They gift us their wisdom in return for our explicit and hearty amusement and it is a fair trade, even for the perpetually mournful soul who usually sits in the front seats, expressionless throughout the comedians show.

However these perpetually miserable souls are not one of the greatest downfalls of any comedian. What is, is that they cannot keep any secret. How many times have you heard a comedian on stage refer to something so shocking, so mind-bogglingly embarrassing, so acutely soul-destroying that even Jeremy Kyle would think twice about making a television program about it? Such occurrences happen a lot in comedy.

The best kept secrets of mice and men never remain a secret for long. Well the mice secrets may be privy only to other mice, we can’t be sure. Well not until Stephen Hawking stops dossing about with theoretical physics, quantum theory and dark matter, and finally tells us what the squeaky little rodents are furtively wittering on about.

It is because of this mouse translation problem and the fact comedians couldn’t keep a secret even if their dignity demanded it, that comedy clubs like The Highlight are becoming increasingly popular with the young, trendy, eager-minded, unfortunately clothed and often inebriated young people that make up our wonderfully diverse society.

You see comedy clubs like The Highlight are increasingly becoming the venue of choice for those “in the know”, or those who want to pretend they are “in the know” by copying those who actually are “in the know”. How you tell them apart is beyond the means of most, other than the pretenders often give themselves away by their choice of clothing, the fact that they order nothing stronger than Pepsi Max at the bar and have a predilection for bad hair and social awkwardness.

So what is the great attraction of places like The Highlight Comedy Club? Especially in places like Reading, where there is so much unadulterated hedonistic pleasure available of an evening in the city that Paris Hilton and Pete Doherty are regular visitors. Indeed as Reading Comedy Clubs go, their football team took some beating, but the Highlight Club achieved it.
Well firstly, every single one of the ten Highlight comedy clubs around the country offer a selection of the best stand up comedians you will find anywhere in the UK. The clubs showcase both existing comedians who are well known to fans of stand up in the UK as well as offering lesser known local comedians the chance to hone their skills in front of an appreciative audience. It is in clubs like these across the UK that the likes of Paul Merton, Jack Dee, Jimmy Carr and Jeremy Paxman first honed their skills.

Mr. Paxman may have formerly worked as the cheery faced Butlins redcoat entertainments manager on the site of what is now one of the foremost Highlight Battersea Comedy Clubs, I can’t be sure.

So, in addition to being entertained by some of the finest stand up comedians in the country, what else do the ten Highlight clubs around the country offer?

Well, in addition to the fantastic comedy shows, each club offers the complete night out for any partygoer. Remember the time when you were young and foolish?

You’d head off into town with the Old Spice liberally applied, checking your moustache and earring in the mirror, ensuring your mullet was brushed down as long as possible and once you were assured you looked the business, you’d head off into the town centre, traipsing around bar after bar before finding a nightclub that would allow clientele with questionable facial hair.

Inside the nightclub you’d pay an extortionate amount for a pint of watery, lukewarm beer, feverishly try not to look like you were ogling the dancers before making your way to the dance floor to frighten the nightclubs other patrons by appearing to have a seizure to the music. Ah! What glorious days!

Thankfully, we’ve grown up now. We’ve realised traipsing around nightclubs is the domain of the young, energetic and verbally incapable. And Highlight comedy clubs solve this problem in three ways. Firstly, during our shows you can avail yourself of the extensive bar facilities available. Furthermore, if you book in advance for your party, we can provide some of the best food you’ll find anywhere in the UK! That’s right; we have food, drink and comedy guaranteed to get you in the party mood! It’s almost as good as an evening with the local W.I isn’t it?

Lastly, once you’ve drunk yourself sensible, enjoyed the fantastic cuisine on offer and laughed yourself silly at the fantastic array of stand up comics on offer every night, we can then finish your night off with the ultimate after show parties!

These after show parties are the stuff of legend. After the final comedian has made his tearful goodbye to an enthralled audience, changed back into their ripped jeans and flasher mac and jumped back into their second hand Skoda, the comedy club can becomes a nightclub, where you and your friends can dance the night away!
The Highlight is also earning a growing reputation as the perfect venue for stag and hen parties! Yes, we welcome the mad cackling, overly sexed individuals that make up the average hen or stag party, we can tame them, merely through the power of comedy alone. We can feed and nourish them using our fantastic food and drink menu and then let them burn off that sexual frustration through the medium of energetic dance, before releasing them out in the small hours almost human again.

So find out for yourself what the big secret the mice want to keep to themselves is, book yourself some comedy tickets and take a trip to one of the ten comedy clubs across the length and breadth of the UK safe in the knowledge that you have found the Highlight of your night out.

Don’t forget to bring your autograph book, just in case you bump into Paris or Pete in Reading!