And the nominees are...
Chortle awards shortlist revealed
02/03/2005 … Daniel Kitson, Will Smith (pictured) and Alun Cochrane lead the running in this year’s Chortle live comedy awards.
2005 Archives
Wed 02 March 2005
Tue 01 March 2005
Alun Cochrane – Original Review
01/03/2005 … Cochrane’s a very hard comic to dislike, which puts him in great demand as a compere.
Toby Caldwell – Original Review
01/03/2005 … A brilliant mime and, by extension, physical comedian, Caldwell is a talent in desperate need of a suitable vehicle.
Jason Rouse – Original Review
01/03/2005 … Shock comic Jason Rouse unleashes his ferocious, depraved vulgarity with such swaggering high energy, it’s hard not to be won over.
Rhod Gilbert – Original Review
01/03/2005 … Within a few short months of starting his comedy career, this mild-mannered Welshman had already established an impression for his convoluted, surreal shaggy dog…
Zoe Lyons – Original Review
01/03/2005 … She calls herself "the Cherie Blair of stand-up", thanks to a similar pillar-box mouth.
Alan Carr – Original Review
01/03/2005 … It doesn’t take much to spot Carr’s comic influences, but then again he hardly does much to hide them.
Barbara Nice – Original Review
01/03/2005 … Mrs Barbara Nice, the suburban creation of Janice Connolly, is a warm and wonderful act an enthusiastic, livewire force of nature it's hard not to love.