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.
2019 Archives
Tue 16 April 2019
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.
Raw Comedy national final 2019
Gig review by Steve Bennett at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival
16/04/2019 … You would expect – or at least hope – to find some real talent once the 1,038 would-be comedians who entered Australia’s nationwide Raw competition…
James Acaster and Tom Allen up for Melbourne award
Comedy festival names its nominees – after severing links to Barry Humphries
16/04/2019 … A transgender comedian has been nominated for the biggest prize in Australian stand-up – the day after it severed its connection to Barry Humphries over…
History of Comedy podcast to return
Looking at the most influential venues in the business
16/04/2019 … A podcast charting the evolution of live comedy in America is to return for a second series.