Laugh Out Loud: Guest Host- Dominic Berry

Open Mic Event

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Laugh Out Loud returns to the Old Nags Head in Deansgate for a night of laughs & poetry. -Doors 7:45pm, starts around 8pm-

Our guest host is DOMINIC BERRY- A much beloved performance poet, author of 'Tomorrow, I Will Go Dancing' and 'Wizard'. He has been host of many events such as Freed Up, Poets Get Mashed and the recent top banana of entertainment Bang Said The Gun: Manchester where he has proven time and again that poetry can be fun & witty. Dominic has been televised on Cbeebies ‘Rhyme Rocket’ & Channel 4′s ‘My Daughter The Teenage Nudist‘, and is also a slam champion (no, not the wrestling or sumo kind!) of the June 2011 Nuyorican Poetry Cafe Slam and the 2009 Manchester Lit Festival Superhero of Slam!!

http://dominicberry.net/
Guests are:

‘Monkey Poet’ MATT PANESH- A bright spark of comedy and poetry, not opposed to monkeying around on stage. Matt is host of the regular gala of talent “Spoke ‘N’ Heard” at Gullivers in Manchester, and is a winner of 7 Fringe Awards (including Best Poet at the San Francisco Fringe two years running). He has performed at Manchester’s Comedy Store, Edinburgh Fringe, and other events and festivals which are far too numerous to mention! www.monkeypoet.co.uk

ROBIN GRAHAM- The man known as the Laughter Facilitator is a performance poet, playwright and laughter consultant based in Manchester and is also co-founder of the Greenhouse Northwest Theatre Company. Graham was associate writer at greenroom Manchester, where he presented Skin Deep and Crucifixion, two works using poetry and image; and Expressions of Joy, a collaboration using poetry and video. His poetry collections, The Life Of My Time, and The New Koforiduan, are published by KT publications. He is co-founder and trustee of the UK Laughter Network, co-founder of the World Laughter Pledge, and the first Laughter Ambassador for World Laughter Master Belachew Girma; he currently runs an Arts and Health project in the North West of England based on laughter, including Laughter On Prescription and Laughter In Business. If there’s one man who knowslaughter and how to make us laugh, then it’s Graham! www.robingraham.co.uk

And as usual, we the 'Beat The Gong!' open mic where one performer will win our specially engraved LOL gong! Well worth the £3 admission!!

Price: £3.00

Time: 7:45 for 8:00pm