FANCY a night of laughter and cider?

Then why not join the amazing ‘Stand Up For Cider’ comedy nights throughout February, April, June and July 2015 in association with cider maker Sheppy’s Cider.

You’ll get the chance to see eight to ten comedians each night and you can even vote on who goes into the next round.

Each show will be hosted by a professional MC comedian.

In each of the heats a couple of local people who fancied a go at stand-up comedy will take to the stage.

They will be joined by a selection of South-West circuit comedians who are not currently full-time professionals.

And to finish each show will be a top class headline comedian to close the show and announce the winner and runner-up in each heat.

Audience members will be given voting tokens on arrival – a first and second choice which they will use for voting.

The MC will have two tokens too and theirs will be the deciding votes.

The top two in each heat will go through to the grand final on July 24 as part of Taunton Live.

The first round of the competition is at The Creative Innovation Centre (CICCIC) at the top of Paul Street, Taunton, on Friday, February 27. Doors open at 7pm and the show starts at 8pm.

Tickets are £7. Numbers are limited so book at www.ciccic.co.uk or call 01823-337477.

A Sheppy’s spokeswoman said: “At Sheppy’s we love to laugh and enjoy seeing cider and comedy bring people together and what better than having a stand-up comedy night in the heart of our county town Taunton”.