A CHRISTMAS comedy club will be coming to a County Durham town hall for the first time this year.

Hilarity Bites says it has pulled out all the stops at Bishop Auckland Town Hall for the event which will feature comedian Patrick Monahan.

A familiar face to TV viewers, Mr Monahan was the winner of ITV’s Show Me The Funny, and has also appeared on Splash, Let’s Dance for Comic Relief, and Celebrity Squares.

Mr Monahan will be joined by multi-award nominated Geordie Lauren Pattison while host for the night will be Aaron Twitchen.

The event will take place at the town hall on Friday, December 22, from 7.30pm.

Tickets are £8 in advance or £10 on the door.

For more information visit bishopaucklandtownhall.org.uk