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Evening Gazette
FREE comedy tickets for next month’s Hartlepool Dockfest ‘09 are now available.
Head to the town’s tourist information centre to pick up your free tickets to see top TV comic Sean Lock or CBBC cartoon favourite Little Howard.
The centrepiece to Dockfest will be a Big Entertainment Tent in front of Hartlepool’s Maritime Experience - a giant marquee which will host the music line-up on Saturday, July 4, and the comedy programme on Sunday, July 5.
BIG HOWARD, LITTLE HOWARD, stars of BBC1 and CBBC’s Little Howard’s Big Question, head a special afternoon comedy show for all the family. The line-up also includes Edinburgh Festival favourites THE SCOTTISH FALSETTO SOCK PUPPET THEATRE, and PATRICK MONAHAN from Channel 4’s Paul O’Grady Show.
A special Big Mouth Comedy Club follows on the same evening, featuring top TV comic SEAN LOCK, IVAN BRACKENBURY, JASON COOK and LEE NELSON.
“The whole comedy line-up for the day looks amazing,” says Stephen Cashman, Hartlepool Council’s strategic arts manager. ““We think it’s going to be really busy on the day. So, although it’s free, we decided to allocate tickets for both comedy shows to avoid people having to queue up for ages and possibly being disappointed if they couldn’t get in.
“The tickets can be collected in person or reserved over the phone. We’ll also have some available on the day itself on the Dockfest site.”
Around half the tickets for both comedy shows are available from Hartlepool Tourist Information Centre, Church Square, Hartlepool. Tickets are limited to four per person for the afternoon family show, and two per person for The Big Mouth evening show with Sean Lock.
Tickets can be claimed in person or by phone on 01429 890000 between 10am-4.30pm Tuesday to Saturday. Tickets reserved over the phone must be collected from the Tourist Information Centre during opening hours within three days of reservation.
Any reserved tickets not collected by the time the Tourist Information Centre closes at 4.30pm on Saturday, July 4 will be returned to general availability.
All remaining tickets will be available from the Information Point on the Dockfest site at Hartlepool’s Maritime Experience on Sunday, July 5. The family show tickets will be released on the day at noon; the Big Mouth evening show tickets at 3pm.
The Big Entertainment Tent opens for the family show at 4.30pm, show begins at 5pm.
The evening Big Mouth Comedy Club opens at 7.30pm, show begins 8pm (over-16s only).
For further information, visit www.hartlepooldockfest09.com
