Laugh or the Polar Bear Gets It

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18 November 2011

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Outside Hammersmith Apollo

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Crowds start arriving at the famous HMV Hammersmith Apollo

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Our fantastic compere Greg Davies on stage kicking the night off. And a giant polar bear head

Audience at the Laugh or the polar bear gets it gig

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The packed out theatre showing their appreciation

Tim Minchen at the Laugh or the polar bear gets it gig

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Australian musical comedian Tim Minchin on the piano

Tim Minchin at the Laugh or the polar bear gets it gig

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Tim sang some of his classics including Prejudice and The Pope Song

Tim Minchen at the Laugh or the polar bear gets it gig

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Tim's set went down a storm with the audience

Tim Minchen at the Laugh or the polar bear gets it gig

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Our incredible stage

Dan Antopolski at the Laugh or the polar bear gets it gig

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Hugely brilliant comedian Dan Antopolski, who helped produce Laugh or the Polar Bear Gets It

Dan Antopolski at the Laugh or the polar bear gets it gig

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Dan Antopolski being somewhat overshadowed by our giant polar bear head

Greg Davies at the Laugh or the polar bear gets it gig

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Greg Davies working his magic on the audience

Greg Davies at the Laugh or the polar bear gets it gig

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A "lucky" audience member getting up close and personal with Greg Davies

Greg Davies at the Laugh or the polar bear gets it gig

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Greg Davies

Richard Herring at the Laugh or the polar bear gets it gig

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Our first act of the night was the very entertaining Richard Herring

Richard Herring at the Laugh or the polar bear gets it gig

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Richard Herring wowed with a routine about Ferrero Rocher...

Richard Herring at the Laugh or the polar bear gets it gig

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Richard Herring

Josie Long at the Laugh or the polar bear gets it gig

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Rocking the "small, Norwegian boy" look, we loved Josie Long

Josie Long at the Laugh or the polar bear gets it gig

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Josie Long reading from "Charles Darwin's notebook"

Jeremy Lion at the Laugh or the polar bear gets it gig

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Children's entertainer Jeremy Lion enjoys a tipple or two

Jeremy Lion at the Laugh or the polar bear gets it gig

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Jeremy Lion played by Justin Edwards

Francesca Martinez

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We welcomed back comedian from our 2009 LIVEstock gig, Francesca Martinez

Francesca Martinez at the Laugh or the polar bear gets it gig

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Francesca Martinez and the teen dilemma on whether she'd rather date the son of God... or Barry, her mates boyfriend

Danny Bhoy at the Laugh or the polar bear gets it gig

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Scottish comedian Danny Bhoy was a late addition to our line-up and wowed our crowd with his routine

Badly Drawn Boy at the Laugh or the polar bear gets it gig

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Badly Drawn Boy provided the audience with a very well-received musical interlude

Badly Drawn Boy at the Laugh or the polar bear gets it gig

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Badly Drawn Boy's set included a cover of Thunder Road, in tribute to Bruce Springsteen's famous 1975 gig at the same venue

Tim Minchin backstage at the Laugh or the polar bear gets it gig

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Backstage some of our artists were lucky enough to meet and be interviewed by Alan the Polar Bear, seen here with Tim Minchin

Greg Davies backstage at the Laugh or the polar bear gets it gig

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Greg Davies exposing the height limits of our background banners

Richard Herring backstage at the Laugh or the polar bear gets it gig

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Richard Herring backstage

Justin Edwards (Jeremy Lion) backstage at the Laugh or the polar bear gets it gig

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Justin Edwards (Jeremy Lion) backstage

Josie Long backstage at the laugh or the polar bear gets it gig

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Josie Long backstage

Badly Drawn Boy backstage at the Laugh or the polar bear gets it gig

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Badly Drawn Boy backstage

 

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