2015 Archives
Mon 17 August 2015
Inbetweeners' James Buckley turns stand-up
...in a new film based on comic James Mullinger's life
17/08/2015 … Inbetweeners star James Buckley is to play an embittered journalist hoping to become a top stand-up comedian in a new movie based on a true story.
The freedom to offend – and to be offended
Donnchadh O Conaill joins the debate
17/08/2015 … Tom Slater's broadside against 'the PC war on comedy' contained some valid points, mixed with a certain amount of hyperbole (see the reference to 'the PC war on…
'The comic tension is perfect...'
Steve Bugeja chooses his perfect playlist
17/08/2015 … Kevin Bridges: Michael McIntyre’s Comedy RoadshowThis was the stand-up clip that made me want to get on stage myself.
'Happy' Howden dies
Comic had a 50-year club career
17/08/2015 … Scottish comedian Alex 'Happy' Howden has died, close to his 76th birthday.
Ten ways to be a tit in Edinburgh
Beth Vyse gets some ideas off her chest...
17/08/2015 … Beth Vyse's show, As Funny As Cancer, is about her battle with breast cancer, with the idea that she is trying to reclaim what she's lost by being a tit every day…
Sun 16 August 2015