
2016 Archives
Sat 15 October 2016


Hans Teeuwen: Real Rancour
Gig review by Steve Bennett at the Brighton Dome
15/10/2016 … What to make of Hans Teeuwen? The Dutchman’s angry, absurd nihilism has made him an influential force among those who enjoy stand-up as an artform, driven by the…

Watch the fur fly...
15/10/2016 … The week's best comedy on demand:MascotsChristopher Guest doesn't exactly break his mould with his latest mockumentary, set like Best in Show or A Mighty Wind, in…


Summer Wine's Aunty Wainwright dies
Oh, and Jean Alexander was in Corrie, too
15/10/2016 … Jean Alexander, who played Auntie Wainwright in Last of the Summer Wine has died at the age of 90.
Fri 14 October 2016

Arnold Brown at 80
Tribute to alternative comedy's elder statesman
14/10/2016 … A star-studded line-up of comedy stars is to celebrate alternative stand-up legend's Arnold Brown's 80th birthday next month.


Armando Iannucci writes robot comedy
14/10/2016 … Armando Iannucci has written a comedy movie about inept robots trying to take over the world.