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18/08/2009 … Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer have hit out at the ‘stale’ and ‘serious’ state of modern comedy.
2009 Archives
Tue 18 August 2009
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'Comedy feels serious now'
Vic and Bob on the return of Shooting Stars
18/08/2009 … When he’s not making comedy, Vic Reeves runs an electrical contracting business installing Ethernet cabling in offices near his Kent home, with Bob Mortimer working…
Fringe on film
First showing of Edinburgh festival movie
18/08/2009 … An ultra-low budget film about comedians at the Edinburgh Fringe has received its first ever public screening.
baileypub18
18/08/2009 … BILL BAILEY has performed an impromptu gig for about 150 drinkers in the beer garden of Oxford’s James Street Tavern in aid of the Sumatran Orangutan Society.
Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre Goes To Hollywood – Fringe 2009
18/08/2009 … Two greying, squeaky-voiced sock puppets, a ramshackle cardboard theatre and an badly ventilated Fringe venue sound like ingredients for an evening of tooth-grinding…
Tiffany Stevenson: Along Came A Spider – Fringe 2009
18/08/2009 … Has Tiffany Stevenson ever mentioned she used to be a model? If not, she more than makes up for it in this predictable though tolerable show, her solo debut.
Paddy Lennox: Who Does He Think He Is – Fringe 2009
18/08/2009 … After the shock of temporarily forgetting his own name on a hospital visit, Paddy Lennox was inspired to ask, exactly what is in a name? How does it define you and…
Simon Brodkin: Still Not Himself – Fringe 2009
18/08/2009 … Any punters who bought tickets on the strength of this character comedian’s appearances on Al Murray’s Multiple Personality Disorder may have high hopes of Brodkin,…