No Joke! Maggots Land On Comedy Club Audience

A stand-up comedy venue has apologised to audience members after maggots feasting on a dead pigeon fell on them during a show.

The bird was later found in the air conditioning unit of Jongleurs Comedy Club at Oceana in Nottingham.

The club's operators issued an apology after customers complained on review website TripAdvisor.

A spokeswoman for the Luminar Group, which owns Oceana, said: "It would appear that a pigeon crawled through some side netting on the building and went into the air conditioning unit. It subsequently died.

"When the team at Jongleurs switched on the air conditioning, it disturbed the body and a few maggots fell out through the air conditioning.

"We would stress it was only a few and there were no complaints on the evening. The incident was promptly resolved on the night and the netting repaired."

She added that the "vast majority" of the audience had a good night and added: "Jongleurs is all about giving people a great comedy experience and we can only apologise that we fell short on this occasion."

Jongleurs, which has a deal with Oceana to run comedy nights at the club, has since contacted all customers who were at the event and offered them free tickets.