Up the Creek (comedy club)

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Up the Creek
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Up the Creek (comedy club)
Coordinates 51°28′53″N0°00′42″W / 51.4813°N 0.0116°W / 51.4813; -0.0116
Capacity 275
Opened1991 (1991)
Website
up-the-creek.com

Up the Creek is a comedy club on Creek Road in Greenwich, London. [1]

The club was founded in 1991 by Malcolm Hardee, [2] who was a regular master of ceremonies. [3] In an upstairs bar at the club was a mural commissioned by Hardee as a parody of Leonardo da Vinci's The Last Supper , with Hardee as Christ and other comedians including Jo Brand and Julian Clary as the Twelve Apostles, with Ben Elton as Judas Iscariot. [4] [5]

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Joe Lycett performing at Up the Creek

The venue won the inaugural Chortle Award for Best Large Venue, in 2002. [6] Comedians to have played Up the Creek include Phil Nicol, Andrew Maxwell, Sam Simmons, [7] Tim Vine, Ricky Grover, Owen O'Neill and Boothby Graffoe. [2] The television series No Such Thing as the News was filmed at the club. [8]

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References

  1. ↑ Chandler, Mark (4 October 2013). "Greenwich Creek Road project beside Up The Creek comedy club approved". News Shopper. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
  2. 1 2 Fleming, John; Hardee, Malcolm (2011). Sit-Down Comedy: Stand-ups swap the stage for the page. Random House. ISBN   978-1-4464-4639-3.
  3. ↑ Guardian Staff (15 June 2015). "'The staff are like gin-pouring ninjas': standups pick the best comedy clubs". The Guardian. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
  4. ↑ Bennett, Steve. "He died with a beer in his hand : News 2005 : Chortle : The UK Comedy Guide". www.chortle.co.uk.
  5. ↑ "Photo of Hardee's 'Last Supper' in The Times Online, 8 January 2008". Archived from the original on 15 October 2008.
  6. ↑ "Chortle Awards". www.chortle.co.uk. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
  7. ↑ "London's Top 10 Comedy Clubs". Londonist. 6 April 2016. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
  8. ↑ Bennett, Steve. "QI's No Such Thing As A Fish hits TV : News 2016 : Chortle : The UK Comedy Guide". www.chortle.co.uk. Retrieved 9 July 2020.


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