Paul Zenon's Grey Matter, the first
fund-raiser for The Wonderbus was staged at the
London Comedy Store in August 2006, featuring Paul and fellow comedians
Stuart Lee, Ray Presto, and Chris Green (as Ida Barr).
A one-off On the Bus! variety show was staged at
the Theatre Royal in Brighton in July 2007 featuring comedians Harry
Hill and Lee Mack, together with magician Mark Raffles, extreme
balloon modellers Bob and Leslie Wooding, with Paul as host and
compere. The show went on to tour theatres around the UK in the
summer of 2008 with Chris Green (Ida Barr) and one-man band Vic
Ellis as additional guests.
In October 2009, a sell-out show took place at the London Palladium
Theatre. Last Stop the Palladium! was produced
and MC'd by Paul and featured comedians Dara O'Briain, Sean Lock,
Lee Mack and Dave Spikey, with acappella group The Magnets, balloon
man Bob Wooding and cocktail jugglers the Bar Wizardz, who produced
a special 'Double Decker' cocktail for the occasion. Dave Thompson
(AKA Tinky Winky from the Teletubbies!) acted as Paul's glamorous
assistant, and front of house entertainment was provided by one-man
band Vic Ellis, Matt (the Stat) Walters, magician Sav and Arbie
the Robot.
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