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Your support makes all the difference.The fourth annual Leicester Comedy Festival runs from 7-16 February. This year's headliners include the 1996 Perrier Award winner, Dylan Moran, American Queen of Comedy, Sandra Bernhard, the marvellous Bill Bailey, the Comedy Store Players and many more. With more than 130 shows spread over the 10 days, plus workshops for aspiring comics, this year's festival will be bigger than Demis Roussos and Phil Jupitus put together.
We have a great first prize on offer which will ensure that the lucky winners will experience the full festival flavour. It includes three nights' bed and breakfast for two in the centre of the city at the Jarvis Grand Hotel; tickets for Jack Dee on Thursday 13 February and the Pink Comedy Club on 14 February, plus spending money for other expenses. Midland Mainline, the Main Festival Sponsor, and operator of Intercity trains between South Yorkshire, the East Midlands and London, will provide free return transport to Leicester.
Ten runners up will win a festival T-shirt, courtesy of Next plc, the main community sponsor of the festival. To enter, send your details on a postcard, by 6 February, to: Eye/Leicester Comedy Festival Offer, Leicester Promotions Ltd, 7-9 Every Street, Leicester, LE1 6AG. Winners will be picked from the postbag at random.
For more information or a brochure call the Festival Hotline on 0891 100 702 or visit the Festival website at http://www. Leicestermercury.co.uk/comedy.html
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