[F]resh from a Sold Out run at the Bluecoat Arts Centre in Liverpool and Chester Storyhouse, Funny Looking Kids: Comedy Club is set to crash into the side of Rheged Centre this June. Not once but twice, with two performances on the 1st! Expect sketches, jokes, sing-alongs, quizzes, prizes, noises, and gales of sweeping laughter. at the Theatre Show version of their rip roaring monthly gig for kids of all ages! It’s grown up comedy! For kids!
There are strict rules: No Swears. No Peanuts. No Uniform. Bring Jokes.
Think Vic & Bob sharing a bag of crisps with The Mighty Boosh, whilst watching Horrible Histories on VHS! They want your giggles, guffaws and chortles, from the first sketch to the final, legendary, joke competition. It’s an interactive ragtag bag of tomfoolery starring a cast of four, featuring the North West’s best loved character comedians, performers and mirth wranglers.
Gav Cross is very Funny Looking. Originating the event in 2016 for the Liverpool Comedy Festival’s: Funny Looking Fringe, he is the host and ringmaster for every show, and a Festival and school Storyteller. “It’s all about being fresh and funny but also not being afraid to be bold and surreal. We never talk down to the children. We unashamedly want to be entertaining across the board. We want the mums, dads, grannies and granddads to enjoy it just as much as the kids.” The just as Funny Looking team member, Liam Hale is a Character and Sketch Comedian by night and Psychology Teacher by day. He added, “Funny Looking Kids is a sandbox of silliness. Many bits I’ve created for FLK I’ve gone on to use for grown ups, it’s universally funny. It’s also great doing a gig with 3 other talented idiots and good friends.”
Fellow FLK Team Member, the definitely Funny Looking Lee Hithersay, Comedian, Actor and Rubbish Shakespeare Company Director, butted in; “Kids have literally fallen off their chairs laughing, we’ve been praised for creating an environment that all kids feel safe to interact in, and to top it off, we’ve have had children with all abilities tell their own homemade jokes. Honestly, it’s one of the best things I’ve done.”
Funny Looking Kids are: Gav Cross. Lee Hithersay. Liam Hale. Alice Rowbottom.
Audience Feedback and Endorsements
“Our kids walked away with a spring in their step and joy in their hearts!”
“A fab family event that encourages kids of all levels of confidence to get stuck in and have a go and have a laugh.”
“Big loves for Funny Looking Kids – our lot aren’t essentially very extrovert but felt safe and happy enough to join in and have a hoot!”
“Probably the most fun and joyous comedy thing going and brilliant that it’s in the day, it means we can all come.”
“Organised chaos. A bizarre sketch show for kids full of nonsense. Very very funny”
Venue: Rheged Centre, Redhills, Penrith, Cumbria, CA11 0DQ
Tickets: £7
Dates: 1st June
Time: 11:30am (1 hour) & 14:30am (1 hour)
Age: 7+ (family friendly)
Box Office: 01758 860023 OR https://www.rheged.com/book/?eventId=52509
Website: https://www.rheged.com/event/the-funny-looking-kids-comedy-club-show/
