limerick21

21/06/2012 … A BOOK of Edward Lear's limericks that Ronnie Barker made his own scribbled alterations to has sold for £3,600 at auction.

Chortle conference: Discounted rate

06/06/2012 … Here's the 'secret' page to buy tickets for the Chortle comedy conference at the discounted 'early bird' rate of £80 – even though the deadline has long passed!…

Camden Crawl 2012

Sunday comedy review by Steve Bennett

07/05/2012 … Walking around Camden, you wouldn’t know there was a festival on.

Meera Syal’s Asian Comedy Night

BBC Asian Network recording, reviewed by Steve Bennett

01/05/2012 … In one of their sketches, comedy duo Asians Provocateurs struggle to list high-profile Asian women: ‘Baroness Warsi, Meera Syal and, erm, Meera Syal?’ It would…

Review: Sketchercise 2nd Birthday

By Steve Bennett at Ginglik, London

27/04/2012 … Hand-in-glove with the boom in stand-up has come a proliferation of sketch and character nights – even if the sheer number of bodies involved means that commercial…

sytyfosters20

20/04/2012 … FOSTER's has signed a deal to sponsor this year's So You Think You're Funny? talent hunt, following its backing of the Edinburgh Comedy Award, comedy of Channel…

Douglas Adams: The Party

Review by Steve Bennett

12/03/2012 … This tribute gig is long.

Gregg Jevin Memorial Concert

Review by Steve Bennett

08/03/2012 … Farewell Gregg Jevin, we hardly knew ye.