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A Laugh In Stockport Comedy Club – Thurs 30 April Come and enjoy an evening of live comedy in Stockport’s only Belgian bar! Nina Gilligan is sometimes outrageous, always hilarious with a charming, loveable persona which belies an acerbic wit. A prol...

Tickets selling fast for our next A Laugh In Stockport comedy night at the end of this month. Half of the tickets already sold; don’t miss out.

wegottickets.com/event/689894

#stockport #comedy

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Not many tickets left for next week’s Murder Inc presents: Cirque Du Slay 🎪🎟️ An improvised comedy murder-mystery set at a circus? Yes please! 🤩

Book now: wegottickets.com/event/696401

#stockport #comedy #improv #murdermystery

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Murder Inc presents: All Die Breakfast To celebrate Stockport’s flourishing cafe culture, Murder Inc are treating us to a spot of brunch as they present their brand new comedy murder-mystery: ALL DIE BREAKFAST New Berlin? It’s more like t...

Wednesday’s Murder Inc show at Thread is now SOLD OUT! But don’t worry, they are back again next month with a brand new murder-mystery: ALL DIE BREAKFAST.

Tickets on sale now: wegottickets.com/f/17164

#stockport #comedy #improv #murdermystery

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Mr Doom: Behind the 8 Ball Join us at Thread for our first ever film screening! A Laugh In Stockport favourite Danny Sutcliffe makes his big-screen debut in ‘Mr Doom: Behind the 8 Ball’, written and directed by Leif Johnson. ...

FREE TICKETS! Next week at Thread we’re hosting a film screening and Q&A, and the tickets won’t cost you a penny. 🙂

Join us for ‘Mr Doom: Behind the 8 Ball’ followed by a Q&A with writer/director Leif Johnson and lead actor Danny Sutcliffe.

Book now:
wegottickets.com/event/695324

#Stockport #film

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It’s #IndexDay and I’m sat here reading every index in the house (as I do every day), and I’m rediscovering @baindex.org’s brilliantly amusing index to Alan Partridge’s ’Big Beacon’. Very funny!

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Cover image from the book ‘Live From New York’ The Complete and Uncensored History of Saturday Night Live (40th anniversary edition)

Cover image from the book ‘Live From New York’ The Complete and Uncensored History of Saturday Night Live (40th anniversary edition)

Index entry for John Belushi.

Index entry for John Belushi.

Happy National Indexing Day! I’m reading ‘Live From New York’ and the index is a goldmine for all those bits you want to go back and read again. #IndexDay

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My 25th freelance anniversary: how it started vs how it’s going (for NID 2025) Taking stock of a quarter century of freelancing

Happy National Indexing Day from @indexers.bsky.social!
Here is a new blog post from me on ‘My 25th freelance anniversary: how it started vs how it’s going (for NID 2025)’. Follow along and post your love of indexes and human indexers today with the hashtag #IndexDay.
baindex.org/2026/03/31/m...

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Welcome to National Indexing Day! We're the UK's professional society for book and journal indexing, and we're celebrating our founding anniversary with lots of posts about indexing, indexes and indexers. Follow #IndexDay to join in.

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It's #IndexDay so time to celebrate the human ingenuity that goes into creating the indexes that helps us find what we need to know.

This one is from "Index, a History of the" by @djbduncan.bsky.social.

Index by @baindex.org @indexers.bsky.social

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What fab fun we hat at Thread this week 😍 See you next month for lots more great comedy.

#stockport #comedy

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13 tickets left for Thursday’s show.

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What a buzz! Murder Inc served up another insanely funny murder mystery. 🎥🐝 That one was nuts 😆 Murder Inc return to Thread on Wednesday 15th of April for Cirque Du Slay – a murder mystery set at a circus 🎪 #stockport #comedy #improv #murdermystery

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A Laugh In Stockport Comedy Club – Thurs 26th March Join us for an evening of laughter at Thread! Alex Boardman is one of the most experienced and respected comedians on the club circuit today, with nearly three decades of making audiences laugh under...

Live comedy this coming Thursday 😃 MC Rich J Wall welcomes Alex Boardman (“He is quality” – Jason Manford), Tony Basnett, Zoe Cousin, and 80s Luke.

Thurs 26th March at Thread, Stockport Market Place
‼️ Last few tickets > stockportcomedy.short.gy/thurs-comedy...

#stockport #comedy

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Check out what we’ve got coming up in April.

👉 Rob Rouse: Funny Bones
👉 Murder Inc presents: Cirque Du Slay
👉 Mr Doom: Behind the 8 Ball
👉 aLiS with Nina Gilligan, Percy Savage, Charlotte Cropper & Jonny Addy

More info & tickets: stockportcomedy.co.uk/shows/

#stockport #comedy

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National Indexing Day 2026 The Society of Indexers is celebrating National Indexing Day for the tenth successive year on Tuesday 31 March 2026. This year we will be celebrating with a hal

What value do indexes add? How can you identify a good index? What skills and qualities do professional indexers bring to an indexing project? Indexer @baindex.org will explore all these points at our 31 March #IndexDay workshops for publishing professionals. Book your place now at buff.ly/f0W1mZC

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It’s Thursday 19 March, Stockport will see highs of 17°C and Thread will be filled with 120dB of laughter. Have a lovely day, Stopfordians, we’ll see you this evening. 🌞

Murder Inc. presents: Box Office Hit
Tickets (£10): wegottickets.com/event/693268

❤️

#stockport #comedy #improv #murdermystery

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Tomorrow! 😃

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Promo image: Murder Inc presents Box Office Hit. Comedy, imporv, murder, mystery.

Promo image: Murder Inc presents Box Office Hit. Comedy, imporv, murder, mystery.

Promo image for comedy with A lex Boardman, Tony Basnett, Zoe Cousin, and Rich J Wall

Promo image for comedy with A lex Boardman, Tony Basnett, Zoe Cousin, and Rich J Wall

Promo image for Rob Rouse Funny Bones UK tour show

Promo image for Rob Rouse Funny Bones UK tour show

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Promo image for Mr Doom Behind the 8 Ball film

An amazing few weeks of funny coming up at Thread 🤩 More info & tickets 👉 stockportcomedy.short.gy/spring-shows

#stockport #comedy

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We’ve got lots of fun things coming up at Thread in the next few weeks – check ’em out!

#stockport #comedy

wegottickets.com/stockportcom...

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Murder Inc presents: Box Office Hit Murder Inc presents a fully improvised, comedy murder-mystery set at a Cinema! Get the popcorn out and don't be late for the trailers, because this one is a VUE to kill. One of our players will have ...

Next week at Thread it’s more murder mystery, and this time we’re off to a cinema 😃🍿🎬 Murder Inc presents: Box Office Hit

“So funny I spat my wine out!” – Audience Member

Thurs 19th March, 7.45pm
Book tickets > stockportcomedy.short.gy/murder-box-hit

#stockport #comedy

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A Laugh In Stockport Comedy Club – Thurs 26th March Join us for an evening of laughter at Thread! Alex Boardman is one of the most experienced and respected comedians on the club circuit today, with nearly three decades of making audiences laugh under...

Live stand-up comedy at Thread in Stockport Market Place, Thursday 26th March. With Alex Boardman, Tony Basnett, Zoe Cousin, Eighties Luke & Rich J Wall (MC).

Get tickets: wegottickets.com/event/689888

#stockport #comedy

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Mr Doom: Behind the 8 Ball Join us at Thread for our first ever film screening! A Laugh In Stockport favourite Danny Sutcliffe makes his big-screen debut in ‘Mr Doom: Behind the 8 ball’, written and directed by Leif Johnson. ...

FREE film screening! 😎🍿🎬 ‘Mr Doom: Behind The 8 Ball’ – written & directed by Leif Johnson, and starring our beautiful friend & regular aLiS compère Danny Sutcliffe. 💪

📅 Wednesday 22 April
📍 Thread, Stockport Market Place
🎟️ Book FREE tickets here: wegottickets.com/event/695324

#stockport

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Tonight! Mirth and merriment in the market place. ❤️

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Could you solve a murder mystery?

#stockport #comedy #improv #murdermystery

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Murder Inc presents: Box Office Hit Murder Inc presents a fully improvised, comedy murder-mystery set at a Cinema! Get the popcorn out and don't be late for the trailers, because this one is a VUE to kill. One of our players will have ...

Can’t join us tomorrow? Don’t worry – Murder Inc are back next month with another hilarious murder mystery.

Murder Inc presents: Box Office Hit
Thursday 19th March at Thread
🎟️ Tickets on sale now: wegottickets.com/event/693268

#stockport #comedy #improv #murdermystery

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A Laugh In Stockport Comedy Club – Thurs 26 February Join us for an evening of first-class comedy at Thread – Stockport Market Place’s gorgeous Belgian bar! Canadian comedian Allyson June Smith honed her craft headlining multiple high-profile festival ...

This Thursday! Live comedy with Allyson June Smith, Steph Bradshaw, Annabelle Devey, and Delyth Smith. Your host for the evening is the wildly charismatic and hilarious Danny Sutcliffe!

Book tickets: stockportcomedy.short.gy/comedy-night...

#stockport #comedy

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National Indexing Day 2026 The Society of Indexers is celebrating National Indexing Day for the tenth successive year on Tuesday 31 March 2026. This year we will be celebrating with a hal

Our annual celebration of indexes and indexing, National Indexing Day, takes place on Tues 31 March 2026. We’ll be celebrating online (follow #IndexDay) and running half-day workshops all about indexing for publishing professionals in London. Find out more and book your place at: buff.ly/y0rLvyT

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Sometimes even the costumes are improvised! 😆

Murder Inc presents: Decomposed – an improvised comedy murder-mystery, this Thursday at Thread, Stockport Market Place.

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We love it when it goes RED.
😱😎😍
#stockport #comedy #murdermystery

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