Who voiced the Easter Bunny in Hop?
16/04/2019 … Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly trivia quiz, compiled, as always by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.
2019 Archives
Tue 16 April 2019
Opinion: Is comedy the most powerful artform of them all?
As a new exhibition opens, the V&A's Simon Sladen thinks it might be
16/04/2019 … This year marks the 50th anniversary of both Carry On Camping and another, very different, British cultural icon: Monty Python.
Steve Pemberton joins Britannia
16/04/2019 … Steve Pemberton has joined the cast of Sky Atlantic's Roman Empire saga, Britannia.
Frank Skinner announces Edinburgh Fringe run
Ahead of his autumn Showbiz tour
16/04/2019 … Frank Skinner has announced his return to the Edinburgh Fringe after five years away.
Joanne McNally: Wine Tamer
Gig review by Alex Bruce at the Soho Theatre, London
16/04/2019 … Joanne McNally’s show – although helped by fantastic crowd work, pacing and audience rapport – flits randomly between invented viewpoints, some…
Terry Gilliam: As a white man I feel excluded now
Python star also complains that taking offence is stifling comedy
16/04/2019 … Terry Gilliam has become the latest comedy icon to complain that a newfound sensitivity is ruining humour.
Blake Freeman: There's Something There
Melbourne International Comedy Festival review
16/04/2019 … An absolute natural on stage and an authentic voice from the under-represented young working class, Blake Freeman is easily worthy of his best newcomer nomination…
Wil Anderson: Wil-Informed
Melbourne International Comedy Festival review
16/04/2019 … Reflecting on his 23rd successive Melbourne comedy festival show, Will Anderson’s thoughts turn to his place in the world as a middle-aged white man.