2019 Archives

Wed 09 October 2019

Rudi Lickwood’s Five Minutes To Shine

09/10/2019 … New act finals can be stressful enough for the inexperienced comedian at the best of time, but Rudi Lickwood’s Five Minutes To Shine added an extra –…

Frisky & Mannish: Pop Lab

Gig review by Steve Bennett at the Y Theatre, Leicester

09/10/2019 … It is a quarter-filled theatre in Leicester on a school night, but Frisky and Mannish are performing like it’s a sold-out London Palladium.

Full cast announced for BBC One comedy Bumps

Starring Amanda Redman as a woman who becomes a mum at 63

09/10/2019 … The full cast has been announced for the BBC One comedy pilot Bumps, in which Amanda Redman plays woman who becomes a mother again at 63.

Angelos Epithemiou announces his first tour in eight years

...but only 11 dates

09/10/2019 … Angelos Epithemiou has announced a short autumn tour – his first in eight years.

'If you can't make jokes without hurting people, maybe you're no good at it'

Marc Maron reacts to claims 'woke culture' is killing comedy

09/10/2019 … Marc Maron has hit back at Joker director Todd Phillips’s claim that ‘woke culture’ is stifling comedy.

Have you got a cracker of a topical joke?

Enter Gold's annual gag competition

09/10/2019 … ⬛ PROMOTIONAL FEATURE The Gold TV channel has announced the return of its annual national joke competition to discover the best new Christmas cracker gags.