{"id":257,"date":"2018-04-16T20:07:57","date_gmt":"2018-04-16T19:07:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.punchupcomedy.com\/?p=257"},"modified":"2018-04-16T20:09:50","modified_gmt":"2018-04-16T19:09:50","slug":"may-punchup-the-monks-friends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/punchupcomedy.com\/?p=257","title":{"rendered":"May PunchUp: The Monks & friends"},"content":{"rendered":"

Come to\u00a0PunchUp Comedy<\/a>\u00a0on Friday May 4th with holy-rollin’ sketch duo The Monks, supported by Pam Tilling and Carmen D’Cruz, and presented by Juliet Brando.<\/p>\n

As ever, it’s \u00a35 entry on the door and starts at 8pm in the Deep Blue Cellar beneath\u00a0Whistle Trago – Cafe\/Bar<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Monks are Kevin Moore and Yazz Fetto. They think they can lay claim to being the only Christian comedy sketch group in the UK. As such, they not only do shows in clubs, pubs and small sweaty comedy rooms but also chapels, churches and small sweaty vestries.<\/p>\n

Following the sell out success of their 2013 fringe play \u2018Hallelujah House\u2019, The Monks have put together a new sketch show called \u2018The All New Ten Commandments\u2019. The full version of this show is 60 minutes but The Monks often perform sections of the show for sets at clubs. These sets vary in length from 5 minutes to 30 minutes.<\/p>\n

Each of the commandments gets the comedy sketch treatment; some get more than one, making this perhaps one of the best value sketch comedy shows ever! Even penny pinching, backstabbing disciple Judas Iscariot would approve!<\/p>\n

FINALISTS – NATYS 2017
\nFEATURED ACT \u2013 LONDON SKETCHFEST 2016
\nSEMI-FINALISTS \u2013 LEICESTER SQUARE THEATRE NEW COMEDIAN OF THE YEAR 2016
\nLEICESTER SQUARE THEATRE SKETCH OFF 2017
\nLEICESTER SQUARE THEATRE OLD COMEDIAN OF THE YEAR 2017<\/p>\n

\u201cI expected something squeaky clean but they came up with a pretty edgy skit…a rather good one.\u201d Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke
\n\u201cThat rarest of things in comedy \u2013 a Christian sketch group.\u201d Time Out<\/p>\n

\u201c\u2026sharp, expertly delivered and hilarious\u201d The Londonist
\n\u201cThe duo\u2019s originality shone through\u2026the audience left the show well satisfied with their uplifting experience.\u201d Buxton Fringe Festival Review<\/p>\n

\u201c\u2026(The Monks)\u2026in many ways sound like an old school Oxbridge style of act\u2026but the material was much darker.\u201d\u00a0Chortle.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201c\u2026darker than I was expecting, and good fun\u201d NottsComedyReview<\/p>\n

HAVE OPENED FOR: SHAZIA MIRZA , ZOE LYONS, RUDI LICKWOOD, TOM HOUGHTON AND ANDY KIND<\/p>\n

FESTIVALS: LEICESTER COMEDY FESTIVAL, LEESTOCK, TRUCK FESTIVAL, BUXTON FESTIVAL FRINGE, BRIGHTON FRINGE FESTIVAL, CAMDEN FRINGE, HASTINGS FRINGE.<\/p>\n

More about The Monks here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Facebook event here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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