Clapperboard U.K. is delighted to host a special fundraising event with St Helens award-winning comic Johnny Vegas (born Michael Joseph Pennington) who’s varied career spans work as a comic, actor, writer and director, at the Epstein Theatre on Wednesday 6th November.
To celebrate the launch of his eye-popping frank memoirs Becoming Johnny Vegas, which Michael traces the birth of the alter-ego who made him a comedy star, culminating in his triumphant appearance at the 1997 Edinburgh festival, where he won the critics’ prize and was the first newcomer ever to be nominated for the Perrier Award.
From B.B.C. Dickens adaptations to Benidorm and Ideal to the P.G. Tips ads, Johnny Vegas has become one of Britain’s best-loved comic actors.
However before he’d ever drunk tea with a knitted monkey or made himself the exception that proves the rule in terms of the predictability of T.V. panel game regulars, Johnny Vegas was perhaps the most fearlessly confessional stand-up comedian this country has ever produced.
So, how did an eleven-year-old Catholic trainee priest from St Helens grow up to become North West England’s answer to Lenny Bruce? That’s just one of the many questions that Johnny will be asked.
Clapperboard Director, Maureen Sinclair said, “Johnny has always found time to support our Clapperboard Youth Project and I’m delighted that he’s chosen our charity to benefit from this special launch of his new autobiography.”
Johnny Vegas Said, “I am delighted to participate in this event to raise much needed funds for Clapperboard’s 2013-14 youth project. In 2007 I participated as a Jury member for the Clapperboard Awards Ceremony and was impressed with the short films produced by young people and how the project has gone from strength to strength.”
Tickets for Becoming Johnny Vegas on Wednesday 6th November are priced at £20, this includes a signed copy of his new autobiography and free aftershow drinks in Ma Egerton’s.
To book call 0844 888 4411, visit www.epsteinliverpool.co.uk or book in person at the theatre box office (open 2-6pm Mon-Sat).
Income raised from this fundraiser Clapperboard Presents…will go toward the Clapperboard Youth Project.