Review: Jason Cook's Comedy Club, South Shields

Also featuring Paul Tonkinson, Justin Moorhouse, Allyson June Smith and Steffen Peddie.

Brand new comedy festival in Middlesbrough in July

The bill features a line up of some instantly recognisable names so far, with more expected to be revealed shortly.

Jason Cook launches South Tyneside Comedy Festival

A flurry of top stand up comics including Chris Ramsey, Gary Delaney, Steffen Peddie and Justin Moorhouse are among those on the bill for the inaugural South Tyneside Comedy Festival, which will take place at the Customs House over 10 days from July 29 to August 7.

Comedians reveal their worst presents

The Noise Next Door, Matt Forde, Chris Ramsey, Daniel Sloss, Justin Moorhouse, Mark Watson and Henning Wehn talk about the bad Christmas presents they've received.

The trio offer a very bleak image of Christmas in their shabby flat, old sports socks hanging from the mantelpiece in lieu of the stockings. The set designer has even made fairy lights seem grim. We start with Ed Easton dancing hilariously badly with excitement at the prospect of Santa's arrival, but his illusions are shattered, before things take an unexpected turn into the horrific, and then into the plain odd. Kath Hughes and James Meehan co-star, and look out, too, for Justin Moorhouse as a very convincing Father Christmas.

Interview: rarely asked questions - Justin Moorhouse

Justin Moorhouse is a very funny bloke who makes something very hard look very easy.

This week's new live comedy

Previews of Justin Moorhouse, Mae Martin and Chris Ramsey.

Radio Times review

Hal Cruttenden is one of those nicely dressed middle-class comedians that you assume will skip through a cosy routine about school runs in the 4x4 and posh supermarkets. Instead he starts off with some alarming gags about why Santa Claus and the tooth fairy are scary. "I want to be a political comic but I can't be bothered to do the reading," he adds before launching into a distinctly political tirade that touches on the NHS, pensions and Iraq.

Also on the bill are Mancunian Justin Moorhouse, who gets some laughs out of his northern origins and Canadian Tom Stade, who says some pretty harsh things about getting old.

Justin Moorhouse and Jim Poyser launch company

Justin Moorhouse, writer Jim Poyser and marketing agency MC2 have joined together to form a new production company.

Comics spread Christmas cheer with food bank donations

A leading charity has praised two TV stand-ups, Justin Moorhouse and Jason Manford, for encouraging their fans to donate advent calendars to food banks.