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- First performed: Hosted the first-ever show in May 1979.
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The Comedy Store was opened in April 1972 by comedians Sammy Shore (1927–2019), and Rudy De Luca. The building was formerly the home of Club Seville (1935), [1] later, Ciro's (1940–1957), a popular Hollywood nightclub owned by William Wilkerson, and later Ciro's Le Disc, [1] a rock and roll venue, [2] where the Byrds were discovered in 1964.
Jan 11, 2005 · Twenty five years ago, a new midnight show opened above a topless bar in Soho that would change the face of British stand-up comedy. The club owner, Don Ward, christened it the Comedy Store,...
In May 1979, Don Ward, (Founder, CEO and Executive Producer) opened The Comedy Store in the old Gargoyle Night Club in Dean Street, Soho. He had been inspired by a trip the previous year to see the new comedy clubs in New York and L.A.
The Store was born of the desire of two men, insurance salesman Peter Rosengard and Ward, a club owner and a former comic, to bring the American stand-up scene to the UK after they had both taken...
Jun 9, 2009 · As the Comedy Store marks its 30th anniversary, here are 10 things to know about the venue that kick-started London's comedy boom. 1. Those early premises, above the Gargoyle Club in Meard...
On Saturdays, beginning 19 May 1979, in the Gargoyle's rooftop club space Hammersmith-born insurance salesman Peter Rosengard [20] started a weekly club-night on Saturdays called the Comedy Store, in partnership with comedian Don Ward.
May 18, 2009 · The Comedy Store at 30. It stuttered into life above a Soho strip club in 1979, the vision of two friends inspired by a trip to see comedy clubs in the USA. As it marks its 30th anniversary,...
