After the success of the London Pun Run 2011 competition, Pun Run is becoming a bi-monthly comedy night at Camden High Street’s Camden Head!

Each night will feature a selection of the UK’s finest break-through and up-and-coming acts performing 3-5 minute sets consisting entirely of puns and wordplay.

The first night opens on January 20 with the following fabulous line-up:

The Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre
Sara Pascoe
John-Luke Roberts
Chris Coltrane
Neil Sinclair
Luke Benson
Adam Larter
Jack De’Ath
Chris Ashton
Sara Shulman

Hosted by Bec Hill.

Entry is only £2. RSVP to the Facebook event here.

The future dates for Pun Run are:

March 15
May 17
July 19

If you are interested in being a part of Pun Run, please contact us via Twitter or Facebook, or simply introduce yourself at one of the nights!

On November 17, the inaugural Pun Run competition was held. A silly night in which comics competed for various coveted “awards”, such as ‘Most Puns in 3 Minutes’ and ‘Biggest Groan’.

The aim of Pun Run was simple: perform a set consisting entirely of puns and wordplay. The turnout was larger than expected, with standing room only, possibly thanks to a TimeOut recommendation.

The night was hosted by Bec Hill (one of TimeOut’s Top 10 Funniest Comedians on Twitter) and judged by comedy heavyweights: Norman Lovett, Andrew O’Neill and Alexis Dubus.

The winners were:

Judges’ Favourite - Martin Croser
Biggest Groan - Tom Appleton
Most Puns in 3 Minutes - Chris Coltrane (with 32 - roughly 1 every 6 seconds!)

Due to the high quality of acts, 3 runners-up were also added:

Neil Sinclair
Tom O’Daighre
 Mario D’Agostino

The night was topped off by a brilliant closing set by Sara Pascoe.

Big thanks to everyone we had on that night, those who came, those who helped and those who laughed.

An extra MASSIVE thank you to Buyagift who donated a Bungee (PUNgee) Jump voucher for the Judges’ Favourite and LoveHoney for donating various titillating and humourously named prizes.

You can listen to a roughly edited recording of the night here…