2012 Archives
Thu 23 February 2012
pelham23
23/02/2012 … JONATHAN PELHAM, a 19-year-old politics and sociology student at Newcastle University, won the North-East heat of the Student Comedy Awards, powered by The Sims…
Overnight success isn't the real story
Marc Blake on the reality of stand-up
23/02/2012 … A month ago I was approached by a PR company to ‘train’ five journalists who had never performed before to each do a five-minute set for the Dave channel at…
Whose tweet is it anyway?
BBC pilots Twitter-based improv show
23/02/2012 … The BBC is tonight piloting a new improvised comedy show, based around Twitter.
Tributes paid to Frank Carson
23/02/2012 … Tributes have been paid to stand-up Frank Carson, who has died at the age of 85.
Sky plays Chickens
Commission for Simon Bird and Joe Thomas's WW1 comedy
23/02/2012 … Sky has commissioned the Simon Bird First World War comedy Chickens, after Channel 4 decided not to pick it up.
Wed 22 February 2012
Don't read the reviews!
They won’t always give your spirits a lift, says Al Cowie
22/02/2012 … I believe it was Andy Warhol who said ‘don't read the reviews, count the column inches’ The debate about whether or not to read my own reviews hadn't been one…