Flock at The Ditchley Foundation

Was there ever a more unusual place to host a Comedy Club? Our usual venues are village halls, social clubs and the occasional tent in a field. Never before have we gigged in The Great Hall of an eighteenth century country mansion! And so it was that we found ourselves in the grand surroundings of Ditchley Park, home to The Ditchley Foundation.

The evening marked the first time Lloyd Langford has been heckled by a grandfather clock. He vowed to smash it up when he'd finished his set in an antidote to The Antiques Roadshow, "...where we tell you what it WAS worth."

The sell-out audience were there to laugh for charity, The Lawrence Home Nursing Team

 

The evening was the idea of patron Graeme Garden who is a patron of the charity. He called on his friend and "Sorry I Haven't a Clue" colleague, Sandi Togsvig to host the evening. Sandi had just wrapped filming of her first series as host of QI and treated us to a quite interesting quiz, which went down very well with the Boden trouser-wearing menfolk and pearl-necklaced ladies of the audience.

 

Still, the audience was game and laughed long and hard at Nick Page's tales of infidelity on the fire escape of an Amsterdam hotel and Lloyd's £15 box of sex-aids extras at his hotel in Bournemouth.

It was great to be a part of this brilliant event.

 

WIN! Now with added Ts & Cs.

Calling charities and other good causes (PTAs, sports clubs etc.)

WIN a Fundraising Evening worth at least £850!

Flock Comedy will provide to the winning organisation, FREE of CHARGE an evening of standup comedy for fundraising purposes.

You provide the venue - we’ll provide the entertainment (three professional stand-up comedians, MC, lights & sound, public liability insurance etc.) Sell tickets (you set the price), sell beer and sell raffle tickets at the event and you could be on your way to upwards of £2,000 clear profit on the night - a mutually agreeable Friday in October or November 2016.

The winning charity or good cause will be the one that makes the most compelling case for holding an event and demonstrates the commitment of its members, patrons, followers or supporters.

Here’s how:

Hop on over to our facebook page and share the related post and ask your followers to:


a) comment with your good cause’s name and to
b) “Like” our page.

You or your fundraiser should then answer the questions in the following form:

This offer closes 31 July 2016 - The winning good cause will be notified by 6 August 2016.
The full Terms & Conditions and exclusions are below:

 

GOOD LUCK

Terms & Conditions

The competition is open to UK Charities, Parent Teacher Associations, Sports & Social Clubs and other good causes.

1. All entrants may be contacted by Flock Comedy to discuss their entry.
2. The winning good cause will:

  • commit to a date no less than ten weeks prior to the event,
  • book and pay for a suitable location for an audience of at least fifty people,
  • the venue must be made available to Flock Comedy for an hour before the audience arrives and an hour after it leaves,
  • apply and pay for any necessary licences,
  • comply with any Ts&Cs of the venue,
  • commit to making the most of the opportunity,
  • promote the event at its own cost and sell at least sixty tickets,
  • staff the event (ticket seller, bar staff etc.),
  • provide refreshments (usually soft drinks) for Flock Comedy personnel (no more than five people),
  • use Flock Comedy branding and logo,
  • mention Flock Comedy in any PR initiative associated with the event.

3. Flock Comedy

  • will provide lighting and sound equipment,
  • will provide an MC
  • will book three professional stand-up comedians of its own choosing
  • reserves the right to claim reasonable expenses, discussed and agreed at outset.

4. Neither party will be liable for any failure of or delay in the performance of any of its obligations under this agreement if its failure or delay is due to the occurrence of a Force Majeure Event, i.e. one that:

  • is beyond the reasonable control of a party,
  • materially affects the performance of any of its obligations under this agreement, and
  • could not reasonably have been foreseen or provided against.

 

The lovely Laura Lexx shows them how it's done!

Laura Lexx is one of our favourite professional comedians. She's attracted rather a lot of attention recently for brilliantly handling a heckler at Komedia in Brighton. We don't get terribly many hecklers (certainly not as vitriolic as this young man) at Flock events!

Laura's on the bill at a number of Flock events including our up-and-coming Flock Chipping Norton gig on Friday 29 April - she's worth seeing!