Comedy Shutdown - Manchester

Join COBO : Comedy Of Black Origin as we come to The Frog & Bucket with an almighty bang!

Manchester get ready some Comedy as we bring some of the best urban comedians on the circuit.

Join Kat B, Glenda Jaxson, Smash & Kane Brown for an evening of fun & laughter.

Doors: 18:00 | Last Entry: 18:15 | Show: 18:30
This is a night of laughter, drinks and great entertainment.

Kane Brown

Kane Brown is THE name which has become associated with fearless and bold comedy who leaves crowds wanting more with his outlandish, direct & honest style of comedy.

Kat B

Kat is quick, quirky and an all-round entertainer with enormous appeal. A talented MC, present, actor, dancer, choreographer and stand up comedian and both hosts and performs stand up. He is well known for his antics on MTV Base where he has presented numerous shows including a show about Trinidad Carnival, Kat In Ghana a more serious show about the lives of people in Kwahu Tafo, a show in Jamaica where he recorded his own song (20 seconds of it!!), "The Lick" (with Trevor Nelson) and the "Request Show".

Kat presented his own radio show on Choice FM for 7 years.

As an actor Kat has appeared in numerous productions at the Theatre Royal, Stratford East including Lorca's "The Public", "The Dragon Can't Dance" "Da Boyz" as well as many variety nights. He choreographed Theatre Royal's touring musical "One Dance Will Do", the 2002 production of "Shoot 2 Win" and Roy Williams acclaimed 'Little Sweet Thing'. He founded and continues to run "Ruff Stuff", an award-winning dance troupe.

Other theatre credits include The Kat & Tameka Show with Tameka Empson, Scarecrow in "The Wiz" (Hackney Empire), Billy Goose in "Mother Goose" (Hackney Empire), "A Christmas Carol" (Hackney Empire), Snowman in "Jack and The Beanstalk" (Hackney Empire,) "The Day The Bronx Died" (Tricycle Theatre), Dick Whittington (Hackney Empire), the title role in Puss in Boots (Hackney Empire), Snowman in Jack & The Beanstalk at the Hackney Empire and work with The Posse and the BiBi Crew. Kat is celebrating his 10th consecutive year at Hackney Empire and is in the Empire Hall of Fame.

Film and television credits include "Waterland", "Street Wise", "Up Late With Gina Yashere" (BBC2), "Nights Out At The Empire" (C4), "The Richard Blackwood Show" (C4) and "Kerching" (CBBC).

Smash

From Poems, to Comedy to singing Smash does it all. One of the midlands top comedians smash takes inspiration from the great Lenny Henry and can turn his hand to anything. Be prepared for the unexpected. Co founder of Belly Buss Comedy Smash runs one of the most successful comedy nights in Birmingham