Wednesday 16th May 2012
Richard Sandling’s Perfect Movie,
Leicester Square Theatre,
6 Leicester Place,
London
WC2H 7BX
7pm
£8
Website
With Richard Sandling & Nick Helm

Tuesday May 29th 2012
Party Piece,
Shaker & Co.,
119 Hampstead Road,
Euston / Warren Street,
London
NW1 3EE
8pm (7.30pm start)
Free
Website

Thursday 31st May 2012
Monkey Business,
The Oxford,
256 Kentish Town Road,
London
NW5 2AA
8pm (Doors 7pm)
£7.50 /£6 concessions & members
Email: monkeybusinesscomedyclub@yahoo.co.uk
Tel: 07932 338203
Book online
Website

Friday 1st June 2012
Laughing Pod,
Monico Dining Rooms,
Eastern Esplanade,
Canvey Island,
Essex
SS8 7DN
£8
7.30pm
Website

Wednesday 6th June 2012
James Acaster and Associates,
Leicester Square Theatre,
6 Leicester Place,
London
WC2H 7BX
9pm
£7.50
Website
With James Acaster, David Trent and Stuart Laws

Wednesday 6th June 2012
Lost Treasures Of The Black Heart,
The Black Heart Pub,
3 Greenland Place,
Camden,
London
NW1 0AP
8.30pm (8pm)
£5
With Josie Long et al

Tuesday 12th June 2012
Hand Jester,
The Garage,
20-22 Highbury Corner,
London
N5 1RD
Website

Wednesday 20th June-Thursday 21st June 2012
Polperro Festival,
Polperro Village Hall,
The Old School House,
The Coombes,
Polperro,
PL13 2RH
Supporting Pappy’s
Website

Tuesday 26th June
James Acaster & Aquaintances,
Mugs Coffee House,
9 Silver Street,
Kettering,
Northamptonshire
NN16 0BN
7.30pm
Facebook

Wednesday 4th July 2012
Lost Treasures Of The Black Heart,
The Black Heart Pub,
3 Greenland Place,
Camden,
London
NW1 0AP
8.30pm (8pm)
£5
With Josie Long et al

Thursday 5th July 2012
Downstairs at the Kings Head,
2 Crouch End Hill,
London,
N8 8AA
8.30pm (Doors 8pm)
£4/£3
Website

Tuesday 14th August 2012
The Painted Grin,
Benny’s Bar,
119a Bethnal Green Road,
London
E2 7DG
8pm
Free
Blog

Thursday 27th September 2012
Comedy at the Duke,
The Duke of Wellington,
119 Balls Pond Road,
London,
N1 4BL
7.30pm
£5
Website

Here’s some of the transcript of a set I performed last week at Josie Long‘s Lost Treasures of the Black Heart Club. Incidentally the second Lost Treasures Podcast has also recently gone up:

Mockbusters is the modern name given to low budget movies that are made to piggy back on the publicity of far more successful movies. It’s been argued that this is a practice that has been around since the 50s but the most prolific contemporary producers of Mockbusters; Asylum Films have never been quite as blatant about it. Asylum Films are best known for their Mega Shark Vs Giant Octopus movies starring 80s pop singer Debbie Gibson. Incidentally last year Asylum made a movie called Mega Python Vs Gatoroid which stars both Debbie Gibson and Tiffiny, which in terms of 80s pop singers is the equivalent of Michael Mann’s movie Heat.

Asylum’s business model is that they release their movies straight to DVD at the same time as the cinema releases of often very similarly titled big studio movies. For example last Summer Asylum released a movies called The Almighty Thor at the same time as Paramount released their Mighty Thor movie. Here’s a few other of their high profile releases:

Transmorphers (It’s a bit like Transformers, but made on the same budget of an episode Homes Under The Hammer).
When Keanu Reeves’ remake of The Day The Earth Stood Still came out, Asylum released a film called The Day The Earth Stopped. Although apparently that still manages to be a better movie than the Keanu Reeves version.
They also made a film called Titanic 2: A film title that is both self explanatory and puzzling. And best of all in 2006 Asylum released a movie called Snakes On a Train.

But I don’t really have a problem with Asylum because I think a lot of their audience are in on the joke so now I suspect they’re deliberately making these “so bad they’re good movies”. The production companies that I have a problem with are those that make Mockbusters of kids movies, because that’s a whole different kettle of evil.

Video Brinquedo is a Brazillian CGI animation studio that make knock off Pixar movies and for me that’s going too far. You do not mess with Pixar! So far they’ve released films called Little Cars (based on Cars and Cars 2), Tiny Robots (based on Wall-E), and a film very similar to Pixar’s sublime Up called What’s Up?: Balloon to the Rescue! Worst of all Ratatouille; the story of a rat who becomes a top chef in Paris, its very title being a pun on the name of a French dish is “re-imagined” as Ratatouing Ratatouing! That doesn’t make any sense. It isn’t even a word!

But this is a practice that also went on on in the 90s by a home video distribution company called GoodTimes Entertainment. GoodTimes was perhaps an inappropriate title because no one watching them was having a Good Time. They’d often distribute animated films based on properties that were in the public domain. For example in 1993 GoodTimes produced the movie Beauty and the Beast, the same year as Disney produced their own version. GoodTimes followed it up in consecutive years with their own versions of Aladdin, Pocahontas, Hercules, and The Hunchback of Notre Dame.

Luckilly though of course Disney would sometimes produce some original animated movies like The Lion King which GoodTimes couldn’t replicate? But the same year the Disney released The Lion King, Goodtimes released a “completely unrelated film” called Leo The Lion: King of the Jungle.

The animation on these films were done by a company called Jetlag Productions. Why would you name your company after Jet lag? According to the NHS website symptoms of Jet lag include nausea, confusion, and diarrhoea. Not the things you’d ordinary like associated with your children’s animations although in this case it was oddly appropriate.

Eventually GoodTimes were sued by Disney and I’d usually stick up for the underdog against a huge multinational but these films really are rotten. The only purpose they truly serve is to confuse an elderly relative or to make a small child cry on Christmas morning. Let’s imagine for a moment that you’re a child on Christmas morning and you run down to open your presents and you’ve asked for The Jungle Book haven’t you? Because Disney’s The Jungle Book is perhaps the most Joyous film of all time isn’t it. And you unwrap the parcel and this shitty VHS comes out.

It’s only 50 minutes long. Although believe me, that’s 50 minutes too long. And just to add insult to injury, it is also a musical.

Twitter: @NatMetcalfe

Here’s a list of all of my upcoming gigs:

Saturday 17th March 2012
The Uphill Gardeners Comedy Club,
Garden Bar,
41 Bramley Road,
Notting Hill,
London,
W10 6SZ,
8.30pm
£8
Book Online
With Norman Lovett, Bobby Carroll et al

Friday 23rd March 2012
Ye OldE17,
Ye Olde Rose and Crown Theatre Pub,
53 Hoe Street,
Walthamstow,
London,
E17 4SA
£3
8pm
Website
With Anna Freyberg et al

Thursday 29th March 2012
Up The Creek,
302 Creek Road
Greenwich,
London
SE10 9SW
8,15pm (7.30pm Doors)
£4
To book seats for the show call the box office on 0208 858 4581
Website

Wednesday 4th April 2012
James Acaster and Associates,
Leicester Square Theatre,
6 Leicester Place,
London
WC2H 7BX
9.30pm
£7.50
Website
With James Acaster, David Trent and Stuart Laws

Tuesday 10th April 2011
The Painted Grin,
Benny’s Bar,
119a Bethnal Green Road,
London
E2 7DG
8pm
Free
Blog

Wednesday 11th April 2012
Lost Treasures Of The Black Heart,
The Black Heart Pub,
3 Greenland Place,
Camden,
London
NW1 0AP
8.30pm (8pm)
£5
With Josie Long et al

Thursday 26th April 2012
Laugh-A-Minute,
Camden Head,
Camden High Street,
London,
NW1 0LU
8pm
Free
Facebook
With Chris Boyd, Ben Target, Pat Burtscher, Tom Toal and Stuart Laws

Saturday 5th May 2012
Nathaniel Metcalfe: Enthsiast,
Machynlleth Comedy Festival,
Owain Glyndwr Centre,
Parliament House,
Heol Maengwyn,
Machynlleth,
SY20 8EE
1pm
£5
Website

Saturday 5th May 2012
Alternative Comedy Memorial Society,
Machynlleth Comedy Festival,
Owain Glyndwr Centre,
Parliament House,
Heol Maengwyn,
Machynlleth,
SY20 8EE
5pm
£6
Website

Sunday 6th May 2012
Lost Treasures of the Black Heart,
Machynlleth Comedy Festival,
Owain Glyndwr Centre,
Parliament House,
Heol Maengwyn,
Machynlleth,
SY20 8EE
6.20pm
£5
Website

Wednesday 9th May 2012
James Acaster and Associates,
Leicester Square Theatre,
6 Leicester Place,
London
WC2H 7BX
8.30pm
£7.50
Website
With James Acaster, David Trent and Stuart Laws

Wednesday 9th May 2012
Lost Treasures Of The Black Heart,
The Black Heart Pub,
3 Greenland Place,
Camden,
London
NW1 0AP
8.30pm (8pm)
£5
With Josie Long et al

Wednesday 16th May 2012
Richard Sandling’s Perfect Movie,
Leicester Square Theatre,
6 Leicester Place,
London
WC2H 7BX
7pm
£8
Website
With Richard Sandling & Nick Helm

Wednesday 6th June 2012
James Acaster and Associates,
Leicester Square Theatre,
6 Leicester Place,
London
WC2H 7BX
9pm
£7.50
Website
With James Acaster, David Trent and Stuart Laws

Wednesday 6th June 2012
Lost Treasures Of The Black Heart,
The Black Heart Pub,
3 Greenland Place,
Camden,
London
NW1 0AP
8.30pm (8pm)
£5
With Josie Long et al

Wednesday 20th June-Thursday 21st June 2012
Polperro Festival,
Polperro Village Hall,
The Old School House,
The Coombes,
Polperro,
PL13 2RH
Supporting Pappy’s

Thursday 5th July 2012
Downstairs at the Kings Head,
2 Crouch End Hill,
London,
N8 8AA
8.30pm (Doors 8pm)
£4/£3
Website

Thursday 18th July 2012
Comedy at the Duke,
The Duke of Wellington,
119 Balls Pond Road,
London,
N1 4BL
7.30pm
£5
Website
Enthusiast preview, supporting Josie Long

Monday 20th February 2012
Set Up Punchline,
Archangel,
11-13 Kensington High Street,
Kensington,
London
W8 5NP
8pm (doors 7.30pm)
Free
Doing my Enthusiast show with Anna Freyberg and Stuart Laws. I’m filming this so please come along and laugh.
Website

Friday 24th February 2012
Furze Platt Senior School,
Furze Platt Road,
Maidenhead,
SL6 7NQ

Saturday 25th February 2012
Crack Comedy Wimbledon,
The Watershed,
267 The Broadway,
London,
SW19 1SD
8.30pm (Doors 8pm)
£22 Comedy & Dinner
£13 General Admission
£11 Advance
£7 Students
Book Online
Website

Monday 27th February 2012
AmusedMoose LaughOff,
The Hen & Chickens Theatre,
109 St Pauls Road,
London,
N1 2NA,
7pm (Doors 6.45pm),
£6.50
Book Online
This is the first round of a competition I’ve got nowhere in the past.

Tuesday 28th February 2012
Laugh Out London,
Queen’s Head Inn,
15 Denman Street,
London W1D 7HN
8pm
£4 (£3 concession) in advance, or £5 (£4 concession) on the night
Book Online

Wednesday 29th February 2012
Richard Sandling’s Perfect Movie 3rd Birthday Bash,
The Green Man,
36 Riding House Street,
London,
W1W 7EP
Facebook
With Robin Ince, Nick Helm, Thom Tuck, Chris Boyd & Richard Sandling

Thursday 1st March 2012
Comic Comedy Comics,
Camden Head,
100 Camden High Street,
London,
NW1 0LU,
8pm (Doors 7.30pm)
Facebook

Saturday 3rd March 2012
Comedy Point,
The Walkabout,
Temple Station,
Temple Place,
London
WC2R 2PH
8pm (Doors 7pm)
£10-£15
Book Tickets

Monday 5th March 2012
Red Raw,
The Stand Comedy Club,
5 York Place,
Edinburgh,
Midlothian,
EH1 3EB
£2
8.30pm (7.30pm)
Website

Tuesday 6th March 2012
Red Raw,
The Stand Comedy Club,
333 Woodlands Road,
Glasgow,
G3 6NG
£2
8.30pm (7.30pm)
Website

Wednesday 7th March 2012
James Acaster and Associates,
Leicester Square Theatre,
6 Leicester Place,
London
WC2H 7BX
9.30pm
£7.50
Website
With James Acaster, David Trent and Stuart Laws

Thursday 8th March 2012
Lost Treasures Of The Black Heart,
The Black Heart Pub,
3 Greenland Place,
Camden,
London
NW1 0AP
8.30pm (8pm)
£5
With Josie Long et al

Saturday 17th March 2012
The Uphill Gardeners Comedy Club,
Garden Bar,
41 Bramley Road,
Notting Hill,
London,
W10 6SZ,
8.30pm
£8
Book Online
With Sean Hughes, Norman Lovett, Bobby Carroll et al

Friday 23rd March 2012
Ye OldE17,
Ye Olde Rose and Crown Theatre Pub,
53 Hoe Street,
Walthamstow,
London,
E17 4SA
£3
8pm
Website

Wednesday 4th April 2012
James Acaster and Associates,
Leicester Square Theatre,
6 Leicester Place,
London
WC2H 7BX
9.30pm
£7.50
Website
With James Acaster, David Trent and Stuart Laws

Tuesday 10th April 2011
The Painted Grin,
Benny’s Bar,
119a Bethnal Green Road,
London
E2 7DG
8pm
Free
Blog

Wednesday 11th April 2012
Lost Treasures Of The Black Heart,
The Black Heart Pub,
3 Greenland Place,
Camden,
London
NW1 0AP
8.30pm (8pm)
£5
With Josie Long et al

Thursday 26th April 2012
Laugh-A-Minute,
Camden Head,
Camden High Street,
London,
NW1 0LU
8pm
Free
Facebook
With Chris Boyd, Ben Target, Pat Burtscher, Tom Toal and Stuart Laws

Wednesday 9th May 2012
James Acaster and Associates,
Leicester Square Theatre,
6 Leicester Place,
London
WC2H 7BX
8.30pm
£7.50
Website
With James Acaster, David Trent and Stuart Laws

Wednesday 9th May 2012
Lost Treasures Of The Black Heart,
The Black Heart Pub,
3 Greenland Place,
Camden,
London
NW1 0AP
8.30pm (8pm)
£5
With Josie Long et al

Wednesday 6th June 2012
James Acaster and Associates,
Leicester Square Theatre,
6 Leicester Place,
London
WC2H 7BX
9pm
£7.50
Website
With James Acaster, David Trent and Stuart Laws

Wednesday 13th June 2012
Lost Treasures Of The Black Heart,
The Black Heart Pub,
3 Greenland Place,
Camden,
London
NW1 0AP
8.30pm (8pm)
£5
With Josie Long et al

Wednesday 20th June-Thursday 21st June 2012
Polperro Festival,
Polperro Village Hall,
The Old School House,
The Coombes,
Polperro,
PL13 2RH
Supporting Pappy’s

Thursday 19th July 2012
Comedy at the Duke,
The Duke of Wellington,
119 Balls Pond Road,
London,
N1 4BL
7.30pm
£5
Website
Enthusiast preview, supporting Pappy’s

Here’s a list of all of my upcoming gigs:

Tuesday 10th January 2012
James Acaster and Associates,
Leicester Square Theatre,
6 Leicester Place,
London
WC2H 7BX
8.30pm
£7.50
Website
With James Acaster, David Trent and Stuart Laws

Monday 16th January 2012
Tombola of Fun: Double Feature,
The Camden Head,
100 Camden High Street,
London NW1 0LU
8pm (Doors 7.30pm)
Free
Website
Featuring work-in-progress versions of Chris Boyd‘s Filthy and my Enthusiast show

Thursday 19th January 2011
Mostly Comedy,
The Croft,
107b Bancroft,
Hitchin,
Hertfordshire,
SG5 1NB
9pm
Website

Friday 20th January 2012
Comedy Heat Presents… Outlaws,
The Horse Bar,
124 Westminster Bridge Road,
Waterloo,
London
SE1 7XG
7.30pm
Free
Facebook

Sunday 22nd January 2012
Free and Funny in Angel,
2 Camden Passage (off Essex Road),
London
N1 8DY
8pm
Free
Website

Thursday 2nd February 2011
Laughing Horse Islington,
The Hope and Anchor,
207 Upper Street,
Islington,
London
N1 1RL
8:30pm (Doors 7:30pm)
£6/£5 Concessions/Show, Meal & Drink Ticket £11.95
Website

Saturday 4th February 2011
Angel Comedy,
2 Camden Passage,
off Essex Road,
London
N1 8DY
Free
8pm
Website

Sunday 5th February 2012
Geek Night Out,
The Comedy Pub – Downstairs Bar,
7 Oxendon Street,
Leicester Square,
London
SW1Y 4EE
8pm (7.30pm Doors)
Free
Website
With Jessica Fostekew, Caroline Mabey et al

Monday 6th February 2012
Jester Jesters,
The Plum Tree,
54 Farringdon Street,
London
EC4A 4BD
8pm (7.30pm)
Free
Facebook

Wednesday 8th February 2012
Pear Shaped in Fitzrovia,
The Fitzroy Tavern,
16 Charlotte Street,
Fitzrovia,
London,
W1T 2NA
8.30pm (Doors 8pm)
Website

Friday 10th February 2012
Laugh Out London,
The Camden Head,
100 Camden High Street,
London NW1 0LU
8pm
Free
Website

Monday 20th February 2012
Set Up Punchline,
Archangel,
11-13 Kensington High Street,
Kensington,
London
W8 5NP
8pm (doors 7.30pm)
Free
Doing my Enthusiast show with Anna Freyberg, Apocalypso, and Bobby Carroll
Website

Saturday 3rd March 2012
Comedy Point,
The Walkabout,
Temple Station,
Temple Place,
London
WC2R 2PH
8pm (Doors 7pm)
£10-£15
Book Tickets

Wednesday 7th March 2012
James Acaster and Associates,
Leicester Square Theatre,
6 Leicester Place,
London
WC2H 7BX
9.30pm
£7.50
Website
With James Acaster, David Trent and Stuart Laws

Wednesday 4th April 2012
James Acaster and Associates,
Leicester Square Theatre,
6 Leicester Place,
London
WC2H 7BX
9.30pm
£7.50
Website
With James Acaster, David Trent and Stuart Laws

Tuesday 10th April 2011
The Painted Grin,
Benny’s Bar,
119a Bethnal Green Road,
London
E2 7DG
8pm
Free
Blog

Thursday 26th April 2012
Laugh-A-Minute,
Camden Head,
Camden High Street,
London,
NW1 0LU
8pm
Free
Facebook
With Chris Boyd, Ben Target, Pat Burtscher, Tom Toal and Stuart Laws

Wednesday 9th May 2012
James Acaster and Associates,
Leicester Square Theatre,
6 Leicester Place,
London
WC2H 7BX
8.30pm
£7.50
Website
With James Acaster, David Trent and Stuart Laws

Wednesday 6th June 2012
James Acaster and Associates,
Leicester Square Theatre,
6 Leicester Place,
London
WC2H 7BX
9pm
£7.50
Website
With James Acaster, David Trent and Stuart Laws

The next Tombola of Fun will be taking place on Wednesday 20th July 2011 at 8pm (Doors 7:30pm), downstairs at The Camden Head. Go here for more details of the show.

I’ve haven’t been updating my blog as often as I’d like, but I do update a micro-version of it over on Twitter: @NatMetcalfe.

Here’s a list of all of my upcoming gigs:

Tuesday 10th January 2012
James Acaster and Associates,
Leicester Square Theatre,
6 Leicester Place,
London
WC2H 7BX
8.30pm
£7.50
Website
With James Acaster, David Trent and Stuart Laws

Monday 16th January 2012
Tombola of Fun: Double Feature,
The Camden Head,
100 Camden High Street,
London NW1 0LU
8pm (Doors 7.30pm)
Free
Website
Featuring work-in-progress versions of Chris Boyd‘s Filthy and my Enthusiast show

Thursday 19th January 2011
Mostly Comedy,
The Croft,
107b Bancroft,
Hitchin,
Hertfordshire,
SG5 1NB
9pm

Friday 20th January 2012
Comedy Heat Presents… Outlaws,
The Horse Bar,
124 Westminster Bridge Road,
Waterloo,
London
SE1 7XG
7.30pm
Free
Facebook

January 22nd January 2012
Free and Funny in Angel,
2 Camden Passage (off Essex Road),
London
N1 8DY
8pm
Free
Website

Saturday 4th February 2011
Angel Comedy,
2 Camden Passage,
off Essex Road,
London
N1 8DY
Free
8pm
Website

Sunday 5th February 2012
Geek Night Out,
The Comedy Pub – Downstairs Bar,
7 Oxendon Street,
Leicester Square,
London
SW1Y 4EE
8pm (7.30pm Doors)
Free
Website
With Jessica Fostekew et al

Monday 6th February 2012
Jester Jesters,
The Plum Tree,
54 Farringdon Street,
London
EC4A 4BD
8pm (7.30pm)
Free
Facebook

Wednesday 8th February 2012
Pear Shaped in Fitzrovia,
The Fitzroy Tavern,
16 Charlotte Street,
Fitzrovia,
London,
W1T 2NA
8.30pm (Doors 8pm)

Friday 10th February 2012
Laugh Out London,
The Camden Head,
100 Camden High Street,
London NW1 0LU
8pm
Free
Website

Monday 20th February 2012
Set Up Punchline,
Archangel,
11-13 Kensington High Street,
Kensington,
London
W8 5NP
8pm (doors 7.30pm)
Free
Doing my Enthusiast show with Anna Freyberg, Apocalypso, and Bobby Carroll
Website

Wednesday 7th March 2012
James Acaster and Associates,
Leicester Square Theatre,
6 Leicester Place,
London
WC2H 7BX
9.30pm
£7.50
Website
With James Acaster, David Trent and Stuart Laws

Wednesday 4th April 2012
James Acaster and Associates,
Leicester Square Theatre,
6 Leicester Place,
London
WC2H 7BX
9.30pm
£7.50
Website
With James Acaster, David Trent and Stuart Laws

Tuesday 10th April 2011
The Painted Grin,
Benny’s Bar,
119a Bethnal Green Road,
London
E2 7DG
8pm
Free
Blog

Thursday 26th April 2012
Laugh-A-Minute,
Camden Head,
Camden High Street,
London,
NW1 0LU
8pm
Free
Facebook
With Chris Boyd, Ben Target, Pat Burtscher, Tom Toal and Stuart Laws

Wednesday 9th May 2012
James Acaster and Associates,
Leicester Square Theatre,
6 Leicester Place,
London
WC2H 7BX
8.30pm
£7.50
Website
With James Acaster, David Trent and Stuart Laws

Wednesday 6th June 2012
James Acaster and Associates,
Leicester Square Theatre,
6 Leicester Place,
London
WC2H 7BX
9pm
£7.50
Website
With James Acaster, David Trent and Stuart Laws

Over the last decade Nathaniel Metcalfe has wasted his life indulging his obscure minor obsessions and now he needs to justify it to you and himself.

Nathaniel Metcalfe has been doing stand up since May 2007, and got through to the semi-finals of the So You Think You’re Funny? competition after only five gigs. In 2010 he got through to the semi-final of the Laughing Horse New Act of the Year and the final of the Hackney Empire New Act of the Year. He is the only resident act at Josie Long’s Lost Treasures of the Black Heart club and supported her on the Manchester date of her current UK tour in January 2011.

Here’s what some people have said about him:

“”brilliant and unusual and very funny”
-Josie Long

“Nathaniel Metcalfe is particularly engrossing with a surreal, meandering line of dry observations, delivered in an perfectly unsettling manner. His Sugar Puffs/Honey Monster comment is the stuff of dreams”
-Thomas Meek, The List Magazine

“…there was only one that really stood out. That was Nathaniel Metcalfe, an unassuming dude who had just one joke which he stretched out to five minutes, about the theme song to a movie called The Barefoot Executive, starring Kurt Russell and a monkey. It was a doozy.”
-Tracer Hand, freakytrigger.co.uk

“There is a touch of the Stewart Lee about his delivery as he employs long pauses, and a great deal of repetition to emphasise his points, but it’s Lee on ecstasy. A friendly, jovial enthusiastic fellow, he did well to take the show to an interval on a high note.”
-Corry Shaw, Chortle

“…a brilliant act with some strong, dry yet surreal observations. Thoroughly enjoyable.”
-Red Redmond, gigglebeats.co.uk

“…his zany, entertaining and sharp yet silly style.”
-Zoe Coutts, freecomedy.co.uk

This is a work in progress show.

Venue name & Address:
Hen & Chickens Theatre,
109 St Paul’s Road,
London N1 2NA
Admission Price:
£5 (£4 concessions) including £1.50 membership
Date:
Thursday 1st December 2011
Starting Time:
9.30pm
Nearest Tube:
Highbury & Islington
Contact Number:
020-7704-2001

But tickets here

Facebook event page

Here’s a list of my other upcoming gigs:

Thursday 24th November 2011
Comedy at the Duke,
The Duke of Wellington,
119 Balls Pond Road,
London
N1 4BL
£6 (£5 concessions)
Facebook

Saturday 26th November 2011
Angel Comedy,
2 Camden Passage,
off Essex Road,
London
N1 8DY
Free
8pm
Website

Tuesday 29th November 2011
The Roger Black Fan Club,
The Green Man,
36 Riding House Street,
London
W1W 7EP
8pm (doors 7.30pm)
£5

Facebook

Wednesday 7th December 2011
Lost Treasures of the Black Heart,
The Black Heart,
3 Greenland Place,
Camden,
London
NW1 0AP
8.30pm (8pm Doors)
£5
With Josie Long and others

Monday 19th December 2011
Four Sad Faces present a Festive Sketchtacular!
Hen & Chickens Theatre,
109 St Paul’s Road,
London N1 2NA
7.30pm
Facebook
I’m doing some acting and such in this.

Thursday 22nd December 2011
Zebra Christmas,
The Nook Cafe,
Fishmarket,
Bradshaw Street,
Northampton,
221 2HL
Supporting James Acaster‘s Christmas show/Edinburgh 2012 preview

Wednesday 4th January 2011
Shaker and Comedy,
119 Hampstead Road,
Euston,
London NW1 3EE

Saturday 5th February 2011
Angel Comedy,
2 Camden Passage,
off Essex Road,
London
N1 8DY
Free
8pm
Website

Thursday 26th April 2012
Laugh-A-Minute,
Camden Head,
Camden High Street,
London,
NW1 0LU
8pm
Free
Facebook
With Chris Boyd, Ben Target, Pat Burtscher, Tom Toal and Matthew Crosby

Here’s a couple of new Spiked Furies, both courtesy of regular contributor and “aces gal”; Hayley Campbell.

In other news the Junket Club Wedding Mini Tour has been postponed.

Here’s a list of my upcoming gigs below:

Thursday 29th September 2011
Stand Up Hastings,
Venuu,
10 George Street,
Old Town,
Hastings,
East Sussex,
TN34 3EG
8.30pm (7.30pm doors)
£7/£5 conscessions
Website

Thursday 6th October 2011
Downstairs at the King’s Head,
2 Crouch End Hill,
London,
N8 8AA
8pm Doors
£4/£3
Website
With Stuart Laws, Andy Davies et al

Friday 7th October 2011
Rob Deb’s Sci-Fi Cabaret,
Camden Head,
Camden High Street,
London,
NW1 0LU
8pm (7.30pm Doors)
£7
Website
With Bec Hill et al

Monday 17th October 2011
Lost Treasures of the Black Heart,
The Black Heart,
3 Greenland Place,
Camden,
London
NW1 0AP
8.30pm (8pm Doors)
£5
With Josie Long and others

Sunday 23rd October 2011
Loughborough Students’ Union,
Union Building,
Ashby Road,
Loughborough,
Leics,
LE11 3TT,
With Stuart Goldsmith

Thursday 27th October 2011
Open Arts Cafe,
West London Synagogue,
34 Upper Berkeley Street,
London,
W1H 5AU
8pm (7.15pm doors)
Donations
Facebook
Horror themed entertainment

Wednesday 2nd November 2011
After School Club,
The Green Man,
36 Riding House Street,
London,
W1W 7ES,
8.30pm (Doors 8pm)
Facebook

Wednesday 9th November 2011
Lost Treasures of the Black Heart,
The Black Heart,
3 Greenland Place,
Camden,
London
NW1 0AP
8.30pm (8pm Doors)
£5
With Josie Long and others

Monday 14th November 2011
Set Up Punchline,
Archangel,
13 Kensington High Street,
London W8 5PN,
8pm,
Free
Website

Friday 18th November 2011
Open Mic Comedy,
Quay Arts,
Sea Street,
Newport Harbour,
Isle of Wight PO30 5BD,
£4,
Doors 7pm
Website

Thursday 24th November 2011
Comedy at the Duke,
The Duke of Wellington,
119 Balls Pond Road,
London
N1 4BL
£6 (£5 concessions)
Facebook

Wednesday 7th December 2011
Lost Treasures of the Black Heart,
The Black Heart,
3 Greenland Place,
Camden,
London
NW1 0AP
8.30pm (8pm Doors)
£5
With Josie Long and others

Thursday 22nd December 2011
Zebra Christmas,
The Nook Cafe,
Fishmarket,
Bradshaw Street,
Northampton,
221 2HL
Supporting James Acaster‘s Christmas show/Edinburgh 2012 preview

Thursday 26th April 2012
Laugh-A-Minute,
Camden Head,
Camden High Street,
London,
NW1 0LU
8pm
Free
Facebook
With Chris Boyd, Ben Target, Pat Burtscher, Tom Toal and Matthew Crosby

Well I’m back from Edinburgh. That was fun. One of my gigs was chronicled by Sarah McIntyre on her blog. See the above image. That cartoon was a lovely treat.

The movie scenes I filmed for Richard Sandling’s Perfect Movie are now online and you can see the results below. Maybe it’s pathetic, but the Kes clip is one of the things that I’m most proud of:

A Matter Of Life And Death

Kes

Back To The Future

Here’s a list of my upcoming gigs:

Thursday 22nd September 2011
Lonestar Comedy,
The Queens Theatre,
Waterloo Road,
Cranbrook,
TN17 3JD
8pm (7.30pm doors)
£7.50/£12.50 (with meal)
Website
With James Acaster et al

Thursday 29th September 2011
Stand Up Hastings,
Venuu,
10 George Street,
Old Town,
Hastings,
East Sussex,
TN34 3EG
8.30pm (7.30pm doors)
£7/£5 conscessions
Website

Thursday 6th October 2011
Downstairs at the King’s Head,
2 Crouch End Hill,
London,
N8 8AA
8pm Doors
£4/£3
Website
With Stuart Laws, Andy Davies et al

Friday 7th October 2011
Rob Deb’s Sci-Fi Cabaret,
Camden Head,
Camden High Street,
London,
NW1 0LU
8pm (7.30pm Doors)
£7
Website
With Bec Hill et al

Monday 17th October 2011
Lost Treasures of the Black Heart,
The Black Heart,
3 Greenland Place,
Camden,
London
NW1 0AP
8.30pm (8pm Doors)
£5
With Josie Long and others

Sunday 23rd October 2011
Loughborough Students’ Union,
Union Building,
Ashby Road,
Loughborough,
Leics,
LE11 3TT,
With Stuart Goldsmith

Thursday 27th October 2011
Open Arts Cafe,
West London Synagogue,
34 Upper Berkeley Street,
London,
W1H 5AU
8pm (7.15pm doors)
Donations
Facebook
Horror themed entertainment

28th-30th October 2011
Junket Club Wedding Mini Tour,
Cardiff
Bristol
London
Website

Wednesday 2nd November 2011
After School Club,
The Green Man,
36 Riding House Street,
London,
W1W 7ES,
8.30pm (Doors 8pm)
Facebook

Wednesday 9th November 2011
Lost Treasures of the Black Heart,
The Black Heart,
3 Greenland Place,
Camden,
London
NW1 0AP
8.30pm (8pm Doors)
£5
With Josie Long and others

Thursday 24th November 2011
Comedy at the Duke,
The Duke of Wellington,
119 Balls Pond Road,
London
N1 4BL
£6 (£5 concessions)
Facebook

Wednesday 7th December 2011
Lost Treasures of the Black Heart,
The Black Heart,
3 Greenland Place,
Camden,
London
NW1 0AP
8.30pm (8pm Doors)
£5
With Josie Long and others

Thursday 22nd December 2011
Zebra Christmas,
The Nook Cafe,
Fishmarket,
Bradshaw Street,
Northampton,
221 2HL
Supporting James Acaster‘s Christmas show/Edinburgh 2012 preview

Thursday 26th April 2012
Laugh-A-Minute,
Camden Head,
Camden High Street,
London,
NW1 0LU
8pm
Free
Facebook
With Chris Boyd, Ben Target, Pat Burtscher, Tom Toal and Matthew Crosby

Hello gang,

My two preview gigs in Southend have both been cancelled, so myself and Chris Boyd are doing another Edinburgh preview in Camden on Friday (details below). Also here’s the Time Out page for the next Tombola of Fun. Also please click ‘attending’ on the page for the event. This boosts the event to the top of the Time Out page online making it the first thing people see when they hit the comedy pages.

Here’s a list of my upcoming gigs:

Friday 15th July 2011
Hatty Ashdown: Nan Child & The Best of Boyd & Metcalfe,
The Camden Head,
100 Camden High Street,
London
NW1 0LU
8pm
Free
Facebook
With Chris Boyd & Hatty Ashdown

Tuesday 19th July 2011
Richard Sandling’s Perfect Movie,
The Green Man,
36 Riding House Street,
London
W1W 7ES
8pm (Doors 7.30pm)
£6
Facebook
With Richard Sandling, Sarah Bennetto and Nick Helm. I will be introducing video recreations of some of my favourite scenes from films.

Wednesday 20th July 2011
Tombola of Fun,
Positively 4th Street,
119 Hampstead Road,
London
NW1 3EE
8pm (7.30pm doors)
£5
With Brett Goldstein & Chris Boyd.

Sunday 24th July 2011
New Cross Turn Left: A Comics and Art Garden Party,
The Old Police Station,
114-116 Amersham Vale,
Deptford,
London,
SE14 6LG
7.30pm
Free

6th-27th August 2011 (Except 16th and 23rd)
The Best of Boyd and Metcalfe,
Royal Mile Tavern,
127 High Street,
Edinburgh
EH1 1SG
8.30pm
Free
Website
With Chris Boyd

Thursday 22nd September 2011
Lonestar Comedy,
Raffles in Cranbrook,
St Davids Bridge,
Cranbrook,
Kent,
TN17 3HL
Website

Thursday 29th September 2011
Stand Up Hastings,
Venuu,
10 George Street,
Old Town,
Hastings,
East Sussex,
TN34 3EG
8.30pm (7.30pm doors)
£7/£5 conscessions
Website

Thursday 6th October 2011
Downstairs at the King’s Head,
2 Crouch End Hill,
London,
N8 8AA
8pm Doors
£4/£3
Website

Here’s a list of my upcoming gigs:

Monday 13th June 2011
Set Up… Punchline,
The Builders Arms,
1 Kensington Court Place,
Kensington,
London
W8 5BJ
8pm
Free
Website

Tuesday 28th June 2011
The Junket Club,
Cardiff
Website
Preview with Chris Boyd

Friday 1st July 2011
Henry Widdicombe’s Abertillery Gig

Monday 4th July 2011
The After School Club,
The Camden Head,
100 Camden High Street,
London
NW1 0LU
£5
8.30pm (Doors 8pm)
Facebook

Tuesday 5th July 2011
Lost Treasures of the Black Heart,
The Black Heart,
3 Greenland Place,
Camden,
London
NW1 0AP
8pm (7.30pm Doors)
£5
With Josie Long and others

Tuesday 12th July 2011
Charity Chuckle,
The Latest Music Bar
Manchester Street (off St James Street),
Brighton
BN2 1TF
8.30pm (8pm)
£8 (£5 Concessions)
Facebook

Thursday 14th July 2011
Railway Hotel Edinburgh Previews,
Clifftown Road,
Southend-on-Sea,
Essex,
SS1 1AJ
8pm (Doors 7.30pm),
£5
Facebook
With Richard Sandling, Chris Boyd and Stuart Goldsmith

Tuesday 19th July 2011
Richard Sandling’s Perfect Movie,
The Green Man
36 Riding House Street
London
W1W 7ES
8pm (Doors 7.30pm)
£6
Facebook

Wednesday 20th July 2011
Tombola of Fun,
Positively 4th Street,
119 Hampstead Road,
London
NW1 3EE
8pm (7.30pm doors)
£5
Chris Boyd et al

Thursday 28th July 2011
Railway Hotel Edinburgh Previews,
Clifftown Road,
Southend-on-Sea,
Essex,
SS1 1AJ
8pm (Doors 7.30pm),
£5
Facebook
With Richard Sandling and Brett Goldstein

6th-27th August 2011 (Except 16th and 23rd)
The Best of Boyd and Metcalfe,
Royal Mile Tavern,
127 High Street,
Edinburgh
EH1 1SG
8.30pm
Free
Website
With Chris Boyd

Thursday 22nd September 2011
Lonestar Comedy,
Raffles in Cranbrook,
St Davids Bridge,
Cranbrook,
Kent,
TN17 3HL
Website

Thursday 6th October 2011
Downstairs at the King’s Head,
2 Crouch End Hill,
London,
N8 8AA
8pm Doors
£4/£3
Website