Rhona McKenzie at the 2009 Funny Women final
22/09/2009 … Relative newcomer Rhona McKenzie offers an earthy set, with cheap-laugh references to the likes of camel toes, overgrown bushes and big pants, which she’s not…
2009 Archives
Tue 22 September 2009
Catherine Semark at the 2009 Funny Women final
22/09/2009 … Though a relative newcomer, well-spoken Catherine Semark has understated elegance and quiet confidence, that draws the audience in – even though her routine is…
© Claudia Wass Jo Selby as Tatiana Ostrakova at the 2009 Funny Women final
22/09/2009 … Jo Selby's character of Russian comedian Tatiana Ostrakova, fresh from Jongleurs Minsk, was a highlight of the night.
Elizabeth Mee at the 2009 Funny Women final
22/09/2009 … Elizabeth Mee admits she’s a stereotype: middle-aged and upper-middle-class, she’s Radio 4 in human form, and makes predictable references to Agas and children…
Mon 21 September 2009
Too old to be funny?
Ashlea Dutton, 16, wonders if comics have a sell-by date
21/09/2009 … Does the comedy scene belong to the younger model? In the showroom are the flashy Porsches named Whitehall, Kane and Donnelly, revving up technology-based gags,…
peacock21
21/09/2009 … PEACOCK SEASON, the low-budget film about the Edinburgh Fringe starring many of the festival's comics, is receiving an advance screening at London's Leicester Square…
Win Britain's Got The Pop Factor DVD...
21/09/2009 … Peter Kay's latest DVD is released next Monday – and we have five copies to give away.
Storm over Tiernan's Jewish jokes
Holocaust comments 'unacceptable'
21/09/2009 … Tommy Tiernan has sparked another controversy after ranting against Jews, and claiming he would have killed twice as many in the Holocaust.