Chortle awards: Vote for your favourite venues
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07/01/2011 … Please note, these are not nominees – you can vote for any venue you like – but a list of venues that have traditionally gathered reasonable support.
2011 Archives
Fri 07 January 2011
Twitter feud kicks off
07/01/2011 … Frankie Boyle has launched a stinging broadside against fellow comic Mark Watson for daring to criticise his offensive material.
Edited Highlight
Club chain to close London venue
07/01/2011 … The Highlight chain of comedy clubs is to close its venue in Clapham Junction, South London, from this weekend.
© BBC Bad news for Come Fly With Me...
...Jim Davidson has come out in support
07/01/2011 … It might not be the sort of praise they want – but Jim Davidson has come out in support of Matt Lucas and David Walliams' new comedy Come Fly With Me.
Why does comedy always have to be funny?
Dave Cohen calls for a return to pathos
07/01/2011 … Something wonderful and magical has vanished from the world of comedy.
'I want to strip him naked and tie him up'
07/01/2011 … ‘When you're a comedian, you never feel that anything you do is successful.
Pigeon man comic in BGT drama
Notoriety for 'weirdo' Phil Zimmerman
07/01/2011 … Comedian Phil Zimmerman has hit the headlines for all the wrong reasons – after lunging at Britain's Got Talent judge Amanda Holden.
Thu 06 January 2011
Ricky Gervais is vermin...
Comic to star as Mole in Wind In The Willows
06/01/2011 … Ricky Gervais is to voice Mole in a new film version of The Wind in the Willows.