SPECIAL Christmas jolliness with Dan Nightingale, Steve Shanyaski and Chris Ramsey is in store at the Hyena Lounge Comedy Club this weekend.

“You never know, we might even tie a bit of tinsel around the microphone stand,” says promoter Toby Clouston-Jones, who urges you to brave the returning Arctic weather conditions. “Baby, it’s cold outside, so come in and laugh your baubles off.”

Doors open at 7pm for Sunday’s £10 triple bill, the final Hyena Lounge bill of the year before Toby takes a Christmas and New Year break. Tickets can be booked on 0871 902 5726 or online at picturehouses.co.uk The club will reopen on January 23 for the return of Tom Wrigglesworth, the first in a new series of solo shows.

Further confirmed acts are Jason Cook: The Eye (Part 1), January 30; Terry Alderton, February 6; Steve Williams, February 13; Dan Atkinson and Lloyd Langford, February 20; Tom Stade, February 27; Richard Herring: Christ On A Bike, March 6, 4.30pm and 7.30pm; Craig Campbell, March 13; Simon Munnery, March 20; and Sean Collins and Mike Gunn, March 27.

Looking further ahead, Andi Osho is booked in for April 10; Roger Monkhouse and Dan Nightingale, April 24; Imran Yusaf, May 8; and Rob Rouse, May 22.