ClaireFu Posted March 11, 2010 Report Share Posted March 11, 2010 SNAFU COMEDY CLUB :: BILL DEWAR, GORDON ALEXANDER, JIM PARK, LUCY OLDHAM & ANDREW LEARMONTH (MC) // TUESDAY 16TH MARCH // SNAFU Bill Dewar began performing stand up comedy in 1993 whilst at Stirling University on an Open University summer school. The next gigs were to be in '94, at the Comedy Stop in Edinburgh's Grassmarket. Concurrently, Bill entered and reached the semi finals in both the BBC Open Mic' award and the Gilded Balloon's "So You Think You're Funny?"Bill played at The Comedy Stop on a fortnightly basis until his involvement as a co-founder of The Stand Comedy Club in Edinburgh in early '95. Bill won the Paisley Arts Festival competition "Do You Think You're Funny?" in June '95 and went on to support Harry Hill in Paisley. 1995 also saw Bill's first performances at the Edinburgh Fringe (at The Stand) and The Gilded Balloon.In early '98 Bill and fellow stand up Brian Hennigan developed the idea of a sketch based fringe show, revolving around the history and culture of Scotland. After much debate, and fervent last-minute rewrites, the show was christened The Useless Guide to Scotland. It went on to sell out for the majority of it's fringe runs in '98,'99, '00 and '01 as well as touring all over Scotland. The show received a significant number of good reviews and was considered by BBC Scotland for development. The show was featured in the Australian Broadcasting Corporation TV show 'Correspondent' (Scottish Devolution special) and on Radio 4, Talk Radio, Radio Scotland (Brian Morton show & Fred MacAulay show), Scot FM, as well as BBC Scotland's (TV) 'Beat Room'Also in 1998 Bill developed the World of Comedy Quiz Show which played every week at The Stand Comedy Club in Edinburgh for two years. In 2001, Bill began to scale down his appearances due to work commitments outside the comedy industry. Having recently departed from his job, Bill began to write new material and perform more widely again. He can be seen at a wide variety of venues across Scotland and the North of England. Bill has notched up around 700+ appearances so far."Naturally Funny. "The List"Original, different and highly entertaining"The Scotsman"Comedy Genius"The Evening News"Brilliant"Glasgow Herald ----- This month's Food and Funny Deal in The Athenaeum - 2 course set menu for 9.95 or 10% off your bill! Just quote comedy when your being seated. ----- Advance - 5 - Club Snafu | Aberdeen Nightclub Box Office General Admission - 5 Students - 4 Snafu Members - 3 Doors 7.30PM-11PM Show Starts 8pm SNAFU SNAFU COMEDY CLUB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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