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LIVERPOOL'S
ANNUAL COMEDY FESTIVAL RETURNS FOR A 13TH YEAR
THE annual outing of
Liverpool Comedy Festival returns for a lucky 13th year and with 13
days of the finest UK comedy performers, from Tuesday, 23 September
2014, running
until Sunday, 5 October 2014, in venues across Britain's funniest
City.
Brought to you by The Comedy Trust, this year's festival sees a
whole host of the biggest names in comedy from Monty Python legend
Michael Palin at the Echo Arena to British Comedy Award winners and
BAFTA nominees Cardinal Burns at the Epstein Theatre. The big names
continue as the Unity Theatre showcase the legendary Sean Hughes,
Foster's Edinburgh Comedy Award winner Bridget Christie plus many
more. Treading the boards at the Liverpool Royal Court is Sony Gold
Award winner Robin Ince and musical maverick Vikki Stone.
 The stand up comedy scene is only
as strong as the talented acts within it, in Liverpool they are
plentiful. There is huge excitement building with the festival
launching new shows from local legends Chris Cairns, Silky, Steve Gribbin, Laurence Clarke, Dave Twentyman, Adam Rowe and Jake Mills,
plus the long awaited debut show from comedian Tony Carroll. Check
out the full line up of stand-up acts at Liverpool's yearlong comedy
clubs Laughterhouse Comedy, Hot Water Comedy Club, Comedy Central
and Liverpool Comedy Cellar.
Throughout the run of the festival is one of the funniest farces
ever written, Noises Off at the Royal Court from 5 September 2014 to 4
October 2014, takes a look at the antics that happens backstage during a
show? An all star cast including Allo Allo's Kim Hartman and
Coronation Street's Tupele Dorgu will be making you laugh all
Festival long.
Sam Avery, Festival Manager and Comedian said:- "In my first
year as Festival Manager I am absolutely thrilled with the line-up
for the 13th annual Liverpool Comedy Festival. It's going to be more
diverse than the Speke night bus with a huge cross section of
comedians performing from Michael Palin, Cardinal Burns and Sean
Hughes to our own big name comedians like Chris Cairns, Silky and
Steve Gribbin. There are plenty of opportunities to see our new up
and coming talent and it is going to be great to see comedy expand
from our regular comedy venues to places you will least expect."
As well as programming in to the City's usual performance venues and
comedy clubs, there will be acts lined-up to perform in bars, shops,
schools and even people's houses. There is also comedy coach tours,
kids shows, pub crawls, poets, podcasts, open mic nights, quizzes,
magicians, networking events, rap battles, plays, sketch groups,
plus their first outdoor event 'Tee Hee In The Park' in
Williamson Square in conjunction with Everton in the Community.
To really immerse yourself in the festival then experience new
talent and buy a ticket for someone you've never heard of. New
talent can be heard at 81 Renshaw St, The Pilgrim and Hatters
Hostel, with most shows only £5 for a double bill and 2 hours
entertainment in the company of some of the stars of tomorrow!Don't miss one of Liverpool's favourite and longest-standing
festivals, the Liverpool Comedy Festival from 23 September 2014 to 5
October 2014, in venues across the City.
Visit the Festival's
website
for full line up, information and direct links to book tickets.
Follow us on Facebook/The Liverpool Comedy Festival and Twitter @LpoolComedyFest.
DULUX DECORATOR
CENTRE TO HELP SOUTHPORT DECORATORS BRUSH UP ON THEIR SKILLS
THIS autumn, Dulux
Decorator Centre Southport is helping to support the professionalism
of local painters and decorators by hosting a dedicated programme of
activity at its store on Kensington Industrial Park. From September
to November 2014, the store will be providing expert advice on a
range of specialist topics to help decorators expand their skills
and knowledge of new products and technology, and build their
reputations for quality craftsmanship in the local area. Each month
will focus on a different theme, with Dulux Decorator Centre
Southport offering guidance on how to make the right impression in
September, followed by advice on using the latest products and
techniques in October. In November, the store will be celebrating
and rewarding local decorators through the Nectar loyalty scheme.
Throughout each month, Dulux Decorator Centre will also be running
competitions both in store and on its Twitter (@DuluxDecCentre) and
Facebook pages to celebrate and reward the successes of local
painters and decorators. In-store, every customer that buys 10
litres of Dulux Trade paint or woodcare will be in with a chance of
winning £10,000 for their business, a tablet, tyres for their van
plus much more. For further information, please contact:- 01704 531
310.
Southport's men
– have a free night out on us
THE Round Table, is the
UK's largest young man's organisation, is offering the men of
Southport a free night out with the lads. If your wheelie bin has
more nights out than you do, then your local Round Table wants to
change this. The new campaign has been launched to encourage men,
aged 18 to 45, to reclaim their social lives and to try new things.
Meeting just twice a month, Round Table enables people to have
nights out, try new activities and to get involved within their
local community. To earn a 'Free Night Out', men
simply have to visit the Round Table Facebook page and register on
the "A free night out" tab. The members of the club will then be in
contact to invite them along to their next event. Cait Allen, Round
Table Chief Executive, said:- "We know how busy modern men
are, with work and family commitments often making it difficult for
them to make time for themselves. With our Free Night Out offer, we
want to make it as easy as possible for men to break from routine
and do more with their evenings. We're the original and best social
network, so why not claim a voucher and see what happens – it won't
cost you anything!" To find out more about joining, visit:-
roundtable.co.uk. To receive a
'Free Night Out' voucher, go to Facebook and search for
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Poppy, 13, aims
for the sweet smell of success by starting her own scented candle
jar business
SCHOOLGIRL entrepreneur
Poppy Wilson is hoping that competitors won't be able to hold a
candle to her new business venture. Because, at the age of
just 13, she's aiming for the sweet smell of success by embarking on
an ambitious project to make and sell a range of scented candle
jars.
To help her get the scheme up and running she's already had a big
cash boost of £100 from the Wirral Youth Enterprise Competition
based at Pyramids Shopping Centre in Birkenhead.
Being run by HYPE - 'Helping Young People Everywhere'
- which aims to
help young people gain valuable work experience and qualifications,
the competition is challenging young people aged between seven and
24 to come up with fresh business ideas and try to win one of a
series of cash prizes from £10 to £100 to help them get it off the
ground.
The 1st round of the competition was held at Pyramids in July and
early August 2014 and the 2nd round started on 27 August 2014 and
runs until 30
August 2014, from a base at the Bandstand in St John's Square in the
Centre.
Among those lucky enough to benefit from the first phase of the
competition was enterprising Poppy Wilson from Saughall Massey on
the Wirral who wowed judges with her scheme to make and sell scented
candle jars to neighbours and friends. And she's encouraging
other young people with an eye to business to make their own bid for
some kick start cash.
Poppy, who attends West Kirby Girls' Grammar School where she'll be
in Year 9 from September, said:- "I heard about the enterprise
competition from a friend and went along to Pyramids to find out
more about it a few weeks ago.
I filled in all the details of my idea to make scented candle jars
on the entry form and then I heard I had won a prize of £100, which
is really good and will help me get my business started. Some of the
materials I'm using are quite expensive so the money will pay for
these. I think the competition is a great idea and if any
other young person like me has an idea for their own business I'd
tell them to go along to Pyramids later this month and enter
themselves."
Poppy explained that her big idea was to buy in a stock of candle
wax, candle wicks and glass jars to produce her product in a range
of fruit "flavours" from strawberry to lemon curd.
She'll then sell them for £4 each to neighbours and friends either
by her own local leafleting, word of mouth recommendations or online
through social media sites. Poppy reckons her total income
from the first batch will be £160 which, minus her initial outlay,
should leave her with a healthy profit of £60.
"The project will last for 1 month, but if it's successful I
intend to keep things going by putting back the profit I make from
the first batch of candle jars into the business,"
My candles are going to look just like homemade jars of
jam with material over the top and string tied around for a vintage
look to make them appealing to the eye.
I think people would choose to, buy my product over others because
they are unique as gifts and reasonably priced so people can afford
them. I'm starting off with candles smelling strongly of
strawberries and then, when I make some profit and invest in more
materials, I'll try out lemon curd, blueberry, raspberry and lime.
I'm designing and putting out leaflets advertising my candles on
people's doorsteps and then I'll deliver them. My customers will
mainly come from the Wirral area but I will also be advertising on
social networking so I'm hoping to make the business larger and sell
all over the country. I've only just started making the
candles but I've already had about 10 orders from my neighbours,
friends and family." said Poppy.
Despite her early display of business flair, Poppy, who has a sister
Milly, 11, and 7 year old brother Ben, said she isn't considering a
career in commerce as she plans eventually to become a doctor.
"At the moment I'm just making and selling the candles because
it's a lot of fun but if I'm really successful then maybe I'd change
my plans," she confessed.
HYPE, which is running the Wirral Youth Enterprise Competition, was
set up by Matthew Houghton in 2007 to offer support to young people
across Wirral in a range of settings that includes youth clubs,
employment programmes and education.
Matthew said:- "We know Wirral has some of the most innovative
and talented young people around. So we're asking them what great
ideas they can come up with and what would £10 or even £100 could do
to help get it off the ground. We'll give people the money if the
idea is a good one which is why we are going to be at the Bandstand
in Pyramids Shopping Centre until Saturday, 30 August 2014, from 10am
to 4pm.
There young people can talk to our team about their ideas and fill
in an application form. If their application is successful they can
get cracking with their idea. To apply you must be aged between
seven and 24 years old. You can get help from other people but the
lead person must be under 24."
Derek Millar, Commercial Director for Pyramids Shopping Centre,
said:- "It is exciting and inspiring to see some of the ideas
which are coming through from young people in this terrific
partnership project we have set up with Matthew and Hype. We
wish Poppy lots of success and look forward to hearing about the
progress of her project."
Matthew added:- "The ideas can be anything and everything.
£10 could buy you a bucket and sponge and you could start washing
cars. A few quid can set you up with a website and you could be
selling online. You could make cards, cakes, drinks or bracelets to
sell. If you are creative how about selling your own paintings,
craft work or even music."
To find out more about the competition or other events planned with
Pyramids Shopping Centre, call:- 0151 538 3307or 07719 171833,or you
can also send an
email
to HYPE
or
download an application form.
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