Jongleurs comedy clubs set to be rebranded
October 31, 2009 10:37am by Such Small Portions
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The Jongleurs chain of comedy clubs, which have launched the careers of some of Britian's best loved comic's, are set to be rebranded from next January following the collapse of the club's parent company.
Regent Inns, the pub operator which owns Jongleurs as well as Old Orleans and Walkabout, went into administration on October 20th with the closure of several Jongleurs clubs in Southampton, Nottingham, Bristol and Bow in London.
The ten remaining clubs are set to continue trading under their current names until January 2nd 2010, when the Jongleurs brand will revert back to its founder Maria Kempskina.
Founded Kempskina in Battersea in 1983, Jongleurs has been one of the UK's most successful comedy clubs helping to launch the careers of amongst others Eddie Izzard, Jack Dee and Graham Norton.
Kempskina has said she intends to use the Jongleurs brand to launch a new venture which 'will be more adventurous, more creative and more spontaneous' than the original operations.
Maria Kempskina sold her controlling 51 per cent share of Jongleurs to Regent Inns in 2000 for £8.5million.
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