Grainne Maguire: Fringe 2012
09/08/2012 … Like a lot of young comics, Gráinne Maguire seems so young and physically frail that her command of the stage is quite astounding.
2012 Archives
Thu 09 August 2012
Wed 08 August 2012
From Bill Hicks to Joyce Grenfell
Steve Gribbin picks his comedy favourites
08/08/2012 … Right Said Fred by Bernard CribbinsNotwithstanding the comedy cognoscenti’s habitual condescending sneer, the comedy song can be a wonderful thing, none more so…
Open Mike makes £4million
Boom time for producers of TV stand-up
08/08/2012 … Open Mike, the biggest producer of stand-up shows on TV, has seen its annual profits soar by almost a third in a year, up to more than £4million.
Joan Rivers thrown out of store
08/08/2012 … Police have thrown Joan Rivers out of a Californian store, after she staged a protest over their refusal to stock her book.
Jessica Fostekew: Fringe 2012
08/08/2012 … Jessica Fostekew is blessed with a compelling voice; you really would listen to her read the phonebook.
Auntie Myra’s Fun Show: Fringe 2012
08/08/2012 … Very occasionally a drag act transcends the rowdy pubs and kitsch clubs and makes it to the mainstream… but on the strength of this scrappy carnival of the…
Japanese Terminatol: Fringe 2012
08/08/2012 … This show is like being trapped in a Tokyo pachinko parlour.