 The Glee Club logo | |
| Location | United Kingdom |
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| Owner | Comic Enterprises Ltd. |
| Type | Comedy club, music venue |
| Genre(s) | comedy, music, spoken word |
| Seating type | Theatre style |
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The Glee Club is a chain of independent live stand-up comedy and live music venues in the UK. The first Glee Club was opened by Mark Tughan in Birmingham's Chinese Quarter in 1994,[1] the first dedicated comedy club to open in the United Kingdom outside London.[2]
A second branch opened in Cardiff in 2001 with a third club opening in Oxford in April 2010 and a fourth, two room club debuted in Nottingham in September 2010.
The latest club to come online is The Glee Club Glasgow which opened in February 2019.
A number of major names cut their teeth playing at The Glee, including Jack Dee, Peter Kay, Lee Mack and Ross Noble.[3]
The brand has been directly involved with numerous urban comedy festivals in their host cities, and also presented stand-up stages at major outdoor events, including V Festival from 2012-2017. The Glee Club Comedy Tent at V welcomed appearances from Sean Lock (V2012), Eddie Izzard and Josh Widdicombe (V2013), Alan Carr (V2014), Frankie Boyle and Russell Kane (V2016),[4] and Joe Lycett (V2017).
- ^ Doors will open on an improved Glee club Birmingham Post, 25 October 2001
- ^ Brum loses out in comedy stakes Evening Mail, 8 October 2003
- ^ Laws, Roz. "Birmingham's first comedy club The Glee Club celebrates 20 years of jokes", Birmingham Post, Birmingham, 5 September 2014. Retrieved on 28 October 2005.
- ^ Falconer, Daniel. "V Festival comedy headliners announced - Frankie Boyle and Russell Kane to take centre stage", Female First, 23 April 2015. Retrieved on 22 February 2019.