New March and April comedy dates for the “Animal House Comedy Night” hosted by guest compere Johnny Vegas at Zoo Café Bar, St.Helens have been announced.

Animal House Comedy Night

- guest compere Johnny Vegas

Thursday 18 March 2010
Patrick Monahan and Stuart HudsonPatrick Monahan will provide a perfect tonic to the St.Patricks Day hangover. Patrick is of Irish / Iranian origin and has performed his solo shows across the globe. He has appeared on numerous television programmes and is a regular TV & studio warm up – on shows such as: BBC 1′s Bafta award winning ‘Friday Night Jonathan Ross’, “The Catherine Tate Show”, and “The Kumars at No.42″. A comedian with truly global appeal or as the Daily Telegraph puts it, “a one man ethnic melting pot, a star in the making”.

Monahan engages the audience with charming banter about local affairs and universal issues, but also combines animated story telling style that draws on his own experiences of growing up in Teesside and of his Irish and Iranian parentage.

A fresh and bright new face on the British comedy scene, in just two years Stuart Hudson has ripped up the scene in style. In just six gigs, he reached the final of Channel 4′s So You Think You’re Funny? competition in Edinburgh, and followed that by scooping comedy website Chortle’s Newcomer of the Year award. He also won the prestigious and notorious Gong Show at London’s famous Comedy Store. His deceptively simple style, startling verbal play and sunder the counter rudeness delights audiences wherever he goes.

Animal House Comedy Night

- guest compere Johnny Vegas

Thursday 29 April 2010
Nick Wilty and Gordon SouthernNick Wilty is known as the “Globetrotting Comedian” for good reason. He has performed on every continent except Antarctica (although he did a show in Tierra Del Fuego!), and has done shows in all major Festivals, including Edinburgh (6 times), Glastonbury (5 times), Auckland (twice), Wellington, Melbourne, Adelaide, Montreal (Just For Laughs), Vancouver, Edmonton, San Francisco, New York, Amsterdam, Cape Town & Hong Kong.

Nick has won several awards, including the Polo Mint Comedy Award, voted by fellow comedians and club owners in England, Best International Act in San Francisco and noted by comic experts Chortle .”Just three adjectives to describe Wilty – brilliant, brilliant and brilliant.”

With 16 years of comedy experience on his belt Gordon Southern is one of the most sought after headline acts on the UK and international circuit. Gordon regularly plays to sell out audiences at the most prestigious clubs in the country including Comedy Store and Jongleurs. His upbeat and energetic delivery combined with his fantastically funny observational comedy and quick witted improvisation has secured his place as an audience favourite.