Comics will float your boat.SOME of the biggest North East names on the comedy circuit are getting together for a one-off charity show. The event, called A Joke for a Boat, is the brainchild of Manchester-based comedian Lee Fenwick and will raise money for the North East Maritime Trust, based in South Shields. Fenwick, whose character Mick Sergeant will compere com·pere Chiefly British n. The master of ceremonies, as of a television entertainment program or a variety show. v. com·pered, com·per·ing, com·peres v.tr. the gig, will be joined by BBC Radio Newcastle BBC Radio Newcastle is the BBC Local Radio service English metropolitan county of Tyne and Wear. It broadcasts from its studios (known as the 'Pink Palace') on Barrack Road in Newcastle upon Tyne. The station was formerly part of the BBC Night Network. presenter Alfie Joey, Jarrow-born comedian Seymour Mace - who was a regular in Johnny Vegas's BBC Three show Ideal - and Newcastle comic Sarah Millican, who starred on Michael McIntyre's Comedy Roadshow. The aim of the show, at the Customs House in South Shields on September 20, is to raise money for the restoration of the lifeboat Henry Frederick Swan, which is currently kept in the yard of the North East Maritime Trust. The boat is recorded by the RNLI RNLI (in Britain) Royal National Lifeboat Institution RNLI n abbr (BRIT) (= Royal National Lifeboat Institution) → organización benéfica que proporciona un servicio de lanchas de socorro as being the longest-serving lifeboat in the UK. Built during the First World War, she was a gift from the widow of Henry Frederick Swan who had been the chairman of the Tynemouth branch of the RNLI for many years. Her first recorded rescue was in 1920 and she remained in service until 1935. When her replacements were destroyed in an air raid she was returned to service and helped several vessels including the submarine Tuna which ran aground a·ground adv. & adj. 1. Onto or on a shore, reef, or the bottom of a body of water: a ship that ran aground; a ship aground offshore. 2. off St Mary's island in 1943. Lee Fenwick said: "Given the boat's admirable history and length of service to the North East it seems only right that we now come to her aid and assist the trust in restoring her to her former glory." Customs House executive director Ray Spencer said: "Hosting this show is our way of saying 'thank you' to the fantastic men of the North East Maritime Trust who built Salma's Dream, the stunning centrepiece of our knitting exhibition. "Congratulations must go to Lee for arranging such a stellar line-up. It promises to be a great night." A Joke for a Boat is on Sunday, September 20, at 8pm. CAPTION(S): FUNNY GAL - comic Sarah Millican CHARITY GIG - Alfie Joey of BBC Radio Newcastle joins the comedy line-up |
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