Obsolete
Edinburgh Fringe review by Steve Bennett
15/08/2019 … Black Mirror as a student sketch show? Sure, why not… The linking device for Obsolete is a presentation by a sinister tech company that promises immortality…
2019 Archives
Thu 15 August 2019
Yuriko Kotani: Somosomo
Edinburgh Fringe review by Alex Bruce
15/08/2019 … Yuriko Kotani presents a story largely about deciding to do stand-up despite the unsolicited insults, discouragement and criticism she has faced along the way.
My most coked-up heckler, caught on film
Mark Simmons recalls his most memorable gigs
15/08/2019 … Most drunk/coked up heckler Most of the time, when someone heckles, you deal with it, make them look silly, they learn their lesson.
Goodbye Mr President
Edinburgh Fringe review by Steve Bennett
15/08/2019 … President Obonjo, the African dictator in exile in Britain, is such a great comic creation that TV executives have either stolen it for a new E4 show or independently…
Comedian Tom Houghton talks about boarding school
In this extract from his Edinburgh show
15/08/2019 … Stand-up Tom Houghton talks about his private education in this clip from Chortle's Fast Fringe.
Sarah Kendall: Paper Planes
Edinburgh Fringe review by Julia Chamberlain
15/08/2019 … Sarah Kendall’s facility for blending laughter, heartache and the big questions in life is as strong as ever in this hour that whizzes by, but lingers in the…
Tom Allen pilots new Channel 4 series
Coming from a different town each week
15/08/2019 … Tom Allen is working on a new Channel 4 series which will come from a different British location each week.
© Channel 4 Joe Lycett’s Got Your Back... will be back
Second series for comic's consumer affairs show
15/08/2019 … Channel 4 has commissioned a second series of Joe Lycett’s Got Your Back.