Comedy club 4 kids

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ComedyClub 4Kids

The Jesterlarf ComedyClub’s Comedy Club 4

Kids, Burgess Hall,St Ives – Wednesday,

August 14 at 3pm.Suitable for 8 to

11-year-olds but all ageswelcome. Tickets cost

£8 adults, £5 under 16sfrom (01480) 388500 /

www.burgesshall.net.

1. Launch a rocketAND make a crane! The CambridgeMuseum of Technology is holding a jampacked activity morning on Wednesday,complete with fizzing, whoopingrockets and cranes just waiting to bebroken. Future engineers can put ontheir scientific heads by creating anexploding rocket and testing a craneto the limit. The action kicks off from10am until 12.30pm, and is suitablefor ages 7+. Little ones need to beaccompanied by their grown-up (£3.50adults, £1.50 children), and you’ll needto book – call (01223) 368650.

COME over all Harry Potter at WickenFen on Wednesday, where the fen witchwill be playing tricks. Maps, spells andinquisitive minds are a must for theMyth and Magic afternoon, which willhave budding wizards helping to freethe tree sprite from the old fen tree, andthe curse of the Fen Witch (engageyour imaginations mums and dads).Suitable for 4 - 9-year-olds, the sessioncosts £4.75 per child and you need tobook – call 08442491895. Pop along at2pm (wands optional).

2. Defeat a witch

PENS and pencils at the ready, theBig Draw on Tour is hitting CambridgeCentral Library on Saturday. Perfectfor budding Quentin Blakes, the hugedrawing workshop will involve scrawls,scribbles and lots of ideas, all inspiredby the library reading challenge andsplurged on massive bits of paper.What will you draw? Suitable for allages, it starts from 10.30am – drop-inbefore 4.30pm to take part – and iscompletely free. To find out more, call03450455225.

3. Draw a huge picture

WELL, follow them really. Wimpole Hallis hosting a Tracks and Signs morningon Sunday for mini adventurers whodon’t mind barrelling through theundergrowth in search of creepy-crawlies. Learn how to track thecreatures that call Wimpole Hall homeby discovering clues, using your noseand honing your identification skills.Don’t forget to wear clothes you don’tmind getting grubby! Suitable for5-12-year-olds, the fun kicks off at10.30am and costs £3 per child. Bookon (01223) 206000.

4. Make tracks

DON your sandals, pick up your brushand prepare to dig for some buriedtreasure at the Museum of ClassicalArchaeology in Cambridge on Monday.You’ll get to unearth secrets and learnfacts about what it was like to live andwork in ancient Greece and Rome(N.B. they definitely didn’t have iPads inthose days). Suitable for history-hungry7-11-year-olds, the session will runfrom 2pm until 4pm and it’s free – justdrop-in.

5. Become an archaeologist

IMAGINE a child-friendlyLive at the Apollo typeaffair. No swearing, no

naughtiness, no hands-over-ears moments – just thelaughs. Basically, a MichaelMacintyre set, but sadly,without Michael Macintyre.

That’s what you shouldexpect from the JesterlarfComedy Club’s Comedy Club4 Kids. The Cambridge basedcomedy club is hosting ahumour-full hour of stand-up for children in St Ives onWednesday.

For nine years they’ve beenrunning similar events aimedat over 8s (impressively sotoo apparently, The Guardiandescribed the sessions as: “Ahighlight for children... giving

them a taste of some of thebiggest names in comedy, withthe fun, rowdy feel of a realcomedy club,”).

They haul in some of thebest circuit comedians, getthem to strip out the rude,sweary bits, amp up thesilliness and make familieslaugh, rather than drunkgroups of lads out for a heckle(although, there’s no reason8-year-olds wouldn’t makefantastic hecklers).

This time round it’s the turnof comedian Jim Smallmanand double-act Men In Coats,hosted by bearded compereTiernan Douieb.

Coated in tattoos (includingone of Anchorman’s RonBurgundy), and a reformed

alcoholic and drug addict,Jim Smallman has been being“daft for money” since 2005,and is currently working on ashow for kids with his 9-year-old daughter Amelia (we’rethinking you might be theguinea pigs for this new, childfriendly material).

Headliners, the parka-cladduo, Men In Coats, are MickDow and Maddy Sparham. Apair with a knack for breakneckspeed silent comedy that tiltsprecariously towards chaos,but undoubtedly pulls it backfor a double act mix of oldschool mime, drawing on thelikes of Laurel & Hardy andTom & Jerry – with a moderntwist of course. They’ve wonawards, they’ve performed

on The Royal Variety Show,and they’re pretty muchguaranteed to have you fallingabout giggling.

Billed as: “Ideal for 8-year-olds but smaller and biggerpeople welcome. No dragons,”we’re pretty much sold, butwhy should people go along?

Organiser Andy White said:“Kids of all ages will loveit – the show’s 100 per centfun from start to finish andMen In Coats bridge the gapbetween TV cartoons and liveentertainment. Plus it getsthe kids out of the house andoff their Wii or Xbox for theafternoon.”

Can’t say fairer than that;now, are they positive you can’ttake a dragon along?