'Deep-fried frog is something of an acquired taste'
Sue Perkins on her new travel memoirs
18/10/2018 … Sue Perkins’s new travel memoir, East Of Croydon, is published today; to be followed by a short book tour later in the month.
2018 Archives
Thu 18 October 2018
© Tristram Kenton Pick your moment, Lesley...
How Birds Of A Feather star rattled Ross Noble seconds before he took to the stage
18/10/2018 … Timing is everything in comedy, as Ross Noble unfortunately understands all too well.
London's Winter Wonderland to host a nightly comedy club
Seven weeks of gigs in Hyde Park attraction
18/10/2018 … London’s annual Winter Wonderland event is to host a nightly comedy club for the first time in its 11-year history.
Wed 17 October 2018
How the stand-up circuit exploits desperate comedians
Performers under pressure to be amenable in an oversaturated market, research finds
17/10/2018 … Comedians are being exploited because of the pressure to appear amenable to bookers and promoters.
© ABC 'I ain't dead bitches!'
Roseanne's anger at her sitcom character's death
17/10/2018 … Roseanne Barr has protested about the way her character has been written out of her own sitcom history.
'Comedians have no choice but to slap on a smile if they wish to build a career in stand-up'
Nick Butler on his research into the stand-up circuit
17/10/2018 … In the popular imagination, comedians live extreme and volatile lives.
Memorial show for Jack Cowley
Comics to pay tribute to their colleague, who also performed as Jack Russell
17/10/2018 … Comedians are to pay tribute to their colleague John Cowley at a memorial event in London later this month.
© Stuart Hogben Chris Ramsey films stand-up special
Tour to be taped at Newcastle’s Metro Radio Arena
17/10/2018 … Chris Ramsey’s new ‘Just Happy To Get Out Of The House’ tour is to be filmed for future broadcast.