Stewart Lee: Alternative Comedian
Exclusive first extract from Lee's new book How I Escaped My Certain Fate
25/07/2010 … Hint: For the footnotes, hover over the paragraphs marked with a *I never wanted to be a comedian.
2010 Archives
Sun 25 July 2010
How to be happy
Diane Spencer's picked up some tips for comedians
25/07/2010 … I’ve just been reading The Happiness Hypothesis by Jonathan Haidt, an analysis of Eastern and Western religious ideas, ancient wisdom and modern philosophies which…
Anthony Jeselnik at the Carlsberg Comedy Carnival 2010
25/07/2010 … This is Anthony Jeselnik’s Irish debut, and he’s milking it for all it’s worth, prefacing almost every joke with: ‘Do you guys have X-Box here?’ ‘Do…
Craig Campbell at Latitude 2010
25/07/2010 … It may be only just after noon, but Craig Campbell easily holds the attention of a couple of thousand Latitude-goers, packing the vast comedy tent and beyond.
Doc Brown at Latitude 2010
25/07/2010 … Latitude isn’t just a music festival, but it seems fitting to have a few musical turns on the comedy stage.
Stephen K Amos at Latitude 2010
25/07/2010 … What can we say about Stephen K Amos that we haven’t said before? This is his bulletproff ‘best of’ set for the festival, a few bits of well-rehearsed crowd…
Tom Basden at Latitude 2010
25/07/2010 … Walk idly past the cabaret arena when Tom Basden is on, and you could mistake the sound emanating from the tent as yet another earnest acoustic musician, strumming…