2011 Archives
Thu 14 April 2011
Tim Minchin to play the Proms
First comedy gig in festival's 116 years
14/04/2011 … Tim Minchin is to appear in this year’s Proms, marking the first time comedy has been programmed at the classical music festival in its 116-year history.
Comedy Central makes its first sitcom
14/04/2011 … Comedy Central has commissioned its first ever sitcom.
You can’t go into a careers office and say, 'Hello, I’d like to be a stand-up...'
Kirsten Lester meets Chris Addison
14/04/2011 … Chris Addison may be a stand-up star and TV favourite today, but his first gig was hardly an auspicious omen for a flourishing career.
Joke theft rife among comics
More than half have been victims
14/04/2011 … It is supposed to be the cardinal sin of comedy, banished from modern practice along with frilly shirts and mother-in-law jokes.
Wed 13 April 2011
Reeves sells his art
200 pieces to go under the hammer
13/04/2011 … Vic Reeves will be selling around 200 pieces of his artwork his weekend.