The Glee Club (comedy Club)
The Glee Club is a small chain of live stand-up comedy and live music venues in the UK.
The first Glee Club was opened by Mark Tughan in Birmingham's Chinese Quarter in 1994, the first dedicated comedy club to open in the United Kingdom outside London.
Refurbished in 2001 the Birmingham venue has two event spaces: a 480-seat main auditorium and a 180 seat studio theatre.
A second branch opened in Cardiff in 2001 and is located in the Mermaid Quay development in Cardiff Bay. It has a seated capacity of 450 and a standing capacity of 550. ITV Wales broadcast a series of eight stand up shows from the venue in 2006. The Cardiff venue has won the Chortle Award for best venue (Wales and West) eight times since the awards began in 2002.
A third club opened in Oxford in April 2010.
A fourth, two room club opened in Nottingham in September 2010. It is attached to a café bar called Café Glee.
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