Cluub_Zarathustra
Cluub Zarathustra
Fringe comedy cabaret act and troupe
Cluub Zarathustra was a fringe comedy cabaret act and troupe active between 1994 and 1997. It began as a comedy club in Islington, London, twice went to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and was eventually given a Channel 4 television pilot. It is also the subject of a 2012 book called You Are Nothing.[1]
Cluub Zarathustra was set up by comedians Simon Munnery and Roger Mann.[2] Its remit was to showcase unconventional and avant garde comedy, without the acts ever resorting to traditional comedy.[2]
Stewart Lee soon joined and helped in the vision and organisation of the Cluub. Other members were Johnny Vegas,[3] Julian Barratt, Loré Lixenberg, Richard Thomas, Richard Herring, The Iceman, Jason Freeman, Sally Phillips and Kevin Eldon.[1][4]
It directly led to the television series Attention Scum! and to the production of Jerry Springer - The Opera.[5]