*Event Cancelled*Gut Rocking Comedy@ EDT*Thur 24th July*Imran Yusuf*

[joe rowntree]

Hi there,

Gut Rocking continues its Edinburgh preview season on Thursday 24th July with the hugely talented Mr Imran Yusuf.

Buy Tickets at: http://www.wegottickets.com/event/273764

Hope to see you all there,

Joe and Alice xxx

★★★★IMRAN YUSUF★★★★ http://www.imranyusuf.com/about/

Star of Michael McIntyre?s Comedy Roadshow (BBC 1) and Nominated for Best Newcomer in the Foster?s Edinburgh Comedy Award 2010

?By not focussing on the obvious racial stereotypes, he wins over the entire audience. His happy, positive personality leaves them feeling uplifted, energised and privileged to have had An Audience with Imran Yusuf.? Chortle ★★★★★

?Imran Yusuf?s show heralds the birth of a new comedy star. Intelligent, thought-provoking and laugh out loud funny it?s a glorious debut.? Time Out ★★★★

Imran Yusuf is renowned for his stinging, lyrical street-slang verbiage and super-high energy performance. Fast and furious yet charmingly endearing, his is a unique voice in the comedy world.

Born in Mombasa, Kenya and raised in the UK with a brief stint at school in the USA, Imran has also travelled much of the world including Israel/Palestine, Jordan and Saudi Arabia during the Lebanon Crisis in 2006. His work has been inspired by this rich multicultural background, giving him a youthful, energetic and highly original voice that embodies the multi-cultural wealth that exists in modern Britain.

He seamlessly switches between styles with graceful fluidity, repeatedly delivering heavy-weight punch lines with enormous panache. His seemingly light-hearted satire is mixed with hard-hitting topical commentary on contemporary issues that culminate into a tour de force of comedy offering an all-embracing sentiment in his trademark styling.

Imran?s initial ambition was to become a video games designer and after working for some of the top companies in the world, his creative aspirations finally gravitated towards the world of stand-up comedy. Following a period of clinical depression when he was 25, he set out to reclaim his life and career through unwavering self-belief, outrageous ambition and incredible hard work. Over the last few years he has won over the hearts and minds of a very broad audience, illustrating that absolutely anything is possible when you follow your dreams.

In 2010, Imran presented his debut solo show at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. The show, An Audience with Imran Yusuf, was part of the Laughing Horse Free Festival and it was Imran?s intention to develop his craft and material at the Fringe whilst at the same time keeping under the radar of the UK Comedy Industry and Press. However, word about the show got out and within a week Imran had gained the first of a collection of 5 star reviews, which led to him being nominated for Best Newcomer in the Foster?s Edinburgh Comedy Award 2010 (He was the first performer from The Free Festival to be nominated in the history of the Awards). All of this whilst fasting between sunrise and sunset in observation of Ramadan.

Imran?s TV debut was also made shortly after the festival appearing on Michael McIntyre?s Comedy Roadshow (BBC1) and the Edinburgh Comedy Fest (BBC3) broadcast in September 2010.

Imran has completed two UK tours with his solo shows ?An Audience with Imran Yusuf? and ?Bring The Thunder?, and is now working on a third solo show for debut at the Edinburgh Festival in the near future. Having already delivered ?The Imran Yusuf Show? TV pilot to the BBC and with new TV and radio projects currently in development, Imran can also be seen as a regular member of the team-based topical comedy show; The Cutting Edge at The Comedy Store in London.

Watch Imran Yusuf on Dave?s One Night Stand:

Watch Imran on Michael McIntyre?s Comedy Roadshow: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVeUhkyfOfk

Watch Imran on Edinburgh Fest Comedy Live: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yyCK9McwB0g

Watch Imran on Live at the Comedy Store:

★★★★MORGAN BERRY LIVE★★★★

Join rising star Joe Rowntree for an evening hot pot of his debut Edinburgh character comedy show, serving up the rare and wonderful specimen that is Morgan Berry: Pet Bereavement Counselor.

Joe is a stand-up comedian, actor, writer and presenter. His television career started back in 2001 writing put-downs for Anne Robinson on "The Weakest Link". He has hosted 2 UK tours of "Brainiac Live" which culminated at the Hammersmith Apollo after appearing in all six series of the award-winning hit Sky 1 show "Brainiac: Science Abuse.? He has supported Rhod Gilbert & Stephen K Amos on their national tours and recently recorded "Dave's One Night Stand" (Dave), which he was a huge hit on!

Morgan Berry Live

Ever wondered when the problems in your life started? When things got so confusing and out of control. Come and join the world?s first 24 hour Pet Bereavement Counselor- Morgan Berry to find out. He will cure all your problems. Come get fixed and set yourself free!

Full 4 star review of Joe?s Character show in Edinburgh 2013:

Twist your mind to imagine through the impossibilities of The League of Gentlemen being made in the early 80?s. Now thrust into that world of madness a young Vic Reeves from the heady days of Vic Reeves Big Night Out and Noel Fielding from his Mighty Boosh days. Now imagine Vic and Noel having a rancid love child. Joe Rowntree is what that child would have grown up to be, which brings us to modern day Edinburgh?

In short this show is ludicrous. Joe is a character performer who manages to completely throw himself into the role. If you were to speak to him off stage it would be hard to imagine that this nice, polite young man could come out with the nonsense that he does. To say he?s a complete nutter seems like an understatement.

There were whimpers of laughter almost continuously throughout the show and anyone who says they had even an inkling of what was coming next is a filthy liar. Joe worked his way through several very well thought out sections of the show, pausing with great effect to let the madness sink in, and continuing at just the right pace to keep everyone in the crowd constantly giggling. Short of breath and with tear drenched cheeks, we watched the show end as unexpectedly as it began.

Surprising, full of audience participation and riotous laughter, you are completely safe in the knowledge that you have just bore witness to a unique event; this is the very epitome of a great Edinburgh Fringe show. Nothing may ever be the same after watching this performance, or it maybe it will be, but at least you can bank on having some hilarious Joe Rowntree quotes to throw at your mates.

Doors open:7.45pm Show:8pm

Buy tickets at: http://www.wegottickets.com/event/273764

[joe rowntree]

Tickets available at the pub

[joe rowntree]

61 days to go....

[joe rowntree]

1 day to go. Still tickets left

[Nicla]

Joe is this on? The thread title says event cancelled.

[LouLouMoving]

I've tried calling EDT to check - can someone (Joe or otherwise) confirm whether this event is still on tonight and if tickets are still available?