look Real Enough
Asher Treleaven
Funmbi Omotayo
and Shane Todd
which included a suprise visit from an ex Swedish girlfriend from when we were both very young and her cousin .
Saturday 3 November 2012
We had a really enjoyable show with a warm audience and great performances from
SPENCER BROWN
Elliot Mason
Tez Ilya
and
Ryan Withers
Thursday 10 November 2012
A cracking eving with some smashing performes including one from
Cate Mackenzie
doing her first ever gig
Saturday 12 November 2012
A wonderful night had by both audience and performers that included
NATHAN CATON
magician Alan Hudson
Stuart Mitchell
and Ian Smith
Monday 12 November 2012
A COMEDY DEBATE WAS HELD
All parts of The comedy industry CAME together at The Monkey Business Comedy Club
The Sir Richard Steele
to take part in in a COMEDY DEBATE (first of it`s kind)
It was an be an open and honest debate from
comedy promoters, comedy agents,comedy listings media people,editors,performers ect
It was chaired brilliantly by PETER GRAHAME from the Kings Head comedy club and our guests included
JOHN FLEMING fom the media
BEN WILLIAMS from Time Out
The panel included
James who runs the 99 clubs
Lewis Schaffer a controversial act
Adam Larter runs free gigs
and myself
Tuesday 13 November 2012
Monkey Business had a VIP showing of Eric Idle`s hugely entertaining
What About Dick? starring TIM CURRY ERICIDLE TRACY ULLMAN BILLY CONNELLY and EDDY IZZARD
which was well recieved . Afterwards the whole cast came together to tweet
RUSSELL BRAND revealed in one of his tweets that he thinks he is still banned from The Sir Richard Steele from his wild days .
Saturday 17 November 2012
A wonderful night of comedy
A happy audience enjoyed
Multi Award winning
Lucy Porter
Julian Dean
Kate Lucas
& making her Monkey Business debut fab
Ingrid Dahle
Saturday 24 November 2012
Another excellent night with
JOEY PAGE
ELLIOT MASON
AHIR SHAR
Docter Frida
Monday 26 November 2012
When chatting today to TV comic
Jack Whitehall today
He told me that he is still a virgin .
Thursday 29 November 2012
A great night with , The four best acts on the night were
LEWIS SCHAFFER
Stuart Mitchell
Gatis Candis
&
MICHAEL STRANEY
who was really good and so I have offers him to do a Saturday night.
Saturday 1 December 2012
A full house tonight with a smashing line up which included
JONNY AWSUM
German funnyman
Christian Schulte Loh
Welsh sensation
Jonnie Price
from
Russell Howard`s Good News
Mark Smith
Canadian
Natalie Gray
and impressionist
Jason Canning
Thursday 6 December 2012
I love it when I can say we had a great night ,and we did
A decent sized crowd
and a top show from some very decent acts which included
top Irish comic RORY O HANLON
LEWIS SCAFFER
Andy Storey
and
Jimbo
Saturday 8 December 2012
One of the best shows of the season
Great acts ,Great audience ,great atmosphere ,
show returned for this one too.
Our performers tonight were
Norway`s star DANIEL SIMONSEN
highly entertaning showman ELLIOT MASON
exciting musical comedy from charming
CARLY SMALLMAN
humourous political satire from TEZ ILYAS
& fabulous newcomer making her Saturday night Monkey Business debut
Amy Howerska
Saturday 15 December 2012
In the company of international comedy star Adam Hills who was an audience member tonight
we had a fine evenng of entertainment provded by
ABANDOMAN
Michael Fabbri
Adam Vincent
Amy Howerska
and Lucy Beaumont
Sunday 23 December 2012
A jewish night of comedy
Monday 24 December 2012
A jewish night of comedy busy night
Wednesday 26 December 2012
A Boxing day show .good fun
Thursday 27 December 2012
CHRISTMAS SHOW was superb with headline acts NATHAN CATON + WAYNE DEAKIN + JOSEPH WILSON Lewis Schaffer
Saturday 29 December 2012
A nice night which included performances from Simon Munnery and Sol Bernstein
Monday 31 December 2012
It was full houses at both venues The show at The Oxford was reported as highly enjoyable,
and as for our show at The Steeles it was without oubt the very best NYE show ever with a lovely audience .
They had table magic,a veggie buffet,comedy from
Patrick Monahan
Julian Deane
Elliot Mason
Jonny Awsum
and Doctor Frida and The Faries
Then followed by a live Swedish band fronted by Ellen Hannson
with dancing
What a night !
