John Robertson: The Dark Room
15/08/2012 … ‘You awake to find yourself in a dark room…’ What a marvellous, maddening concept this is from the twisted psyche of John Robertson.
2012 Archives
Wed 15 August 2012
Lead Pencil: Fringe 2012
15/08/2012 … The first show of a run is always tough, especially starting midway through the Fringe.
Hanks and Conran: Fringe 2012
15/08/2012 … Pigs in Blankets refers to the weight of the performers, as explained at the beginning along with some fat jokes.
Devvo Dole Queue Hero: Fringe 2012
15/08/2012 … By allowing Alf Garnett to become a hero to the prejudiced people he parodied, Johnny Speight long ago proved that the problem of 'having your cake and eating it'…
Cariad Lloyd: Fringe 2012
15/08/2012 … In her ‘difficult second show’, 2011 best newcomer nominee Cariad Lloyd acknowledges her theatrical approach to character comedy with the Fringe Police, who…
Tue 14 August 2012
Win a Coogan collection
DVDs to mark news of Partridge's return
14/08/2012 … To mark this week’s news that a new Alan Partridge series is on the way, we’ve got a collection of all Steve Coogan’s greatest hits to give away.
The BBC: The real threat to the Fringe
Harry Deansway says the corporation shouldn't be running a venue
14/08/2012 … After reading Stewart Lee’s now yearly mawkish piece for the Guardian about the commercialisation of the Fringe, and how it was much better when all of Edinburgh…
Some of it isn't great, if I'm honest
Harry Hill looks back at his old Channel 4 show
14/08/2012 … Harry Hill speaks about Whatever Happened to Harry Hill, the entirely made-up ‘documentary’ about his original Channel 4 series which ran from 1997 to 2000.