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The Alternative Cobra Meeting @acmcomedy.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

SPECIAL GUEST ANNOUNCEMENT It's time to meet our final guest for the Ram Comedy Festival - your friend and mine - it's the unrejectable Vix Leyton (@vixleyton.bsky.social)! But is Vix ready to find the Cobra among the Rams? Find out THIS SATURDAY in Derby's Old Bell! #Derby #Comedy #CobraQuiz

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The Alternative Cobra Meeting @acmcomedy.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

SPECIAL GUEST ANNOUNCEMENT Our final - and not feudal - guest for our Thursday summer special can finally be revealed. It's the uncondemnable Rachel Robbins (@rachelrobbins.bsky.social)! But will Rachel return to #CobraQuiz glory? Or a wrath of the snakes? Find out THURSDAY NIGHT from 7:30pm!

The Cobra Quiz parchment. In the photo is Rachel Robbins. The event is taking place on Thursday 4th June, 8pm, at The Beaten Track, 44-46 Campo Lane, Sheffield, S1 2DE.

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The Alternative Cobra Meeting @acmcomedy.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

The #CobraQuiz returns to the Ram Comedy Festival, and we have a lovely local guest... it's the indisplaceable Sarah Evans! But is Sarah - or all of Derby - ready for the quiz? Find out at the Old Bell, Saturday 6th, at 5pm! #Comedy #Live #Derby #RamComedyFestival

The Cobra Quiz parchment, with Sarah Evans in the photo frame and a Ram Comedy Festival banner. It's taking place on Saturday 6th June, 5pm, The Old Bell, 51 Sadler Gate, Derby, DE1 3NQ!

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The Alternative Cobra Meeting @acmcomedy.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

SPECIAL GUEST ANNOUNCEMENT Our next #Sheffield #CobraQuiz guest has hit the dunes of trivia tracking... it's the indivisible Tom Barlow! But can Tom ride on a quizzing star? Find out THIS THURSDAY!

The Cobra Meeting poster depicting the date of 4th June, 8pm, The Beaten Track, Sheffield.
The guest is Tom Barlow, in a grainy, black-and-white, rock star image.

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The Alternative Cobra Meeting @acmcomedy.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

We're at Ram Comedy Festival, Derby, on Saturday 6th June! And here's our first guest! It's the indefatigable Friz Frizzle! But will Friz open the answer crate on the S.S. #CobraQuiz? Come to The Old Bell Hotel at 5pm and find out! #LiveComedy #Comedy #Derby

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The Alternative Cobra Meeting @acmcomedy.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

SPECIAL GUEST ANNOUNCEMENT! It's time to meet the laughing gasbags for this June's #CobraQuiz! It's the indestructible April Louise! But will April overthrow the shackles of Cobra confusion? Find out THURSDAY 4th JUNE at Sheffield's Beaten Track! Doors open 7:30pm. Show starts 8pm #comedy #sheff

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The Alternative Cobra Meeting @acmcomedy.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

TWO SHOWS IN JUNE! We've got two amazing Cobra Quiz shows lined up. We return to @thebeatentracksheff for our monthly event (guests TBC) on Friday 4th (8pm). And we storm the @ramcomedyfest in Derby once again on Saturday 6th (5pm). #comedy #sheffield #derby #quiz #live

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The Alternative Cobra Meeting @acmcomedy.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Our third and vinyl guest has emerged for our May #CobraQuiz... it's the unsquareable rapper Tom Douglas! But will Tom's way with words spell Cobra success with 3 C's? Come to the Cobra Quiz at @thebeatentracksheff THIS THURSDAY FROM 7:30 and find out! #Sheffieldissuper #livecomedy #freeshow

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The Alternative Cobra Meeting @acmcomedy.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

Our second guest in the merry month of May has arrived... it's the unlugubrious JeannieBeFree! But can she best the Cobra? Find out THIS THURSDAY at The Beaten Track! #Sheffield #CobraQuiz #SheffieldEvents #Comedy #LiveComedy

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The Alternative Cobra Meeting @acmcomedy.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

It's time... To meet... Our guests... For May! Sorry, I saw a bee in my office earlier and I've only just ran back to my work desk! First up, it's the unstingable Gemma Day! But will Gemma solve our problems with her sharp wit? Find out THIS THURSDAY at The Beaten Track! #CobraQuiz #Sheffield

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The Alternative Cobra Meeting @acmcomedy.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

It's time to get our Live #CobraQuiz ready for Easter! We've got three funny eggs to fill you full of... er... albumen! (Wish we had a pun that would have worked there). THURSDAY NIGHT FROM 7:30PM at Sheffield's Beaten Track! Be there like it's Gethsemane! #Sheffield #LiveComedy #SheffieldEvents

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The Alternative Cobra Meeting @acmcomedy.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Two weeks to go... Our #Easter special of the #CobraQuiz is ready to hatch on 2nd April! It's the one quiz show that you can't give up for Lent! Think you're smart? Think you're funny? Come to @thebeatentracksheff and laugh till you shed your skin!

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The Alternative Cobra Meeting @acmcomedy.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Wowie wowie! What a fantastic #CobraQuiz we had! Follow our IG for the full writeup! #LiveComedy www.instagram.com/p/DViLqR5Cjk...

The Cobra Quiz cast for March 5, 2026 - from left top row to bottom, left to right:
Andrew Marsh, RJ Hinds, Stephen Catling
Mel B, Mills & Boon, Cuthbert, Stuart Dunlop, Al T. Cobra.

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The Alternative Cobra Meeting @acmcomedy.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

Our trio of trepidatious trivia troopers have been announced! We're at the Beaten Track in the heart of the city of Sheffield TOMORROW NIGHT! Join us! Join us! #CobraQuiz #LiveComedy #SheffieldEvents

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The Alternative Cobra Meeting @acmcomedy.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

Hark! It's our third guest for the March edition of the Cobra Quiz - the undilutable, Fringe award-winning Stephen Catling (@catlingstephen)! But will Stephen take the #CobraQuiz crown? Find out THIS THURSDAY at Sheffield's Beaten Track Bar! #LiveComedy #SheffieldEvents #Sheffield #Comedy

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The Alternative Cobra Meeting @acmcomedy.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

SPECIAL GUEST ANNOUNCEMENT It's time for our second guest to rise from their slumber! It's the undefineable @rjhinds.bsky.social! But will R J keep up with the Cobra? Find out THIS THURSDAY at Sheffield's Beaten Track Bar! #CobraQuiz #LiveComedy #Sheffield

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The Alternative Cobra Meeting @acmcomedy.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

SPECIAL GUEST ANNOUNCEMENT! Our first guest for our March #CobraQuiz has emerged! It's the indomitable Andrew Marsh! But will Andrew have the lateral thinking to sidewind the Cobra? Be at our show NEXT THURSDAY and find out! #LiveComedy #QuizShow #Sheffield #Comedy

The Alternative Cobra Meeting promotional item for the 5th March 2026 - with a secret-file motif, featuring the guest Andrew Marsh.

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The Alternative Cobra Meeting @acmcomedy.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

It's Thursday! Free entry at the Beaten Track, Campo Lane, #Sheffield! #CobraQuiz

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The Alternative Cobra Meeting @acmcomedy.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

It's time for our second guest at next week's #CobraQuiz circa 2026! An award-winning improviser, it's the unstoppable Alex Keen! But will Alex find an unlikely friend in the Cobras? Find out NEXT THURSDAY at @thebeatentracksheff - reserve a free seat via Eventbrite now! Do it now! #SheffieldEvents

The Alternative Cobra Meeting poster, featuring a "secret file" motif with brown envelope paper and a mahogany table. The text reads "The Sharp-toothed Comedy Quiz Show Hosted by Stuart Dunlop & Starring... Alex Keen... Thursday 5th February 8pm, The Beaten Track, 44-46 Campo Lane, Sheffield, S1 2EG, Free Entry - Pay as You Feel". There is a grainy photo of Naph in the centre.

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The Alternative Cobra Meeting @acmcomedy.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

It's time to announce our first #CobraQuiz guests for the year! Meet the unwavering Naph! But will Naph float above the fangs of the Cobras? Find out next Thursday (tickets available below)! #Comedy #LiveComedy #Sheffield #PubQuiz www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-cobra-...

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The Alternative Cobra Meeting @acmcomedy.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

The Cobra Quiz is live in Sheffield in two weeks' time! What better time is there to book your reserved seat! Love comedy? Live comedy! (Ed: No, that's terrible. That sounds like a laughing yoga retreat...) www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-cobra-...

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The Cobra Quiz - 5 February 2026

The sharp-toothed comedy quiz show returns for 2026! Compete against three comedy stars in a series of bizarre trivia and games! Free entry!

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The Alternative Cobra Meeting @acmcomedy.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

The Cobra Quiz Returns for 2026! We'll be at The Beaten Track at the start of February! Come down or reserve your place with a ticket today! #cobraquiz #livecomedy #sheffield #cobra #quiz #comedy #freeshow

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The Alternative Cobra Meeting @acmcomedy.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

First big news of the year! We're back at Ram Comedy Festival Derby in June! Get ready for more quizzing action to appease the ovine overlords! Also, news to come of our first live shows of 2026! Stay tuned, everyone!

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The Alternative Cobra Meeting @acmcomedy.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

#Throwback to our first #CobraQuiz of 2025, back in February! How times have changed... we don't even use a table anymore! The elaborate outfits are a given, however... #LiveComedy #QuizShow #2025 #Highlight #Comedy #PanelShow

The Alternative Cobra Meeting Comedy Quiz panel show from February 2026, featuring guests Adrian Finney (in a red jacket and black shirt with spooky patterns, Terri Silver (sporting a silvery-blue turtleneck and a green scarf), Alison Brelsford (wearing a blue blazer and a blue and orange patterned dress), and Stuart Dunlop (wearing a silver suit over a white shirt). The sign above reads "Steel City Comedy". There are two tables containing beverages.

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The Alternative Cobra Meeting @acmcomedy.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

A quick message from Alternative Cobra Meeting co-founder Stuart Dunlop on this most holiest of days... #cobraquiz #christmas #celebrate

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The Alternative Cobra Meeting @acmcomedy.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

TOMORROW - #COBRAQUIZ SPECIAL GUEST ANNOUNCEMENT! And rounding off our Christmas stockings waiting to be stuffed with knowledge, it's the unsleighable Megan Roberts! Will Megan survive, or will she wind up a lump of coal? Find out TOMORROW NIGHT at the Beaten Track! Doors open 7:30! #Sheffield

The Alternative Cobra Meeting promotional poster: The sharp-toothed comedy quiz show hosted by Stuart Dunlop & Starring Megan Roberts, launched on Thursday 4th December, 8pm, The Beaten Track, 44-46 Campo Lane, Sheffield, S1 2EG, Free Entry - Pay as You Feel

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The Alternative Cobra Meeting @acmcomedy.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

Our second chortle dove for our CHRISTMAS #COBRAQUIZ THIS THURSDAY has emerged from beneath the turkey! It's the unwrappable Stan Skinny! But will Stan find his trivia star, or will he be away in a comedy manger? Find out THURSDAY at The Beaten Track!

The Alternative Cobra Meeting Guest Poster, with the information about the 4th December show at the Beaten Track in Sheffield, with guest Stan Skinny in the centre, in a red hat, using a brush as a moustache.

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The Alternative Cobra Meeting @acmcomedy.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

Returning at long last to the Cobra Quiz, it's the ding-dong merry Ishi Khan! But will Ishi milk the maids of trivia (that makes sense, editor, what you are you talking about?) Join us at The Beaten Track on THURSDAY NIGHT to find out! #LiveComedy #FreeShow #Sheffield #SheffieldEvents #CobraQuiz

A wanted-style poster featuring comedian Ishi Khan. "It reads: The Alternative Cobra Meeting: The Sharp-toothed comedy quiz show. Hosted by Stuart Dunlop & Starring Ishi Khan, Thursday 4th December, 8pm, The Beaten Track, 44-46 Campo Lane, Sheffield, S1 2EG, Free Entry - Pay as You Feel

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The Alternative Cobra Meeting @acmcomedy.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

The weather outside is frightful... But the quiz has questions spiteful... Got no place to go? Specifically on Thursday 4th? Come to Steel City Comedy at The Beaten Track for our Christmas Cobra Quiz! It's as hot as the fire that fuels Santa's V8 turbo sleigh! #CobraQuiz #Sheffield #LiveShow

The Alternative Cobra Meeting Comedy Quiz - live for its Christmas special on 4th December, at the Beaten Track in Sheffield!

Free Entry - Pay What You Feel :)

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The Alternative Cobra Meeting @acmcomedy.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

We are 10 DAYS AWAY from our Christmas Special! 10 questions quizzing! Keep an eye out for more updates across the week! #CobraQuiz #December #LiveShow #SheffieldEvents

The Alternative Cobra Meeting Comedy Quiz - December 2025 edition!

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The Alternative Cobra Meeting @acmcomedy.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

The #CobraQuiz moved on up to the Penthouse (or Wig & Pen-thouse) this month! We had an absolute blast, thanks to our great guests Eric Max Powers, Gill Gee and Paigan Gibbons! Next month is our Christmas Special! Be ready on 4th December as we bring the snakes to the season! #Sheffield #Comedy

Stuart Dunlop being fed grapes by Fred the willing Wig & Pen staff member, as Eric Max Powers and Gill Gee look on!

Stuart Dunlop sneaking behind the blue-lit glassless window of the Wig & Pen.

Eric Max Powers, Gill Gee and Paigan Gibbons smiling at the camera. Stuart Dunlop tilts his head and looks on, bemused.

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The Alternative Cobra Meeting @acmcomedy.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

Our three guests are ready for a brisk autumn night of QUIZZING! Our Cobra Quiz is live at @steelcitycomedy THURSDAY NIGHT! Doors open from 7:30! Join us for FREE, win yourself some prizes and laugh yourself warm! #LiveComedy #SheffieldEvents #Comedy #QuizShow #FreeShow

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The Alternative Cobra Meeting @acmcomedy.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

SPECIAL GUEST ANNOUNCEMENT! And now, our third line of the trivia triangle for this month! It's the untreasonable Gill Gee! But is Gill going to send our questions sky high? Find out THIS THURSDAY at Sheffield's most nominally on-the-nose comedy club, Steel City Comedy! #CobraQuiz #Sheffield

Gill Gee's Cobra Quiz image. How exciting!

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The Alternative Cobra Meeting @acmcomedy.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

SPECIAL GUEST ANNOUNCEMENT Our second guest this month, making his LIVE #CobraQuiz debut, it's the undousable Eric Max Powers! But will Eric have optimum force to win the quiz? Find out THIS THURSDAY at the Wig&Pen/Beaten Track! #Quiz #LiveComedy #SheffieldEvents

The next Cobra Quiz poster, with Eric Max Powers involved.

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The Alternative Cobra Meeting @acmcomedy.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

SPECIAL GUEST ANNOUNCEMENT! It's time to meet our guests ready to light to torches for the November #CobraQuiz! First up, it's the unimmolated Paigan Gibbons! But can Paigan handle the Comedy Cobras? Find out THIS THURSDAY at Steel City Comedy! #LiveComedy #Quiz #Comedy #sheffieldevents

The Alternative Cobra Meeting Comedy Quiz

6th November

Steel City Comedy Club, Sheffield

Face of the amazing comedian Paigan Gibbons

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The Alternative Cobra Meeting @acmcomedy.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

Are you hyped for the #CobraQuiz next week? If not, get hyped! It's good for your circulation... 6th November, Wig&Pen #Sheffield. Be there! #LiveShow #QuizShow #Comedy #SheffieldEvents

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The Alternative Cobra Meeting @acmcomedy.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

We're back! Join us at the Wig and Pen for the next amazing #CobraQuiz! Remember, remember, the 6th of November! #LiveComedy

The next Cobra Quiz poster - for the 6th November 2025

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The Alternative Cobra Meeting @acmcomedy.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

The #CobraQuiz was especially lively this month! What will next month bring? Find out soon...

The Alternative Cobra Meeting Comedy Quiz in progress, with Adrian Finney, Aiden Pyne, Carpenter Lockwood, and space vixen/host Stuart Dunlop

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The Alternative Cobra Meeting @acmcomedy.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

COBRAS ON TOUR Our #CobraQuiz mascots, Al T. Cobra and Second-Cousin Cuthbert, took a trip to Lisbon, Portugal this week on the hunt for more questions - they even tried to get some ideas from Portugal's beloved poet, Fernando Pessoa. #CobrasOnTour #Lisbon #Portugal #Cobra

The statue of Fernando Pessoa in Chiado, Lisbon, Portugal. On the shoulders of the legendary Portuguese poet are the two Cobra Meeting mascots, Al T. Cobra and Second-Cousin Cuthbert, both seemingly enthused by the literary giant they have encountered.

A man walks behind the statue with a smartphone attached to headphones. He appears unfazed by the affair.

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The Alternative Cobra Meeting @acmcomedy.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

SCREAMWORTHY GUEST ANNOUNCEMENT! And now, on TOMORROW'S ghoulish #CobraQuiz, it's the unalive Carpenter Lockwood! On their last appearance on the quiz they managed to secure the victory. Will they manage to defend their unholy and silly crown? Find out THIS THURSDAY, Wig&Pen, #Sheffield, 8pm!

Ghoulish Cobra image #3: Replace Aiden Pyne with Carpenter Lockwood

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The Alternative Cobra Meeting @acmcomedy.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

GHOULISH GUEST ANNOUNCEMENT Ahhh, our next entrant into the Creepy #CobraQuiz of 2025 has arrived... How petrifying! It's the unholy Aiden Pyne! But will Aiden make it out of the quiz alive (or at least without some suggestive bite marks on his neck)? Find out THIS THURSDAY AT 8PM! #Sheffield

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The Alternative Cobra Meeting @acmcomedy.bsky.social · 28/09/2025

It's time to meet our frightfully funny phenoms for our Halloween special! First up, it's the undying Adrian Finney! But will Adrian stand a ghost of a chance? Or will his soul fall into the pit of trivia despair? Find out THIS THURSDAY at 8pm! #CobraQuiz #Halloween #LiveComedy #SheffieldEvents

A spooky rendition of the Cobra Quiz poster, featuring Adrian Finney. The show is on Thursday 2nd October at the Wig & Pen in Sheffield, with a time of 8pm for the show start.

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The Alternative Cobra Meeting @acmcomedy.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

It's the most wonderful time of the year... Spooky Season! We're going to put three special guests through the most frightening quiz show since Eamonn Holmes was hosting National Lottery Saturdays. Play and win something truly terrifying! And be prepared to laugh so hard you'll howl! #CobraQuiz

A ghoulish green edition of the Cobra Quiz poster, indicating our next show on the 2nd October at 8pm, at Steel City Comedy Club, Wig+Pen, 44-46 Campo Lane, Sheffield, S1 2EG - Free Entry, as well. :)

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The Alternative Cobra Meeting @acmcomedy.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

TONIGHT! Our host @stuartpdunlop.bsky.social (right) is ready to go face to face with three consenting comedians! The #CobraQuiz starts at 8pm! Get to Raccoon Studios before the seats are occupied by foreign objects!

Stuart Dunlop (right) bearing down menacingly on Tom McGrath (left)

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The Alternative Cobra Meeting @acmcomedy.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

TOMORROW NIGHT! We hit Raccoon Studios right in the funny bones! Come along and see these three amazing talents face @stuartpdunlop.bsky.social and his tote bag of trivia! #FreeEntry #CobraQuiz #QuizShow #SheffieldEvents #Sheffield #LiveComedy

RJ Hinds' wonderful figure of fun, with the Alternative Cobra Meeting on its shoulder like an angel of death.

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The Alternative Cobra Meeting @acmcomedy.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

SPECIAL GUEST ANNOUNCEMENT! And now, returning to the #CobraQuiz to round off our contestants, it's the unexpandable Daniel Lythe! But will Dan find the drill bit to bore to victory? Or will he get his comedic ends stuck? Find out TOMORROW NIGHT at 8pm! #LiveComedy #Sheffield

The Alternative Cobra Meeting (it's too early in the morning to go further but just come to Raccoon Studios in Sheffield on 11th September 8pm), featuring Dan Lythe.

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The Alternative Cobra Meeting @acmcomedy.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

SPECIAL GUEST ANNOUNCEMENT! And next up on our Cobra Quiz list (and hoping to show up R.J. Hinds, it's the indistillable Nicky Hindmarch! But can Nicky take her place as a Queen Cobra? Find out on THURSDAY NIGHT!

The Alternative Cobra Meeting is LIVE again at Raccoon Studios (for the first time, actually - ed), and features Nicky Hindmarch!

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The Alternative Cobra Meeting @acmcomedy.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

RACCOON STUDIOS' GUEST ANNOUNCEMENT! As the Cobra faces the mighty Raccoon, let's find out who'll be caught in the crossfire! First up, the unensorcellable R.J. Hinds! But will R.J. Hinds' return to the quiz be a shining light? Or the black stripe of a procyonid? Find out THIS THURSDAY! #CobraQuiz

R J Hinds' "three kobolds in a trenchcoat" persona, photographed for the Alternative Cobra Meeting show at Raccoon Studios, Sheffield, on 11th September! Be there!

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The Alternative Cobra Meeting @acmcomedy.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

EXTRA SHOW! We're LIVE NEXT WEEK at the amazing new Raccoon Studios, in the heart of Sheffield! Come on down on Thursday 11th September to see if the Raccoon can handle the #CobraQuiz! #LiveComedy #QuizShow #ComedyShow #Sheffield #SheffieldEvents

THE ALTERNATIVE COBRA MEETING
The Sharp-Toothed Comedy Quiz
Hosted by Stuart Dunlop

Thursday 11th September, 8pm
Raccoon Studios
4 Exchange Street
Sheffield
S2 5TS
Free Entry - Pay As You Feel

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