MONTHLY comedy nights are being launched in the Albert Halls" intimate Festival Hall from Friday, April 16.

Stand Up Bolton will feature Dan Nightingale as the resident ringmaster for the monthly comedy nights. Dan started as a barman at the Frog and Bucket Comedy Club.

Northern comic Mike Wilkinson opens the show with some near-the-knuckle humour and he is followed by Anthony J Brown who won the Stand and Deliver competition in Edinburgh.

Guitar-playing Duncan Oakley closes the show with impressions, parodies, songs and much more.

Different acts will be featured every month.