I started my career at this club, i wouldn’t be where i am without their support, government deemed it not ‘culturally significant’. I think a lot of people beg to differ.
#savethefrog
#savelivecomedy
Afraid we won’t be able to open again for at least 2 weeks. This is a huge blow to the club & the Industry as a whole. We’ve put a considerable amount of time & investment gearing up to re-open again but we have to respect the decision. The Show Will Go On. The Frog will be back
This funding meant 'everything' to
@frogandbucket
's survival. They've been turned down because they're not 'culturally significant'. Owners say it's 'two fingers up' to northern comedy
When
@Enterprise
staff admit to having a bet amongst themselves on who can heckle the most and play an app with annoying sounds throughout the show to the annoyance of the rest of the audience and acts then cry when thrown out!!
Wow! Never before have I experienced such bad treatment as
@frogandbucket
seriously rude! You can’t even laugh in that place if your laughter doesn’t fit! Poor service which is a shame as comedians were top class!
#findsomewhereelse
#dontspendmoneythere
We are delighted to announce that we have been recognised for our contribution to England's Cultural offering & been awarded an Arts Council Cultural Renewal Grant. We are hugely grateful for this support which allows us to reopen & thrive again on Mon 17th May
#HereForCulture
FYI - the Frog takes a very firm stance on this sought of BS. If you ever dare to visit our venue and support any form of racism then we will call you out! This is an issue with all comedy and not just the Frog but we have the balls to stand up to it!!
We can’t wait for Covid to do one and have these crazy bunch back. The mad’eds will probably sacrifice a bat* or something but it’s sure to be fun (*They would never harm a real bat)
How’s this for a
#ThrowbackThursday
- 28 years ago today we started at the little Frog on Newton St. There were so few acts on the circuit that founder David Perkin acted as MC and Caroline Aherne ran a joke competition in the middle. It’s where performing arts student Peter Kay
We are delighter to announce that with support from
@ace_national
National lottery Grant we can now bring you the very best of Standup Live from the Frog every Saturday. This Saturday 13th we have
@LouConran
@JoshuassJones
plus more TBC
Tix here
✅Record Breaker - some May Say he should have booked a bigger venue, we know he knows you can’t beat the intimacy. Well done to everyone who managed to get tickets as it’s arenas in his future now 🔥
We just sold out my sixth tour date at
@frogandbucket
in Manchester. First comedian to ever do that. 😅
Absolutely mad. Thanks for all the support with this tour, it’s been absolutely exhausting but totally worth it. Not many dates with tickets left, but they’re all on my site.
Today we Celebrate 20 years of Beat The Frog.
The Comp started in 2003 with Dan Nightingale & Lee Martin Joined Forces to create BTF, which has started many people careers. Tonight we are excited to announce past world series winner Dan Tiernan will be doing his Debut as MC
Huge Kudos to all of tonight’s finalists - new acts who have barely had the chance to gig this year but all had blinding gigs in the only Live Comedy Competition Final that went ahead in 2020.
Look whose back 👀👀
We're bringing Funny back from Saturday 1st August
Covid secure but very limited tickets due to reduced capacity
Find all shows here
Winner winner Chicken dinner! Thanks for all our voters, our wonderfully comedy savvy audience, but most of all the talent - what's a comedy club without the comics x
Hayley Ellis has just gone & SOLD OUT her 4th show us at the Frog.
Breaking a little record for the 1st women to sell out 4 tour dates.
Whoop, whoop & a huge congrats to you Hayley
rocked up to do his first ever gig. So much talent has been discovered and developed in the NW over the last 28 years. Happy Birthday us & thanks to all who joined us on this journey. We would love to hear all your memories & stories - especially if you remember the “little Frog”
🎤 In just a couple of hours time, comedy fans will get to enjoy a live show inside
#Manchester
’s iconic
@frogandbucket
comedy club for the first time this year.
Jessica Toomey tells us there’s nothing like it 👇
It is with great sadness that we have learnt of the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth. We would like to convey our deepest sympathy to the Royal Family at this time. In accordance with the wishes of the Royal household, this weekend’s performances will go ahead as planned
After 26 weeks of despair without Beat the Frog it finally returns tonight with MC
@DanHasAPodcast
. Reduced capacity = limited tickets so advanced booking advised.
There was laughter, tears, dancing & the joy of Liam taking off the Tech door handles. It was a hell of a send off to our venue manager who was the rock of the place for 15 years! We sure will miss ya, but we wish you all the best on your new adventure. Love from you frog family
Our legendary Monday Night Beat the Frog competition returns Online thanks to a National Lottery Project Grant from Arts Council England.
Every Monday, 8pm, tickets from £3 plus a 50p booking fee per household
Thank you
@frogandbucket
for letting me drop off
@Thephilellis
's belated birthday presents in person. Brilliant
#BeatTheFrog
line up. The future is looking so bright for stand up in Manchester, I shoulda work shades
👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 x
Tomorrow!! Comedy Pub Quiz World Record Attempt
Raising Funds for the National Emergency Trust & Your fave local Comedy Club.
Reserve your seats now and join host Kiri Pritchard-Mclean, Jason Manford, Russell Howard & so many more incredible acts
Going out for one last meal tomorrow - why not drop by for the 6.30pm show, just a hour long so perfect timing to fit in before your dinner reservation
Manchester own Josh Jones Comedy is on 8 out of 10 cats tonight!!! Whoop Whoop.
Catch Josh's tour 'Waste Of Space' at the Frog on November 13th
Tickets in Linktree
The talented
@reed_mat
has created these amazing prints of our club to help raise funds for both him as a comic with limited work and us with no funding. Contact him by DM to order a print £15+1.50p&p
Writer and co-star of Radio 4's To Hull and Back. As seen on Married to a Celebrity, QI, Dave's Ultimate Worrier and Brian Cox's Infinite Monkey Cage.
@LucyABeaumont
brings 'Space Mam' to the Frog & Bucket next week!! 👩🚀
Hurry, get your tickets now:
We know it’s been a whole 2 weeks since we had
@DanHasAPodcast
on stage but he’s looking like it’s been much longer. If you are missing him as much as us you can catch him and
@adamrowecomedy
on
@Haveawordpod
DAILY
We are just over a week away from the Beat the Frog World Series, Monday 2nd November.
Each year we ask a previous winner to return and perform whilst we count audience votes and this year we have 2007 winner
@CPHutchinson
who is currently presenting the One Show