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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.
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.
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...
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...
May 18, 2009 · Frank Skinner's unheralded Comedy Store debut was in a post-midnight slot following Lee Evans. The rubber-limbed comic brought the house down; Skinner "went on and died" and thought he'd killed...
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Jun 9, 2009 · Frank Skinner's unheralded Comedy Store debut was in a post-midnight slot following Lee Evans. The rubber-limbed comic brought the house down; Skinner "went on and died" and thought he'd killed...
