Phil Walker: Fringe 2012
16/08/2012 … Phil Walker bounds onto the stage with the energy of a dog that has just been let out for an overdue walk.
2012 Archives
Thu 16 August 2012
Wed 15 August 2012
New show from Lee Nelson creator
BBC Three wants more characters
15/08/2012 … Lee Nelson creator Simon Brodkin has landed a new BBC Three series that will showcase some of his other creations.
How I'd fix the Fringe
Iain Maciver Todd wants it smaller and more regimented, with less new material
15/08/2012 … One of my favourite dinner spots in Edinburgh was the cheap and cheerful kitchen in the mosque.
Don't become an old joke
Chris Hallam tells comics how to become national treasures not washed-up has-beens
15/08/2012 … What is it about older comics? The funnier they were when they were young, the more we seem to resent them when they get old.
Getting On with a US remake
HBO wants Jo Brand's hospital comedy
15/08/2012 … Jo Brand’s downbeat hospital sitcom Getting On is to get an American makeover.
Stewart Lee + Shaun Micallef = Ideal comedy organism
Shane Dundas on his comedy idols
15/08/2012 … Stewart Lee: 90s ComedianI'd pay to see Mr Lee opening a letter.
Elise Harris: Fringe 2012
15/08/2012 … This isn’t so much stand-up comedy as just stand-up talking.