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Next week sees Bob Pipe‘s legendary The Forgery Club return as part of a specially curated night in aid of Greenpeace. Selected by Bob himself, the night of Friday 13th February will feature Pippa Evans (The Now Show, Newsjack), duo Trodd Et Bratt (Well Done You), Holly Burn (Bad
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February 4, 2015 // 0 Comments
If your idea of the perfect Christmas party involves a combination of boogying, bevvying and brilliant comedy, then look no further! The Forgery Club‘s Christmas Party will be taking place on 21st December at Lowdown at The Albany, Great Portland Street in London (their original home). Hosted
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December 9, 2013 // 1 Comment
A sprinkling of TVO favourites are set to take over the Udderbelly on London’s Southbank as part of a special Forgery Club event. Hosted by Pros From Dover, who of course feature TVO regulars Richard Glover and Phil Whelans, the event on Friday 13th April will see the likes of Hot
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February 23, 2012 // 0 Comments
The Forgery Club is celebrating it’s 2nd birthday this February and how else to celebrate than with a night out in Londontown with some oh-too familiar names. Compered by Rachel Stubbings of Jackal Films fame and Luke Mcqueen – the night will also be welcoming the presence of TVO faces
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January 30, 2012 // 0 Comments
Last month saw the demise of The Forgery Club at the Albany: the immensely popular, regular club night which often played host to TVO friends and favourites. But, like James Bond, The Forgery Club was always going to return – and whilst a new permanent home is sourced, it is set to takeover
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November 7, 2011 // 1 Comment
The final Forgery Club is set to take place at The Albany later this month. The semi regular club night has played host to a number of TVO favourites since its inception in February last year (not long after our own launch!), including a memorable takeover from Hot Brew with help from Steve Oram,
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October 8, 2011 // 1 Comment
A bevvy of TVO faces are to appear at a very special Forgery Club event in London later this month. Entitled Forgery Club At The Movies, the latest concoction from the mighty Bob Pipe and the team promises jam-packed night of movie related sketches, characters and fun, featuring some of the
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September 5, 2011 // 0 Comments
Seminal comedy night The Forgery Club is to return next month, in its spiritual home of The Albany, Great Portland Street. The club night is the brainchild of Bob Pipe, and has seen many a TVO regular grace its bills over the years. The last event took place back in December, though
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May 9, 2014 // 0 Comments
The always-awesome comedy of The Forgery Club is on offer at this year’s Udderbelly Festival at Southbank in London. Bob Pipe‘s infamous comedy night will be appearing in the iconic inflatable cow under the moniker of ‘Back to the 80s’. As the evening’s publicity
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April 13, 2013 // 1 Comment
This year marks the 40th anniversary of Greenpeace, the environmental organisation. And there’s no better way to celebrate the amazing work that its volunteers have done for our environment than with some comedy and music! The Forgery Club will be curating some smashing comedy for the
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September 1, 2012 // 0 Comments
The Edinburgh Fringe is now well under way and there’s a whole host of TVO related shows to savour. There’s also a large number of shows worth watching that are not technically related to our ‘family’ of regulars, but we love ’em anyway. One such show is the latest solo hour from Marny
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August 12, 2016 // 0 Comments
The good folk at Arrow Films have released two new videos from Bob Pipe featuring Richard Sandling and YouTube sensation Ashens. As with videos released last year, these accompany newly remastered and extremely limited edition reissues of cult horror films on the Arrow label. The two clips
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April 12, 2016 // 0 Comments
The Velvet Onion has received a copy of the brand new teaser trailer for forthcoming short film The Monster. We first told you about the film back in March, when the production was awarded funding by Film London. A comedy horror about an iconic monster who falls in love with his leading lady on
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September 22, 2015 // 0 Comments
Welcome to The Velvet Onion – the central hub for an interconnected range of alternative comedy and more. Click through for the LATEST NEWS, and see what’s so hot right now below. YOU SAY GOODBYE… This week sees the Comedic Guard of 2015 begin to change for the first time, as
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February 9, 2015 // 0 Comments
Celebrating our 5th birthday this week has caused us to get a wee bit nostalgic. So we thought we’d collate some of those “Do you remember when?…” reminiscences into a Best of the first 5 years of TVO. It’s not a comprehensive overview of everything we’ve
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February 5, 2015 // 0 Comments
It’s the news we’ve been waiting for… The Day They Came To Suck Out Our Brains is becoming a movie – and YOU can get involved with the production! Written and created by Bob Pipe (the man behind The Forgery Club) and James Wren (the man behind The Hen & Chickens),
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October 24, 2014 // 2 Comments
For three weeks every year thousands of shows from the worlds of comedy, theatre and anything else you can think of descend on Edinburgh for the largest arts festival in the world. The full programme for the Edinburgh Fringe 2014 has now been launched and of course there are many TVO regulars
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June 17, 2014 // 0 Comments
The Edinburgh Fringe is almost upon us, with a host of TVO favourites set to descend upon the city between 2nd and 26th August. In the build up, we’re bringing you a great show to go and see every weekday – from our regulars to shows beyond the usual confines of Onion Land. Today’s showcase
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July 5, 2013 // 2 Comments
You’d have to have been living under a rock these last few months not to notice us banging on about a brilliant new web series called The Day They Came To Suck Out Our Brains. Jam-packed with TVO regulars, the show is the brainchild of Bob Pipe, and as the show comes to the end of its first
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June 5, 2013 // 5 Comments
The latest edition of The Day They Came To Suck Out Our Brains is now online for your peepers to cast their gaze upon. This week, the leading faiths of our land join forces to try and fend off the alien invaders, and there’s a surprise waiting in Professor Langhorne’s
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May 16, 2013 // 0 Comments
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