Comedy club group Jongleurs is to open a further eight sites across the UK as it extends a deal with nightclub operator Luminar, writes Gurjit Degun. The new venues will be located in existing Luminar sites in Birmingham, Watford, Edinburgh, Swansea, Kingston Upon Thames, Milton Keynes, Brighton and Southampton. In the past two months Jongleurs has opened sites with Luminar in Leeds, Newcastle, Cardiff and Norwich. Jongleurs founder Maria Kempinska said: “This latest announcement is the next step in the most amazing journey for the Jongleurs brand. We know via our conversations with various operators, that comedy is considered a key element of an integrated offering within a modern day leisure business – typified by Luminar’s approach. “After the amazing success enjoyed since the launch of the four new sites this year, this continued roll-out makes perfect sense. We’re in conversations with a number of parties about the growth of the brand right now, so one thing is for sure, we won’t be standing still in 2011.”