{"id":9002,"date":"2012-10-09T14:36:43","date_gmt":"2012-10-09T14:36:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/altcardiff\/?p=9002"},"modified":"2012-10-09T14:36:43","modified_gmt":"2012-10-09T14:36:43","slug":"cardiff-hosts-top-stand-up-talent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/2012\/10\/09\/cardiff-hosts-top-stand-up-talent\/","title":{"rendered":"Cardiff hosts top stand-up talent"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_9010\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 480px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2012\/10\/Culture_2_ComedyStorage_Big_JW4-e1349641672949.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-9010 \" title=\"Culture_2_ComedyStorage_Big_JW\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2012\/10\/Culture_2_ComedyStorage_Big_JW4-e1349641672949-300x194.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"220\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-9010 \" title=\"Culture_2_ComedyStorage_Big_JW\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2012\/10\/Culture_2_ComedyStorage_Big_JW4-e1349641672949-300x194.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"220\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Comedy Storage in the Loft at The Moon Club, next on 25 November<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>This autumn sees an impressive roster of stand-up comedians come to Cardiff.<\/h2>\n<p>Fans of stand-up comedy are spoilt for choice in Cardiff thanks to organiser Henry Widdicombe. Chapter alone boasts Tim Key, Ava Vidal, Bridget Christie and Pappy\u2019s.<\/p>\n<p>Tim Key\u2019s <em>Masterslut<\/em> shows were sold out and Widdicombe expects similar audiences for Pappy\u2019s <em>Last Show Ever!<\/em> describing it as \u201cone of the best shows I\u2019ve seen in years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Widdicombe recently created experimental club Comedy Storage in the Loft alongside fellow comic Jordan Brookes. A monthly treat in Cardiff\u2019s calendar the next night on 25 November includes Ben Target and Daniel Simonsen, both best newcomer nominees at Edinburgh. Widdicombe says, \u201cJordan and I are passionate about the club\u2026 we\u2019ve got plans on how to keep developing it.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; This autumn sees an impressive roster of stand-up comedians come to Cardiff. Fans of stand-up comedy are spoilt for choice in Cardiff thanks to organiser Henry Widdicombe. 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Tim Key\u2019s Masterslut shows were sold out and Widdicombe expects similar audiences for Pappy\u2019s Last Show Ever! describing it as \u201cone of the best shows I\u2019ve seen in years.\u201d Widdicombe recently created experimental club Comedy Storage in the Loft alongside fellow [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":252,"featured_media":9011,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[1954,1955,1956,484,1957,264,1958,1959,1960,1961,1962],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-9002","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-culture","tag-ava-vidal","tag-ben-target","tag-bridget-christie","tag-chapter","tag-comedy-storage-in-the-loft","tag-culture-2","tag-daniel-simonsen","tag-henry-widdicombe","tag-pappys","tag-stand-up-comedy","tag-tim-key"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Cardiff hosts top stand-up talent - alt.cardiff<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/2012\/10\/09\/cardiff-hosts-top-stand-up-talent\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Cardiff hosts top stand-up talent - alt.cardiff\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"&nbsp; This autumn sees an impressive roster of stand-up comedians come to Cardiff. 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