Giggle at the Guildhall - A Lorra Lorra Laughs!

Comedy night review by Ellis Holt

When we first heard that Axminster Guildhall was going to run a comedy night, we were not convinced. Then we saw it was to be hosted by local comedic legend Tom Glover and we figured it was worth trying out once and boy, are we glad we did! A sell-out performance!

Guildhall manager Leigh Conley has recently come into the role and has booked some huge comedy names to perform over the next 12 months, including Omid Djalili ('Mamma Mia 2', 'Little Britain', 'Pirates of the Caribbean'), one-line genius Gary Delaney ('Mock the Week', Double Sony Award Winner), and the hilariously funny Dom Joly ('Trigger Happy TV').

But first it was the turn of Axminster-based funny man Tom Glover to host what will become his own monthly comedy night at the Guildhall.

Tom started the show with a bit of audience participation, finding out about his crowd and making some laugh-out-loud remarks about them in a subtle and non-abusive way. A very clever and quick-witted man.

He brought with him two local comedians from Plymouth – Christian Russell-Pollock and Suzy Bennett. Both of these were absolutely brilliant with the audience howling with laughter throughout their sets.

Bringing in local comedy meant that the audience could whole-heartedly relate to their amusing anecdotes and titillating tales!

The Guildhall in Axminster is running comedy nights on Tuesdays towards the end of each month until June and are looking to extend this indefinitely. If you didn't go to the first one, you absolutely have to get tickets for the next one on February 22 before they run out, which I am certain they will!

Tickets are just £7 for three comedians, or if you book the April-June dates together, it's just £5 per night, an absolute steal if you ask me!

I'm booked for the next five months and I'm already excited about going back.