Welcome to the Chambers Management May 2008 Talent Update

In this email:

  • Jimmy Carr's new tour Joke Technician - huge day one sales 

  • Frankie Boyle Live -Autumn tour huge day one sales

  • Jack Whitehall gets E4 Funny Cuts commission

  • Andrew Lawrence in new series of BBC3's Ideal  

  • Flight of the Conchords US tour sold out in 10 mins. Album released Mon 12th May.

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Jimmy Carr's new tour Joke Technican on sale from last Friday

Jimmy Carr is the hardest working comic around. He has for the 5th year in a row written an all new stand up show to start touring from August this year.  He has played live to over 500,000 fans in the past 3 years.  

The first 50 dates of Joke Technician went on sale last Friday and over 11,000 tickets were sold in the first few hours.  Another 100+ dates will go on sale for 2009 in September this year.  Full details at www.jimmycarr.com

Any guest ticket requests please email hannah@chambersmgt.co.uk.

Jimmy will be appearing on The Graham Norton Show tonight, 8th May, BBC 2, 10pm.  The repeat will be shown Sunday 11th May at 11.05pm.

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Frankie Boyle Live shifts thousands of tickets on day one.

Frankie's first national tour has spanned the past 6 months and has been a phenomenal success; selling out in every town and city across England and Scotland.   It has been extended by another 50 dates from October, which went on sale Friday 11th April.  Within a few hours Frankie had sold over 10,000 tickets. He has now sold in excess of 25,000 tickets and shows are selling out. Tickets can be bought at 0844 847 2528 or www.ticketmaster.co.uk/artist/963283 

Frankie will be recording 3 shows at Hackney Empire for his hotly anticipated DVD which is out this November.   These are almost sold out but a few tickets can be bought at 0208 985 2424 or www.hackneyempire.co.uk

For guest list tickets please contact hannah@chambersmgt.com 

Frankie will be appearing on Have I Got News for you on Friday 16th May.

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Andrew Lawrence stars in new series of Ideal

Andrew currently stars in the new series of BBC3's Ideal which started last Monday and is repeated every Wednesday at 9.30pm and Fridays at 12.45am.  Andrew is in episodes 3, 4, 7 and 8.

Andrew can also be heard as the voice of David Miliband in the hotly anticipated ITV1 series Headcases which is currently being aired on Sundays on ITV1 at 10pm

http://www.itv.com/Entertainment/comedy/Headcases/default.html

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Jack Whitehall gets E4 Funny Cuts commission

Jack Whitehall is emerging as a big talent and is still only 19 years old. From winning new act competitions only last year he has gone on to prove his brilliance as a stand up and is showing all the right signs of becoming a recognisable TV and radio name.

His pilot with Brown Eyed Boy has been commissioned for a Funny Cuts on E4 to air later this year.

He has also been supporting James Corden and Mat Horne on their live tour of their new sketch show.

Get in touch with hannah@chambersmgt.co.uk for showreel material.

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Flight of the Conchords enjoy huge success in the States and UK release of Album

Grammy Award winners, Flight of the Conchords' US tour starts this week. It went on sale two weeks ago and sold out every ticket in an incredible 10 minutes.

Their new album, which debuted at number three in the American music charts, is on digital release worldwide now and paper release from next Monday, 12th May.

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Edinburgh Festival 2008 shows announced

Edinburgh is already gearing up 3 months in advance of the start of the Festival.  Tickets are not on sale yet but we can confirm that we have the following acts in Edinburgh this year:

Jimmy Carr: 13-17 & 21-24 Aug Edinburgh International Conference Centre

Last year's If.Comedy nominee Andrew Lawrence returns to the Pleasance

First time solo shows from Josh Howie and Sarah Millican, both at the Pleasance.

David O'Doherty returns to Edinburgh and plays at the Stand.

More details to follow....

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Previous Chambers Management Talent mailing lists can be found at http://www.chambersmgt.co.uk/mailinglist.htm 

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Forthcoming shows

To see when our acts are performing next, please visit www.chambersmgt.co.uk/shows.htm

Many of our acts appear regularly on the stand-up comedy circuit within London and the rest of the UK, though Demetri Martin and Flight of the Conchords are based in New York and New Zealand respectively. Demetri Martin is a regular guest on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, which can be viewed on More 4 weekdays at 8:30pm.

We would love for you to be our guest at any of our clients' performances. These will be publicised in future mailings and will enable you to discover the talent we have on offer at Chambers Management in addition to the plethora of experience that our clients possess.

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Contact Us

Subject to their availability, our acts are able to attend castings or read-throughs as necessary. Please contact us to discuss your casting requirements, learn more about our artists and to arrange a suitable date on which to view our acts live.

T: 0207 796 3588

info@chambersmgt.co.uk

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Jimmy Carr 23 Long Lane, Barbican, London EC1A 9HL
Andrew Lawrence T: +44 (0) 207 796 3588
Demetri Martin F: +44 (0) 207 796 3676
Flight of the Conchords
Josh Howie
Jason Wood
Sarah Millican
Ninia Benjamin
Frankie Boyle
David O'Doherty