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08/08/2017 … Everybody knows that comedians make the worst audience members.
2017 Archives
Tue 08 August 2017
Carl Donnelly: The Nutter on the Bus
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review by Paul Fleckney
08/08/2017 … Carl Donnelly could easily be selling out decent-sized rooms in the Pleasance, doing relatable, anecdotal comedy about everyday life.
Here's Harry.... at last
All episodes of Harry Worth's sitcom to be released on DVD
08/08/2017 … All the surviving episodes of Harry Worth’s Sixties comedy series Here’s Harry are to be released on DVD for the first time.
Patrick Turpin: Itty Bitty Little Titty
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review by Steve Bennett
08/08/2017 … Patrick Turpin likes to create a discomforting first impression, although once his audience gets to know him, there are some peculiar delights in this show about…
Richard Herring: Oh Frig I'm 50
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review by Steve Bennett
08/08/2017 … For those of us who meter our lives in Edinburgh Fringes rather than years, it’s a shock to find that its been a decade since Richard Herring’s Oh Fuck…
Comedy makes us suffer better
Amanda Miller on the power of her artform
08/08/2017 … Finding what’s funny about painful experiences is what helps me get through life.
Lucy Porter: Choose Your Battles
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review by Paul Fleckney
08/08/2017 … 'I’m the most controversial comedian at the Fringe,' says Lucy Porter.
Cate loves Lucy
Blanchette tipped to star in comedian's biopic
08/08/2017 … Cate Blanchett is set to play Lucille Ball in a new biopic of the comedian’s life.