I follow Village Underground on Facebook and they posted this link on there which explains a bit about the background behind the place.
http://www.londonunderbelly.com/2010/08/03/in-the-studio-with-village-underground/
Mike Clarke's Adventures in Creative Writing — and Stand-Up
you seem to have gone qiuet Mike!
BG
Been bogged down with doing my MSc Software Development project but a new post is in the works.