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Scunthorpe Telegraph Thursday, March 7 - Wednesday, March 13, 2013

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Thursday, March 7 - Wednesday, March 13, 2013

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WHATS ON MEETS DAVE SPIKEY

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Whats On Meets The Script

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TOP 10 THINGS TO DO
A POETRY evening with poet Elaine Akester will be held at North Lincolnshire Museum in Scunthorpe from 6pm to 8.30pm tonight (March 7).

A TALK on wildlife crime will be given by PC Nick Willey of Lincolnshire Police at Haxey Methodist Hall tonight (March 7). The talk, for Lincs Wildlife Trust, will begin at 7.30pm. Call 01507 526667. BARTON Farmers and Speciality Food Market will be held on Saturday (March 9) on King Street from 9am to 1pm. Call 01652 657053.

SCOTTONS annual whist drive in aid of the Sheffield Area Kidney Association will be held on Wednesday, March 13 at 7.30pm in Scotton Village Hall. Entry is 1.

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SINGER and musician Annabelle Chvostek is set to perform at Kirton in Lindsey Town Hall at 7.30pm on Sunday, March 10. Tickets are 8 in advance or 10 on the door. Call 01652 649230 or buy online at www.wegottickets.com IRISH group Clannad will perform at the Baths Hall in Scunthorpe at 7.30pm on Tuesday, March 12. Tickets are 28.50 and can be booked on 0844 8542776. A PERFORMANCE by Spiltmilk Dance Theatre will be held at West Butterwick Village Hall at 7.30pm on Saturday, March 9. For more details, call 01724 782181. A MOTHERS Day craft and gift fair will be held on Saturday (March 9) from 11am to 3pm at Kirton Town Hall.

Words dont come easy but laughs do I

ve been to Scunthorpe before but I have never played there said Dave. One of my former girlfriends lived in Scunthorpe we met her on a boat going to Sweden around 40 years ago. She might still live in Scunthorpe she can see what she could have won! Im excited to be coming back its nice to go somewhere new. The Baths Hall is a relatively new theatre which looks fabulous. Its my fifth tour of around 100 dates each tour. I was offered an extra few days after I finished my tour last year. Its a really good show so I am delighted to do more. But Dave has not always been a comedian, he says he was studious as a kid and it wasnt until later on in life that he considered a career in comedy. Dave juggled comedy with his job as a biomedical scientist in the haematology laboratory at Bolton General Hospital. He said: I just started being funny and I hadnt had a chance to do it before because I went to a grammar school so it was quite a strict environment, but playing football I realised I was quick witted Id always be the one to find something funny in everything. In the 1980s I did some writing for amateur drama at the hospital I worked. Two days before one show I upset somebody because I had written their lines and they didnt do them properly and walked off. I had to do it I was so nervous but once I got laughs on stage I loved them. Somebody said to me you should be a comedian so I had a go at some of the London open spots and I found myself performing alongside the likes of Jack Dee and Lee Evans. In 1996, TV comedy history was made when Dave met fellow Bolton-born comic Peter Kay. Sharing a similar style and approach to comedy and writing, they went on to form a formidable partnership; collaborating on Mad for the A6 and then on The Services for Channel 4s Comedy Lab. Shortly after they co-wrote Channel 4s hit series That Peter Kay Thing, which was awarded Best New TV Comedy at the British Comedy Awards in 2000. Inspired by this success Dave finally took the plunge and gave up the day job. Within 12 months hed fulfilled his dream of writing a comedy series by co-writing

CINEMA

Listings shown for Vue Cinema, Scunthorpe, Friday, March 8 - Thursday, March 14

A comedian who found a dose of comedy through a career in bio-medicine, is returning to the region. Dave Spikey has paired up with Peter Kay in Phoenix Nights, gained the highest ever score on Celebrity Mastermind and even has his own star on his hometowns walk of fame. Entertainment reporter SELINA MAYCOCK speaks to the Bolton-born star to find out more about his quirky life

THE Counterfeit Sixties will recreate the sounds of the 1960s in a show at Scunthorpes Plowright Theatre on Sunday, March 10. It will begin at 7.30pm and tickets are 15. Call 0844 8542776.

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and co-starring in Channel 4s critically acclaimed Phoenix Nights alongside writing partners Peter Kay and Neil Fitzmaurice. Speaking about working with Peter Kay, Dave said: It was brilliant we got all of our mates involved having a laugh all the time. Some of the out-takes were as long as the film once we had to stay the night because we had recorded it 20 times but one of the speeches was long and Peter was giggling and he would always blame somebody else he points and says

stop it. I would love to do something with Peter Kay again, we had a good relationship. Dave braved the infamous black chair as a contestant on BBC 1s Celebrity Mastermind and with his specialist subject on human blood he achieved the highest score ever in the history of the show, raising valuable funds for his chosen charity, Animals Asia. And to add to the unusual facts about Dave as a local hero, he has since been honoured in his home town with his very own star in Boltons Walk of Fame beating Peter Kay to the spot. Peter and I havent

spoke about it said Dave. My star is near a parish church that is part of a civil war battle site in a lovely little corner of the town.

They wanted to put it outside the tax office but I said Id rather they didnt. My family think its lovely and they keep my feet on the ground. Speaking about his upcoming show Words Dont Come Easy, Dave said: People can expect fun, fun, fun all the way. I am fascinated with the English language and always have been since I was a kid. In my show I look at everything specific language and how you use it from misinterpreting words, eavesdropping, thinking before you speak. For instance, purchasing wigs, someone could ask have you got a hair line? to which someone replies no but weve got a bus station. I often look at song lyrics and get annoyed at all the rubbish lyrics like Vanessa Williams song sometimes snow comes down in June, sometimes the sun goes round the moon they dont mean anything. Also a big part of what I do is look at newspapers and the ridiculous headlines. For instance in one paper I read a story about some llamas that got loose in Preston. They somehow got into a childrens playground and the newspaper described them as wild beast and said everybody

When Im on tour the local newspaper is part of my rider. If I go on stage and talk for five to 10 minutes about the local area people appreciate it people love their local community

MUSICAL comedian Boothby Graffoe will perform at Ropery Hall in Barton at 8pm on Saturday (March 9). Tickets are 12 in advance or 14 on the door. Call 01652 660380.

went mad, kids were crying and the headline said llama-drama ding-dong. There was a ridiculous headline on the front page of a newspaper with a picture of three old ladies doing some crochet in a cafe and the headline said pensioners make lovely rugs. I get sent newspapers from all over the place. I once got one from New York and it had a brilliant headline that said headless body found in a topless bar. When Im on tour the local newspaper is part of my rider. If I go on stage and talk for five to 10 minutes about the local area people appreciate it people love their local community. Dave is currently writing a sitcom for the BBC called Glitterball which is about ballroom dancing but he is waiting to hear back on whether it will burst onto our screens, starring Alison Steadman and Jill Halfpenny. Dave Spikey will perform at Scunthorpes Baths Hall on March 9, to book tickets (17) call 0844 8542776.

Oz: The Great and Powerful 3D (PG), 11.00 (Sat/Sun), 12.00 (Sun-Thurs), 1.00 (Fri/Sat), 2.10 (Sat/Sun), 3.10 (Sun-Thurs), 4.10 (Fri/Sat), 6.00 (Sat/Sun), 7.00 (Sun-Thurs), 8.00 (Fri/Sat) Oz: The Great and Powerful (PG), 12.00 (Fri/Sat), 1.00 (Sun-Thurs), 3.10 (Fri/Sat), 4.10 (Sun-Thurs), 7.00 (Fri/Sat), 8.00 Sun-Thurs/subtitled Tues), 9.50 (Fri) The Princess Bride (PG), 7.30 (Tues); Parker (15), daily 6.00, 8.45 The Guilt Trip (12a) daily 1.10, 6.30 (not Tues) I Give It a Year (15), daily 3.20 (not Sat/Sun) Les Miserables (12a), daily 2.30 Wreck it Ralph (PG), 10.30 (Sat/Sun), daily 1.00 (not Tues), 3.30, 6.00 A Good Day to Die Hard (12a), daily 9.00pm (not Tues) Beautiful Creatures (12a), daily 3.30 (Sat/Sun) Mama (15), daily 5.30, 8.00, 10.20 (Fri) Sammys Great Adventure (PG), 11.30am (Sat/Sun) A Song for Marion (PG), 12.15 (Sat/Sun) Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters 3D (15), daily 12.30 (not Sat/Sun), 5.45 (not Sat/Sun),

OZ: THE GREAT AND POWERFUL: James Franco as Oz and Michelle Williams as Annie/Glinda 8.15 (not Sat/Sun), 9.00 (Sat/Sun), 10.20 (Fri) Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters (15), 3.30 (Sat/Sun) Safe Haven (12a), daily 12.15 (not Sat/Sun), 2.45, 8.30 KIDS AM Parental Guidance (U), 10.30 (Sat/Sun) The Princess Bride (PG), 10.45 (Sat/Sun)

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STAND-UP: Comedian Dave Spikey is best known for co-writing and co-starring in Channel 4s critically acclaimed Phoenix Nights ON STAGE: Boothby Graffoe

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