A UNIVERSITY of York student has secured some of the country’s leading comedians for a new series of comedy nights to be held at the St George Hotel in Harrogate.
Tom Taylor, 19, who is studying for a music degree at York, is promoter and organiser of a monthly comedy club called sitting room.
Comedians who will headline upcoming shows include Roger Monkhouse, writer on 8 Out Of 10 Cats, Paul Foot (Never Mind the Buzzcocks) and Hal Cruttenden (Michael McIntyre’s Comedy Roadshow.
Tom will also be taking a leading role on show nights as sitting room’s resident compère, introducing the acts and performing his own material.
He said: “I have always enjoyed writing and performance, especially over the last six months as part of York’s comedy scene. I did a lot of public speaking whilst at school and I try and gig frequently, weddings and functions, but, as a musician, laughter is rarely a sign of things going well.”
Tickets for the July and September shows, starting at 8pm at the St George Hotel, Ripon Road, Harrogate, are priced at £10 and are available from sittingroomcomedy.com, or from the St George reception.
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