Easington Comedy Night

A FANTASTIC evening of stand up comedy in at Easington Welfare Club.

Headline Act is MIKE MILLIGAN

Mike is an established act, with many years experience on the national and international comedy circuit; including the Comedy Store and Jongleurs’ clubs as a regular compere and headliner. He also works overseas entertaining the armed services for the highly regarded C.S.E. organisation.

He works regularly as an after dinner speaker & entertainer; providing a successful blend of material, delivery and audience interaction that can be tailored to meet the needs of most events or clients.

As a sporting and after dinner entertainer, Mike has worked with Kate Adie, Rory Underwood, Mick Quinn, Jan Molby, Geoff Winter, John Beresford, Steve Howie, Bruce Grobbelaar, Alan Kennedy, Norman Whiteside, Duncan McKenzie, Dave Watson and Arthur Albiston.

Mike also recently hosted a celebrity snooker match between national champions John Higgins and Graeme Dott.

Mike has written and performed for TV and radio, including; Spender, Byker Grove, Catherine Cookson dramas, Justice for Gemma (Granada) ,B.B.C’s Ross King Show, Radio 4’s Afternoon Shift and Weekending ,The Paddy Kielty Show, Danni’s Dares (Ch.4) ,Running Jokes (Yorkshire T.V) , Bundy’s rum .TV campaign (Australia) and It’s Funny up North (I.T.V 3) Premiership football match Promo trailer {ESPN)

He provided the voiceover for Viz Comic’s highly successful Sid the Sexist DVD, as well as performing his character live in concert at Newcastle City Hall.

He also writes a popular weekly column in the Evening Chronicle and has performed a sell out one man show based upon them at the Jesterval comedy festival.

In 2021, Mike supported the iconic Phoenix Nights star ‘Clinton Baptiste‘ on his national theatre tour, as well as selling out his own new solo show ’Monkey Mind’ in venues and theatres across the North-East.

Plus support from CATHERINE YOUNG

Catherine is an award winning comedian from Middlesbrough who will have you in stitiches with her stories of working class upbringing.

Winner of the Hilarity Bites New Act of the Year Award

and

JOHN SCOTT

John Scott is a comedian with 20 years’ experience in the industry. He is the winner of the Spike Milligan Award for New Talent and is also the recipient of the biggest cash prize ever awarded a comedian at the Edinburgh Festival when he won £12’000 in the Take The Mic competition.

John has provided warm up duties for such notable names as Stewart Lee, Frankie Boyle, Stewart Francis, Jerry Sadowitz, Tom Stade, Reginald D. Hunter and many more.

Hosted by

MIKE WILKINSON

Mike has supported Peter Kay, Ross Noble, Jason Manford, and Dave Spikey.