Nice mention of Pun Run in TimeOut London’s Best of 2012. A few tickets left for December 20: https://www.eventbrite.com/event/4867389493
Photos from the July 19 Pun Run.
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PUNday Bloody PUNday! May 8, 2012
And the winner of last week’s pun-caption contest was…
Garry Platt!
with: “When they asked; ‘Are you prepared to Dy-son?’ It’s not quite what I thought they meant.”
PUNners up include:
Dexter Fielding Waiting for Arnold Schwarzenegers Speech ‘I’ll be Vac!’
Martin Croser How does an FBI agent clean a carpet? with a J Edgar Hoover.
Aaron Wood They just found the next on the Al Qaeda list - Sheikh N’vac
This week’s photo is:
News and PUNday Bloody PUNday Winners*
First of all, for any of you interested in attending the next Pun Run on May 17, it is worth bearing in mind that half of the tickets have already sold! So get in quick! You can scroll down or click the calendar to the right to buy tickets.
And NOW! The winner of last week’s PUNday Bloody PUNday caption contest is…
Emily Murphy with:
“This penguin is bipolar: some days all he sees is the negative.”
We also had a punner-up with David Woods’ gem: “P-P-P-Pic of a Penguin!”
This week’s PUNday Bloody PUNday photo is:
Post your answers via Twitter or Facebook. Happy punning!
*When puns are concerned, there are no winners.
ON SALE NOW: May 17 Pun Run!
And check out the line-up!
Starring:
- Max & Ivan (Foster’s Edinburgh Comedy Award Panel Prize, 2011)
- Thom Tuck (Nominated Best Newcomer Award, Edinburgh 2011)
- H. Anthony Hildebrand (‘H Anthony is rare, brilliant, funny and slightly retarded’ -Tim Minchin)
- Ben Target (Leicester Mercury Comedian Of The Year, 2011)
- Grainne Maguire (Leicester Mercury New Act Of The Year, 2009)
- Marcus Ryan (Raw Comedy Runner-Up)
- Jim Campbell (Runner-Up Leicester Square Theatre New Comedian of the Year)
- Paul Gannon (of Geek Night Out fame)
- Chris Coltrane (Winner “Most Puns in 3 Minutes” - London Pun Run Competition 2011)
- Yianni Agisilaou (The World Stands Up)
- Adam Larter (“the sheer volume of his daft ideas is stunning… a very disorganised genius” - ★★★★ The Skinny)
Hosted by one of TimeOut’s “Top 5 Funniest Comedians on Twitter”:
Bec Hill!
May 17
7:30pm doors, 8pm start
The Camden Head
100 Camden High Street
London
NW1 0LU
Pun Run goes Bi-Mon
(Poster courtesy of Simon Taylor)
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!
The London Pun Run 2011
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…
