comperes

It was part cabaret, part dance class, part gladiatorial deathmatch, with every audience member required to dance whether they wanted to or not, urged along by chirpy comperes from the American theatre group Bluemouth Inc. Occasional skits broke up the endless bopping, as did frenetic bouts of competition that whittled a hall of 80 dancers down to two eventual champions; and it is with a helpless little grin of triumph that I reveal that I made it to the final eight – the semi-finals!

Edinburgh fringe theatre roundup 2011

The territory – grubby tuxedos, Japanese lounge music, shabby comperes, sentimental stories and deranged dancing girls – may sound familiar, but the spin will be brand new from a company that even after 25 years of constant work has still got plenty to say.

This week's new theatre Mark Cook 2010

The stories are great, and Cook's impressive capacity for inspired audience banter (away from these solo gigs, he's one of the best comperes around) make for a fast-moving, entertaining evening.

This week's new comedy James Kettle 2010

Deborah J. Miller and Stan Nicholls were the main comperes for the evening and did a sterling job.

The Gemmell Awards 2009 Adam Whitehead 2009

Deborah J. Miller and Stan Nicholls were the main comperes for the evening and did a sterling job.

Archive 2009-06-01 Adam Whitehead 2009

But I must say it did look quite glam and well royal-variety like with the comperes making asides with the backdrops of lush velvet red curtains, and not to mention how they were donned in bling evening gowns, with a stress on the bling 'cos seated way back and right at the top, I was still blinded by the shimmies and sparkles whenever the damn co-host moved her body.

rouflaquette Diary Entry rouflaquette 2009

Cheerleaders include Mariella Frostrup and Jeremy Vine comperes the entire event.

Commons v Lords Tug of War Tracey Crouch 2007

Cheerleaders include Mariella Frostrup and Jeremy Vine comperes the entire event.

Archive 2007-06-01 Tracey Crouch 2007

She'd heard about me from some of my business comperes, she said.

The Gates of Noon Rohan, Michael Scott, 1951- 1992

Now that surname has been supplanted to make comperes' lives easier; and Lord has been dropped too, since it wouldn't be a good look for this emphatically unaristocratic comic, whose articulate

The Guardian World News Brian Logan 2011