Yep, that’s right, we’re on the hunt for a Saturday Night DJ to provide entertainment for each and every Saturday night at The Stoke Pub & Pizzeria.

You may be thinking – “awesome, I can band out some tunes every saturday at The Stoke” – but wait! We aren’t just looking for any old DJ that can spin a few tunes we’re looking for a proper radio style DJ… someone with personality who can provide banter, conversation, competitions and general chit chat as well as the all important tunes.

We are NOT looking for a bedroom DJ who plays the latest Dubstep or House music we’re looking for a well rounded DJ with an expansive musical taste, someone who can provide the soundtrack to every Saturday night at The Stoke Pub & Pizzeria. Think, Scott Mills, Christian O’Conner, Chris Evans, Geoff Lloyd, Fern Cotton and the likes – a night of entertainment not a stonking rave up with a few friends!

Sounds like something you’d be interested in doing? Well all you have to do to apply for this position is to pop into the Pub and ask to speak to manager Ahmad. Provide him with a 30 minute sample CD (please do not send MP3s via email etc, they will be deleted) and an outline of what you would do for each Saturday session. The DJ would be expected to play from 8.30pm til Midnight and would also be expected to bring their own equipment.

Ahmad looks forward to receiving your CDs soon!

So you may have noticed a few changes at The Stoke Pub & Pizzeria recently, well we’re trying to keep things evolving and we wanted to offcially announce a few changes.

First of all we’d like to let you know that we are now open Monday to Sunday until Midnight… so you can now get drinks every day of the week up til Midnight.

Second thing we’d like to tell you about is that our Pizza oven will remain open until 11pm every night. The regular menu will stop as usaul at 10pm but for the last hour until 11pm, we’ll be offering a plateless service of Pizza – phone ahead, pop in and grab a pizza on the way home or just a share snack to satisfy the beer munchies!

2 For 1 Monday’s is now: 2 For £10 Monday’s – So all day, every Monday you can buy any two Large Pizza’s for £10.

Every Sunday we are now running a Sunday Art Project – this is 100% free to join in and you need not bring anything with you. It’s all in aid of Great Ormand Street Hospital and we’d love for as many of you to get involved as possible. Find out full details about our new Sunday Art Project here.

We will be introducing many new things over the coming months, so make sure you keep up to date by joining our Facebook Page and keeping one eye on our blog.

Looking forward to seeing you all here again soon

Help yourself to some art materials and create a word of art: Paint, draw or just rip up the Sunday Papers and glue them on a canvas – let your creativity free every Sunday with our Sunday Art Project.

It is completley free and all you need to do to join in is ask at the bar for the materials.

The idea is for you to experimetn & at the end, if you like what you have created, you can price it and the proceeds go to Charity – The Great Ormand Street Charity to be precise. But on the other hand, if you don’t like what you’ve created we will take it off your hands and add it to any others left behind for other people to buy, again with the proceeds going to Charity.

So don’t forget, it’s Free to join in, you get to be creative and it’s all in the name of a ‘Great’ cause!

Looking forward to seeing you works of art!

PLEASE NOTE: HARD LUCK IS SUSPENDED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE

A new year and a new weekly Pool Tournament at The Stoke Pub & Pizzeria – but it’s a Pool Tournament with a Twist… it’s called Hard Luck for a reason!

The first thing you need to know is that Hard Luck starts on Sunday 8th January with a bumper 1st place prize of £200. We’ll be playing Hard Luck every Sunday thereafter but with a 1st place prize of £100.

The second thing you need to know is why it’s called Hard Luck… we’ll here’s why:

• Each player can buy 1, 2 or 3 lives (up to 7.50pm)
• Each life will be placed into a hat
• Two names/lives will be drawn from the hat at 8pm to play the first Pool game
• Then it’s winner stays on, with their next opponent drawn at random from the hat
• If you are playing and your own name is called, you loose 1 life
• The winner is the person that wins the last game

Get why it’s called Hard Luck now? If not let us explain… you could be on the table from the first match until the last match winning each and every game and then right on the last game someone who hasn’t played all night comes along and beats you! They win £200 and you go home with nothing – ouch, Hard Luck mate! It’s all down to luck, when your name is drawn, who you play against, how many times you play and eventually if you win or not!

We think the game is fantastic and we’re very excited to introduce it to our weekly events and we hope you are too.

Now then, just a final bit of information for you. Each life will cost you £1 (£3 total for the max. 3 lives) and the game of Pool is paid for by the new opponent (£1) – so the maximum you will spend in an evening will be £6 and the minimum would be £1 – not bad considering the prize is £200 initially followed by £100 each week thereafter.

So please come and join us for our first game of Hard Luck this Sunday evening, first game starts at 8pm and last chance to buy your lives is 7.50pm – no late entries will be accepted.

See you Sunday!

Great News Everyone… Following on from our very popular 2011 pizza and wine January sale we are again offering you massive savings on pizza and wine throughout January at The Stoke Pub & Pizzeria.

January sales are everywhere and we wanted to do our bit to make January that little bit more manageable financially by offering some superb discounts on our wines & pizzas.

Here is all the information you need about our amazing January Sale:

• All 12″ Pizza’s £5 all day (offer doesn’t apply with any other offers i.e. The Good Time Guide card or 2-4-1 Mondays & Takeaways)
• Selected Bottles of Wine £10 all day

This offer is available to each and everyone of you, so don’t be shy! Come along and experience some of our amazing Pizza’s and Bottles of Wine on the cheap this January.

You can check out our full food menu here and start choosing your Pizza in advance, if Pizza isn’t your thing there is always something else you could try, like our fantastic Gourmet Salads or Pasta Dishes.

We hope to see you with us very soon… If you need directions there is a map here for you.

Happy New Year!

It’s the You Must Be Stoking Christmas comedy special on the 7th December and on top of all of our usual top-quality comedians, beforehand there will be some festivities for you to enjoy including:

• Buffet meal including the Stoke’s famous pizza, wraps, crudites, wedges, goujons, and much much more
• Live music
• Mince pies – ahhh, you’ve gotta love a good mince pie
• Free glass of mulled wine to the first 50 people to book

All this will take place from 6:30pm onwards, and all for just £16.50, including the comedy! It’ll make for an ideal office outing or just a great night out, so gather your colleagues, friends, family, and passers-by and book your seat now.

It’s advance booking only and you’d better hurry as the deadline for a full evening booking is 20th November! It’s possible to just purchase a comedy-only ticket for £8 in advance or £10 on the door to see the line up of crackers that include:

Stuart Goldsmith

Recently seen on ITV1′s Show Me The Funny, Stuart Goldsmith makes a welcome return to The Stoke, having performed at one of our first shows 4 years ago. Since then his stock has risen, as he’s proved himself a warm, charming and confident performer both here and abroad. Stuart’s infectious banter channels the effortless charisma and quick-fire timing honed over a youth misspent as a street performer.

‘Sparky goings-on and charm to spare, as Stuart Goldsmith marries pitch-perfect audience repartee with cleverly woven tales of the everyday.’ - The Independent

With support from:

Tom Allen

In 2005 Tom Allen won the competition So You Think You’re Funny in Edinburgh and went on to win the BBC New Comedy Award later that same year. Since then he has performed at Just For Laughs in Montreal, Soho Theatre in London and has just returned from making his debut at Melbourne and Sydney Comedy Festivals.

Sarah Hendrickx

Sarah Hendrickx started gigging as a stand-up in January 2010 and had a number of early competition successes, as well as consistent praise and encouragement from audiences and bookers alike. Her material is gag-based and high energy.

Funny Women Awards 2010 – finalist.
Midlands Stands Up Comedian of the Year 2010 – finalist
FHM Stand Up Hero 2010 – shortlisted to last 50
London New Comedy Awards 2010 – semi-finalist
Leicester Square New Act of the Year 2010 – semi-finalist

Max Dickins

Max was named as one of The Sun’s 2011 Comedy Picks and went on to perform at the prestigious Lunchtime Club stand-up showcase in Edinburgh that summer.

‘Impressive…his modest, careful delivery perfectly showcases his often sterling material, derived from imaginative thinking and expressed with exquisite use of English.’ - Chortle

Paul Kerensa (MC)

As well as being an ITV-award-winning stand-up, Paul writes for various sitcoms, including BBC1 hits Miranda and Not Going Out, as well as sketch shows such as Dead Ringers, ITV’s Headcases and BBC3′s The Wrong Door.

“***king funny” – Ricky Gervais

“Well worth a night out” – The Scotsman

Line-ups may change, so contact The Stoke on 01483 504296 or check www.youmustbestoking.com for the latest listings.

Doors open at 6:30pm for those having food, or 8:15pm if you’re just there for the comedy, and the show starts at 8:30pm.

Tickets are £16.50 for the whole night or just £8 for the comedy (+ booking fee) from www.youmustbestoking.com/tickets, or £10 on the door (comedy only, pre-booking essential for all night tickets inc food).

Are you planning your Christmas Party with your friends, family or work colleagues??

The Stoke Pub & Pizzeria can provide you all sorts of great deals throughout the Christmas period where you can join us and experience our fantastic festive atmosphere, food and drink. There will be Christmas decorations galore, crackers for everyone and of course all your favourite Christmas Tunes…

In our function room we are also offering special Christmas Party Packages from £19.95pp, which includes dinner, full room decoration, Belgian chocolate fountain and disco or karaoke DJ.

And as a special festive treat if you book for parties of 50 or more before the end of October you can get a 10% discout!

Pop in, give us a call or email us to discuss your requirements.

We looking forward to helping you plan your Christmas to have the Perfect End of the 2011.

You Must Be Stoking Comedy Night on Wednesday 5th October 2011 @ The Stoke Pub & Pizzeria, 103 Stoke Road, Guildford, Surrey, GU1 4JN.

Doors open 7:30pm and the show starts at 8pm.

Tickets are £7 (+70p booking fee) from www.youmustbestoking.com/tickets, or £9 on the door.

Appearing will be:

Richard Morton:

Stand up comedian, singer, songwriter and winner of the Time Out Comedy Award, Richard Morton is a regular on telly, at The Comedy Store, and even mixing the two in his own half hour TV special ‘Richard Morton Live At The Comedy Store’.

Other TV appearances include Jack Dee’s Saturday Night, Funny Business (both Granada), Good Stuff (Carlton) and The Richard Morton Christmas Special (Tyne Tees Yorkshire). He’s a frequent contributor to Loose Ends as well as Radio 4′s classic Just A Minute.

Richard has built up a formidable reputation as a live stand up, having completed several UK tours with Jack Dee, Lee Evans, Jo Brand, Lily Savage and Phill Jupitus.

“Comic genius”- The Daily Express
“A great stand up. Audiences laughed longer and louder at Morton than any other act on the Fringe” – Sunday Times
“His hilarious songs give musical comedy a good name” – The Guardian

Support from:

Paddy Lennox:

“Comedy the way it should be: a laugh-a-minute which leaves the audience wishing the show was just a little bit longer … gentle Irish lilt belies a mischievous sense of humour.” **** Fest

Irish comedian and actor Paddy Lennox first burst on to stage as a Stand-Up in 2001 only to be interrupted with a couple of comedies at the Shakespeare Globe Theatre and filming in far off lands, before returning to his new found passion. An engaging and instantly likeable comic, Paddy combines topical material with observational routines.

Paddy’s lately been working the corporate scene including gigs for the BBC, ITV, Investec and Jysk, and he’s also featured on The Blame Game, (BBC) Sky Poker and Talksport Radio.

Rosie Wilby:

Rosie Wilby’s show The Science Of Sex won a Fringe Report award and toured the UK including sellouts at Liverpool Comedy Festival, Camden Fringe and Cambridge Comedy Festival. The follow up Further Science Of Sex completed a successful Edinburgh Fringe run at Underbelly.

Festival appearances include Latitude (Cabaret Tent), Glastonbury (Left Field Stage) and End Of The Road.

She has appeared on Radio 4 Loose Ends and Woman’s Hour, Radio 5 Tony Livesey show and Up All Night and BBC London Jo Good show.

• Finalist – Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year 2007
• Finalist – Funny Women 2006
• Semi Finalist – Amused Moose Laugh Off 2007
• Semi Finalist – Laughing Horse New Act Of The Year 2005 / 06
• Semi Finalist – So You Think You’re Funny 2004

“Talented performer with a winning self-deprecating personality” Bruce Dessau, Evening Standard
“Excellent and a bit posh” Time Out

Tom Goodlife:

Tom’s winning combination of engaging warmth and smart material is earning him a reputation as a talented and promising act on the UK comedy circuit. This former accountant stands six foot six and combines towering physical stature with a hugely likeable stage persona. Tom effortlessly engages audiences with his natural flair for storytelling and his range of personal, confessional and observational material.

• WINNER Beat The Frog World Series 2009
• RUNNER-UP with special commendation from the industry judges at You
• Must Be Joking, Newbury Comedy Festival 2008
• FINALIST in the Reading Comedy Festival New Act of the Year 2008 and
• Laughing Horse Big Big Big New Act Competition 2008

Compère: Paul Kerensa:

Exiled Cornishman Paul Kerensa has become a regular at the UK’s biggest venues, and a popular and reliable headline act. He writes for various sitcoms, including BBC1 hits Not Going Out and After You’ve Gone, as well as sketch shows such as Dead Ringers, ITV’s CGI UK and BBC3′s The Wrong Door. He has also written for The News Quiz, The Now Show, and countless others.

“Attitude, style and diamond-sharp wit” – Maxim Magazine
“Ingenious” – Evening Standard
“Well worth a night out” – The Scotsman

Booking is now open for You Must Be Stoking’s Christmas party – an excellent collection of comics performing as usual, but we’re putting on a band, a buffet, mince pies and mulled wine beforehand. Tickets are £16.50 for food and comedy, or £8 just for the comedy, available from www.youmustbestoking.com/tickets.

Line-ups may change, so contact The Stoke on 01483 504296 or check www.youmustbestoking.com for the latest listings.

Doors open 7:30pm and the show starts at 8pm.

Tickets are £7 (+70p booking fee) from www.youmustbestoking.com/tickets, or £9 on the door.

You Must Be Stoking Comedy Night on Wednesday 7th September 2011 @ The Stoke Pub & Pizzeria, 103 Stoke Road, Guildford, Surrey, GU1 4JN.

Doors open 7:30pm and the show starts at 8pm.

Tickets are £7 (+70p booking fee) from www.youmustbestoking.com/tickets, or £9 on the door.

Appearing will be:

The Raymond & Mr Timpkins Revue

“Joyous. Pretty irresistible” – CHORTLE

“Knockabout double-act with enough silliness to fill a pillow” – THE EVENING STANDARD

An incredible double-act mixing daftness, music, nonsense, searing satire, and funny hats…

Cutting their teeth compering and performing in Comedy and Variety nights at The Wedgewood Rooms in Southsea, the nineties wafted gently past until, eventually and not before time, London called. With the fledgling post-fix, “Revue”, added, they blasted the clubs with their Guitar and Stylophone stylings, wowing rooms with super slick prop manipulation, dazzling jaded eyes with sandal based choreography that remains inimitable.

Now, they tour the country, regularly headlining at Jongleurs clubs, even venturing as far afield as The Falklands and Oman, to provide spiritual uplift to the brave boys and girls of the armed forces.

Their latest foray is into radio comedy/drama. A 1930s murder mystery based in Brighton and a retellling of the Jack the Ripper tale have so far been forged in the red hot fires of their imaginations.

“A mad, anarchic triumph of stupidity over style. Not to be missed” – THE GUARDIAN
“Spectacularly funny” - TIME OUT

Helen Arney

Helen Arney is a musical comedian based in London, performing original and unusually funny songs on ukulele and piano.

**** “Charming, witty and warm, with great one-liners” (The List)
**** “Harnesses the spirit of Ben Folds and the Divine Comedy’s Neil Hannon… delightful” – (Chortle)
“Rising star of 2010″ – (spoonfed.co.uk)

Helen is an Edinburgh Fringe favourite with her offbeat style and warm musical whimsy. She’s appeared at festivals such as Latitude, End Of The Road and Geek Pop, as well as Cheltenham Science Festival. Her current projects include a new show about a time travelling coffee shop, a collection of science-inspired songs called Geek Party and more musical collaborations with top UK comedians.

Rob Thomas

Likeable Welsh Londoner Rob Thomas is the one of the most prolific newcomers to the circuit – already known for his knack of mixing sharp one-liners with energetic physical humour. See him while we can still afford him.

Wayne The Weird

…aka Wayne Shakespeare, is a brilliant wizard with tricks and jokes alike. Prepare to be amazed, entertained, and enthralled.

“Outrageous comedian & magician” - The Southern Daily Echo

Compere Matt Green

Matt Green is a profilic rising star, regularly playing Jongleurs, Up The Creek, Banana Cabaret, The Comedy Cafe, The Frog and Bucket, XS Malarkeys, ED Comedy, Downstairs at the Kings Head, Buzz Comedy, The Comedy Network, Off the Kerb, Jesters, The Komedia, The Stand (Edinburgh & Glasgow) and many more. He’s performed with Arthur Smith, Richard Herring, Chris Addison, Nina Conti and Stephen Merchant, and is a familiar face on the big & small screen too, appearing in such films as Finding Neverland and Ali G In Da House, and on TV shows including Harry Hill’s TV Burp.

“Green is a stand-up audience’s dream; his off-the-cuff jokes are so good they could have been scripted, and his clever prepared material is delivered so nonchalantly it could have been improvised. I ain’t lyin’, Matt Green is da bomb.” – FIVE STARS – Three Weeks

Line-ups may change, so contact The Stoke on 01483 504296 or check www.youmustbestoking.com for the latest listings.

Doors open 7:30pm and the show starts at 8pm.

Tickets are £7 (+70p booking fee) from www.youmustbestoking.com/tickets, or £9 on the door.

Continuing our tradition of showcasing local artists we are proud to introduce the new 3 month exhibition by Katharine Gordon of Tiger Lily Studio (a rural retreat offering writing, ceramics and painting in Walliswood, nr Cranleigh).

Katharine is a multi disciplined artist working in a free, bold imaginative style. The exciting paintings in this exhibition are joyful, expressive and colourful.

After a sell out exhibition last year, this is a fabulous opportunity to see her new work, to sample the famous Stoke Pub & Pizzeria hospitality and go home with a unique work of art.

The exhibition runs from August 3rd until October 24th. We hope you enjoy it.