2012 Archives
Sun 07 October 2012
Lost Blackadder ideas found
Script planned to spoof Nativity story
07/10/2012 … A draft script for a Christmas episode of Blackadder, set in Biblical times, has been unearthed during research for a new book.
Brighton Comedy Festival Gala 2012
07/10/2012 … The gala opening the Brighton Comedy Festival has to be better than some of the guff surrounding it.
Sat 06 October 2012
Tig Notaro's cancer routine released
06/10/2012 … A recording of the emotional stand-up routine in which American comedian Tig Notaro revealed she had breast cancer has been released as a download – thanks to…
Rob Delaney at Soho Theatre
06/10/2012 … He’s officially the ‘funniest person on Twitter’, a jobbing American comic made good after attracting an impressive 600,000 followers in three years.
Fri 05 October 2012
Telly comics flourish, but not the grassroots
Conference hears the state of the industry
05/10/2012 … The boom in stand-up on TV has not had a trickle-down benefit for Britain’s grassroot comedy clubs, a meeting of industry insiders has heard.
Charity, comedy and the Big Society
Rob Deering gets all altruistic
05/10/2012 … Like many a comedian, I sometimes do gigs for charity; they’ll be for good causes, but the decision to do them is not altogether altruistic – often they’re…
'Men paid £2,000 a night for my company'
05/10/2012 … ‘It’s offensive, it’s degrading and it’s not funny.