Win a Doug Stanhope DVD
25/08/2009 … Controversial American stand-up Doug Stanhope is releasing a new DVD, No Refunds, in the UK to coincide with a run of live dates in London next week – and we have…
2009 Archives
Tue 25 August 2009
© Picturehouse Pegg's killer role
25/08/2009 … Simon Pegg is set to star in a film about the serial killers Burke and Hare.
Search for a hero
New stand-up competition launched
25/08/2009 … FHM magazine and Jongleurs have launched a new competition for budding stand-ups, with a £5,000 top prize.
Director Stroud dies
Credits include Harry Enfield & My Hero
25/08/2009 … TV comedy director John Stroud has died of a brain tumour at the age of 54.
Lucy Porter: Fools Gold - Fringe 2009
25/08/2009 … How does Porter do it? For the past few years she’s turned around a consistently good full hour of new material with a coherent theme and gags that hit the mark…
Dean Scurry: Back To The Eighties - Fringe 2009
25/08/2009 … He’s supported some of the best names in Irish comedy but tonight it’s Dean Scurry who needs help.
Jake Yapp's Free At Four - Fringe 2009
25/08/2009 … Like some aspects of the Free Fringe itself, Jake Yapp’s show is a ramshackle affair.