2015 Archives
Wed 01 April 2015
Trevor Noah accused of anti-semitism
Critics swoop on new Daily Show host's tweets
01/04/2015 … Comedy Central have backed newly-appointed Daily Show host Trevor Noah after a handful of his Tweets caused a storm of online protest.
Why is 'ethnic comedy' in such a shambles?
Inder Manocha thinks it might be political correctness gone mad...
01/04/2015 … I have been asked to take part in an evening of comedy storytelling called Immigrant Diaries at London's Southbank Centre, whose title is self-explanatory.
What's Harry Hill cooking up?
New food/comedy show being piloted
01/04/2015 … Harry Hill is to offer his surreal take on ubiquitous cookery shows in a new TV pilot.
Tue 31 March 2015
Mackenzie Crook returns to live comedy
31/03/2015 … DETECTORISTS star Mackenzie Crook is to make a rare return to live performance in a fundraiser for the fire-ravaged Battersea Arts Centre.
'This isn't comedy – it's bullying'
Backlash as comic branded 'fat and smelly' on TV
31/03/2015 … A comic is at the centre of a bullying storm after calling a fellow stand-up ‘fat’ and ‘smelly’ in a televised routine.
Elaine Malcolmson: Arrangements
Glasgow Comedy Festival review by Jay Richardson
31/03/2015 … There's a striking bit in Elaine Malcolmson's hour where the Northern Irish comic takes herself out of the story she's telling about death and remembrance, to reflect…