Ho-Ho Club

Synopsis

Raucous, funny, and sad, the Ho-Ho Club is set both on stage and backstage at a stand-up comedy club in South London. During the course of a wild eventful Saturday night, five comedians - a television star, a comic desperately trying to re-invent himself, his ex partner now on the slide, the obnoxious compere/club owner and the fragile open-spot - come to terms with their lives and talents.

Our Review:

4 October 2006

There’s a Sinatra song that goes, “Saturday night is the loneliest night of the week” – a lover’s lament that might just as well apply to the gaggle (or is it giggle) of stand-up comedians depicted in Roy Smiles’ play who are waiting back-stage to go on and slay the weekend punters in a scuzzie South London comedy club.

Apart from shooting down the occasional heckler, out there in front of the mike it’s all patter and punch-lines, while in the grim dressing room with a soil pipe running down the back wall, the fake show biz egos, phoney relationships and flaky career moves turn this particular Saturday night into the un-funniest night of the century.

According to Smiles, the world of professional comics is about as amusing as the Ho-Ho Club’s blocked toilets, and he’s already made a success from knocking down stand-ups with this play’s previous incarnation, Stand-Up, directed by Roy Marsden and performed at the 1999 Edinburgh Fringe and at London’s Old Red Lion....

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81.154.177.166) - 12 October 2006:

I saw the show on Monday night and didn't know what to expect but had a really enjoyable evening...the cast were all great and the stand up acts 1st class which added real authenticity to the play. I highly recommend the Ho Ho club to anyone who wants a laugh filled night out with some great performances....

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