Up the Creek (comedy club)

Up the Creek is a comedy club on Creek Road in Greenwich, London.[1]

Up the Creek
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Coordinates	51.4813°N 0.0116°W / 51.4813; -0.0116
Capacity	275
Opened	1991 (1991)
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The club was founded in 1991 by Malcolm Hardee,[2] who was a regular master of ceremonies.[3] In an upstairs bar at the club was a mural commissioned by Hardee as a parody of Leonardo da Vinci's The Last Supper, with Hardee as Christ and other comedians including Jo Brand and Julian Clary as the Twelve Apostles, with Ben Elton as Judas Iscariot.[4][5]

Joe Lycett performing at Up the Creek

The venue won the inaugural Chortle Award for Best Large Venue, in 2002.[6] Comedians to have played Up the Creek include Phil Nicol, Andrew Maxwell, Sam Simmons,[7] Tim Vine, Ricky Grover, Owen O'Neill and Boothby Graffoe.[2] The television series No Such Thing as the News was filmed at the club.[8]

References

Chandler, Mark (4 October 2013). "Greenwich Creek Road project beside Up The Creek comedy club approved". News Shopper. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
Fleming, John; Hardee, Malcolm (2011). Sit-Down Comedy: Stand-ups swap the stage for the page. Random House. ISBN 978-1-4464-4639-3.
Guardian Staff (15 June 2015). "'The staff are like gin-pouring ninjas': standups pick the best comedy clubs". The Guardian. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
Bennett, Steve. "He died with a beer in his hand : News 2005 : Chortle : The UK Comedy Guide". www.chortle.co.uk.
"Photo of Hardee's 'Last Supper' in The Times Online, 8 January 2008". Archived from the original on 15 October 2008.
"Chortle Awards". www.chortle.co.uk. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
"London's Top 10 Comedy Clubs". Londonist. 6 April 2016. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
Bennett, Steve. "QI's No Such Thing As A Fish hits TV : News 2016 : Chortle : The UK Comedy Guide". www.chortle.co.uk. Retrieved 9 July 2020.

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