The Supporters Club are pleased to announce their two latest events - at the Comedy Club on October 24th and a Gentleman's Evening at Stripes Club on October 30th.

LONE STAR COMEDY CLUB

£8 entry to Supporters' Club members -

The Lone Star Comedy Club returns to the Lanterns in Folkestone on Saturday October 24th with ANDRE VINCENT, VIKKI STONE, compere SIMON DONALD (co-founder of Viz) and newcomer NAZ OSMANOGLU.

ANDRE VINCENT was born in May 1964 in Woolworth's Department Store, Penge, and has not stopped appearing in the most unusual of places since.

He started his career as a professional show-off at an early age, becoming a star struck stage brat, working when any theatre needed a street urchin, a herald or a small child to up-stage everyone. He then became a boy chorister, to the delight of his family whose dream was for him to follow his grandma into the world of opera and become a top class tenor.

Unfortunately for his family, he followed the career path of another relative, his great-grandfather, who was an acrobat on the olde variety stage. So when young Andre stopped singing, due to his voice breaking, he went back to the boards and spent most of his time there arguing with theatre directors that Hamlet could indeed be fat. Disheartened by this small-mindedness, he packed up his greasepaint and ran away to the circus.

After a quick stint of training in Paris and with a backpack full of equipment, Andre started travelling the world entertaining the masses at circus and theatre festivals everywhere. With skills in abundance and his unique style of improvisation, he has performed in strange places from a bullring in Columbia to a baseball stadium in Nova Scotia to Vietnamese refugee camps in the South China Sea.

With all this moving about, Andre had to think about where his career was going when he found himself working at Disney World Florida. Mask work and regimented smiling were really not his forte. A friend tried to change his sad demeanour by taking him to a comedy club in Orlando and three hours later a new chapter opened in his life. He kept returning to the club, speaking to comics and schmoozing the management, and within a few months he was on the road compering at small stand-up clubs in the southern states of America.

His apprenticeship in Georgia and Alabama was good enough in the eyes of his peers to get gigs in other states of the U.S. and the pinnacle of his work was opening for Bob Hope in Columbus, Ohio in 1992.

With his head swelling and his tongue tripping one-liners, he returned home to conquer the comedy circuit of the UK, and in no time at all established himself as one of the top stand-ups in the country today. His individual style has taken him across the scope of the performance medium: a Saturday night show on Channel 4, three sell-out runs at the Edinburgh festival, countless radio shows, presenter of two award-nominated television programmes, a regular face on daytime panel games and even an appearance as himself on the children's drama Byker Grove.

Moments treasured in Andre's career so far include:
* Paying himself in Byker Grove.
* Singing ‘Ooh Ah Just A Little Bit' on tv with Miss UK.
* Teaching Cliff Richard tounicycle.
* Performing at a Vietnamese refugee camp in the South China Sea (booked by the Chinese Government).
* Opening for Bob Hope (Bing Crosby spins in his grave even now …).

“An improvising comedy genius” – The Guardian.

“He possesses the energy of Lee Evans with the improvisational skills of Paul Merton and is one of the best comedians in the business.” – The Times.

“Andre Vincent was also there.” – The Chinese People's Press.

VIKKI STONE has had a somewhat varied performing career, which started at the age of six, playing the much coveted roles of ‘Bandit 9' and ‘Orange Peel' in the nativity play. Other highlights include backing singing for an Elton John Arena Tour, doing two shows in Lord Andrew Lloyd Webber's private theatre at his home, Sydmonton Court, playing a ‘non sex role' in a gay porn film, doing her first full length Musical Comedy Show to Japanese tourists in a disused cinema in Bruges, an acapella musical about public transport in a tunnel under London Bridge station, playing Frida in no less than four Abba tribute bands, she's starred in pantomimes and is now touting herself as Ukulele playing, musical comedienne.

December 2009 marks the 30th anniversary of the first issue of Viz Comic. The publication that rose from those 150 copies sold at a local pub, to 1.2 million copies flying out from Britain's newsagents. At Viz's peak, it was outsold by only the Radio Times and the TV Times. Viz writer, cartoonist and co-founder (with brother Chris) SIMON DONALD worked on every issue of Britain's favourite toilet-humour publication between 1979 and 2004 and created Sid the Sexist, amongst others. Since 2005, he's been developing as a stand-up comedian, and in November 2008 he began to bring new character creations to the stage.

The refurbished Lanterns is situated above Folkestone Snooker Club in Rendezvous Street. There will be a full bar and table service.

Doors open at 7.30pm, with live music from RATTLAZ at 8pm and the comedy starting at 8.30pm.

Tickets are £9 each and available online via www.lonestarcomedy.co.uk or by contacting Richard on 07810 864228 or Ian on 07771 796445. You can also e-mail your order to [email protected]

GENTLEMEN'S EVENING

A Gentleman's Evening is to take place in Stripes Club on Friday October 30th.

Entry is £10 for all. Doors open 7.30pm

There will be two girls, plus the brilliant comedian Jeff Jukes.

Seeing is believing!

Tickets are available on the door, or call Richard on 07810 864228.