Dave Spikey: Overnight Success Tour(2003)
Having co-written and starred in the hilarious Channel 4 series Phoenix Nights with Peter Kay, Dave Spikey is best known for his role as the club’s long-suffering compere, Jerry "The Saint" St. Clair. Also a comedian, actor, writer and presenter, Dave is a British comedy award winner, having previously won the prestigious Perrier Award at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and the title of North-West Comedian of the Year. Filmed in front of a live audience at the Leeds Music Varieties Theatre, Dave keeps the audience in hysterics with his down-to-earth observations about everything from the difference between Northerners and Southerners to memory loss, fashion for old men, badly written obituaries and ducks doing cabaret!
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Having co-written and starred in the hilarious Channel 4 series Phoenix Nights with Peter Kay, Dave Spikey is best known for his role as the club’s long-suffering compere, Jerry "The Saint" St. Clair. Also a comedian, actor, writer and presenter, Dave is a British comedy award winner, having previously won the prestigious Perrier Award at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and the title of North-West Comedian of the Year. Filmed in front of a live audience at the Leeds Music Varieties Theatre, Dave keeps the audience in hysterics with his down-to-earth observations about everything from the difference between Northerners and Southerners to memory loss, fashion for old men, badly written obituaries and ducks doing cabaret!
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2003-11-17
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