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Jongleurs is a chain of sixteen Comedy Club s in the United Kingdom , established in 1983 . Jongleurs is now owned by Regent Inns plc, the owners of Walkabout . It often twinned with '''Bar Risa''' to offer a twin style late leisure destination. OWNERSHIP Young drama teacher Maria Kempinska established the first Jongleurs club in 1983 and was joined by her business partner John Davy in 1985. They sold Jongleurs chain of eight clubs to Regent Inns in 2000 in a deal that valued the company at 30 million. Kempinska and Davy received £8.5 million and stayed on running the creative side of the clubs; as part of the deal they retained rights to the name Jongleurs, but agreed not to open up other comedy clubs in competition for at least five years. They have established Jongleurs Posh (a Christmas party), corporate and theatre divisions. Maria Kempinska @ Jongleurs Comedy Club VENUES There are currently 16 Jongleurs clubs around the UK with the Manchester venue having recently closed. In 2007 the Manchester venue will likely re-open in the same building as Walkabout while a new flagship venue is expected to open in Liverpool in the summer of 2007. - Battersea - Birmingham - Bow, London - Bristol - Camden, London - Cardiff - Edinburgh - Glasgow - Leeds - Leicester - Nottingham - Oxford - Portsmouth - Reading - Southampton - Watford TELEVISION PROGRAMMES There have been several television programmes which have featured Jongleurs comedy clubs, including "Cabaret at the Jongleurs" on the BBC and "Live at Jongleurs" on ITV . "Live At Jongleurs" currently features on the Paramount Comedy Channel featuring performances filmed at the Camden venue in the mid 90's. ARTISTS Comedians to have featured on Jongleurs TV shows include: SEE ALSO EXTERNAL LINKS
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