2013 Archives
Sat 27 July 2013
Variety's 10 Comics To Watch showcase
Live review from Steve Bennett in Montreal
27/07/2013 … Every year for more than a decade, Hollywood trade magazine Variety names 10 comics to watch, to coincide with the Just For Laughs festival – but somehow no…
Fri 26 July 2013
Gorillas in our midst
26/07/2013 … It might come as something as a surprise given his image, but perennially becardiganned comedian Robin Ince has revealed that he once took ecstasy.
'He's a bigot with a capital Nazi'
Andy Kindler lays into Adam Carolla
26/07/2013 … Andy Kindler has launched an all-out attack on fellow comedian Adam Carolla – branding him a hateful bigot with no right to be called a comic.
Comedy clubs are 'architects of their own destruction'
But comedians aren't perfect either
26/07/2013 … Comedy clubs are in crisis because they pander to drunken idiots and are afraid of a comedian showing any sign of imperfection in their act.
Gig review: Brian Posehn
26/07/2013 … Brian Posehn lumbers around the stage like a dinosaur, an imposing physical presence but slow-moving and ungraceful.
10. Never knowingly oversold
Edinburgh 10 x10: Ten offputting blurbs
26/07/2013 … OK, some of these are deliberately offputting or underplayed as a double-bluff, but these are not exactly well-sold.