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The north’s longest-running comedy club, Frog and Bucket, faces closure after government funding is denied
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The Frog and Bucket comedy club has been denied funding from the Arts Council England.
The institution that has held comedy legends on the stage from Peter Kay to John Bishop and Johnny Vegas is now facing a full venue closure after failing to receive funding from the Arts Council.
Jessica Toomey, Managing Director says: “They didn’t consider us culturally significant and/or contributing to providing cultural opportunity in England”.
One of the first venues to open in the Northern Quarter back 1994, the Frog and Bucket is a Manchester institution, making the city laugh for decades.
A launchpad for many comedians, the club has been home to Jack Whitehall, Lucy Porter, Issy Suttie, Jason Manford, Alan Carr, and Ross Noble to name just a few.
To stay open, Frog and Bucket is now Crowdfunding to raise money to keep Manchester laughing.
They need £20,000 to stay open at a safe reduced-capacity to keep comics in work and the audience laughing. So far they have raised £13,093 in just three days.