'I was booed by 40 Postman Pats'
John Hastings recalls his most memorable gigs
02/08/2019 … First gig I was a suited-and-bloated, nervous, 20-year-old with a theatre degree in my back pocket.
2019 Archives
Fri 02 August 2019
© Button Hall Productions Image Type: Portraits Programme Maker: Monumental HBO Max snaps up British comedies
Shows head for new US streaming platform
02/08/2019 … British comedies Ghosts, Stath Lets Flats and Home will be available to US viewers under a new licensing deal.
Chris Washington: Raconteur
Edinburgh Fringe review by Steve Bennett
02/08/2019 … Chris Washington opens his show by proclaiming: ‘Welcome to the comfort zone’ and proceeds to perform in front of a banner which reads: ‘#LeastRiskyComicInTheBiz’.
Ali Wong's book gets a UK release
Hard-learned advice to her young daughters
02/08/2019 … Ali Wong’s first book is to be released in the UK after publisher Canongate Books snapped up the rights.
Will Duggan: Class Two
Edinburgh Fringe review by Steve Bennett
02/08/2019 … It’s not a heckle, really, but no less devastating.
Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone in five minutes
Dreamgun at Chortle's Fast Fringe
02/08/2019 … Here’s the comedy team Dreamgun performing their version of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone in five minutes It comes from their show Film…
Why I'm turning my phone off this Fringe
But Luke Rollason is asking his audience to keep theirs on
02/08/2019 … Being at the Fringe can feel like walking around a giant, three dimensional version of the internet.
John Pendal: Monster
Edinburgh Fringe review by Steve Bennett
02/08/2019 … Many comedians who enjoy non-vanilla sex lives exploit their difference from the mainstream for all its worth, seeking to elicit howls of shock as much as howls…