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Thursday, 5 November 2009

03/11/09

On this day in 1957, Laika became the first dog and the first female in space, when she was launched in the Sputnik 2 rocket. Sadly Laika didn't get much time to enjoy her phenomenal fame and record achievement, as she died a few hours after the launch. We still believe that Laika would have preferred to come back to earth and join the audience at...


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BuDSuCS (Comedy)
Orpheum Hall, Cotton Club, 3rd November, 20:00, 3,500 ft (includes cold buffet)
Jókai u 26 [map]
Pest, VI, Nyugati pu (T 4,6, M3), 5 min

This month's English language comedy night features Nik Coppin, from the UK and Budapest-based German, Christian Schulte-Loh. Coppin is one of the rising stars of English comedy whilst Schulte-Loh is back at BuDSuCS for the first time since his successful season at the Edinburgh Festival which was followed closely by a tour of shows in the UK and Canada. YouTube clips of Nik Coppin here and Christian Schulte-Loh here. BuDSuCS remains the most reliable option for a regular fix of live English comedy in Budapest so certainly deserves support.





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Or how about...?


Ripoff Raskolnikov (Blues)
Gödör, 21.30, free
Austria's wonderfully named blues singer and acoustic guitarist brings his own individual style to the "ditch". MySpace here.

Hungarian Folk Night (Folk)
Pótkulcs [map], free
Tuesday is the regular folk night at "Spare Key". We are promised lots of music and dancing opportunities this week. If you can't find the way in, ask a local. It's not easy to find!

Irie Maffia Soundsystem (Club)
Corvinteto 21:00, free
Columbo, Juno and Dermot are in the house, plying their DJ trade. Myspace here.


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