Glee Club (comedy club)

The Glee Club is a chain of comedy venues in the UK.

The first Glee Club was opened by Mark Tughan in Birmingham's Chinese Quarter in 1994, [http://icbirmingham.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0100localnews/archive/tm_method=full%26objectid=11386473%26siteid=50002-name_page.html Doors will open on an improved Glee club] Birmingham Post, 25 October 2001] the first dedicated comedy club to open in the United Kingdom outside London. [http://icbirmingham.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0100localnews/tm_method=full%26objectid=13492814%26siteid=50002-name_page.html Brum loses out in comedy stakes] Evening Mail, 8 October 2003]

Refurbished in 2001 the Birmingham venue has two event spaces: a 480-seat main auditorium and a 180 seat studio theatre.

A second branch opened in Cardiff in 2001 and is located in the Mermaid Quay development in Cardiff Bay. [ [http://www.cityguide.travel-guides.com/city/30/nightlife/Europe/Cardiff.html Cardiff City Guide - Nightlife] World Travel Guide] ITV Wales broadcast a series of eight stand up shows from the venue in 2006. [ [http://www.chortle.co.uk/news/2006/04/23/4145/itv_glee ITV Glee - Late-night showcase for stand-up] Chortle, April 23 2006]

External links

* [http://www.glee.co.uk/index.php Official site]

References