Kiri Pritchard-McLean writes an Old Vic monologue
Gaslighting piece to be performed by Susan Wokoma
23/02/2021 … Kiri Pritchard-McLean has written a ‘funny, dark and ultimately empowering monologue about gaslighting’ for London’s Old Vic Theatre.
2021 Archives
Tue 23 February 2021
How being a bit disabled informs my comedy
23/02/2021 … I’ve been a comedian for nearly four years now but I’ve been making jokes about myself and my condition my whole life.
Regé-Jean Page's Bridgerton audition
As imagined by Toussaint Douglass
23/02/2021 … How did Regé-Jean Page land his breakthrough role in Bridgerton? This never-before-seen audition tape shows the process.
© Domizia Salusest Kerry Godliman joins BBC's comedy about excluded pupils
PRU shows 'a world that isn't normally seen'
23/02/2021 … Kerry Godliman is to star in a BBC comedy series about unruly pupils who have been removed from mainstream education.
© Fox/Gage Skidmore/CC BY-SA 3.0 Dr Hibbert gets an authentic black voice
23/02/2021 … Simpsons physician Dr Hibbert is to be voiced by a black actor for the first time from this weekend.
Mon 22 February 2021
Comedy clubs could be back on May 17
Boris Johnson unveils roadmap for releasing Covid restrictions
22/02/2021 … Indoor live comedy could resume as early as May 17 under Boris Johnson’s roadmap to release lockdown.
© Tom Van Schelven/Comic Relief Sarcasm? I bet that's SO popular...
'Lowest form of wit' actually tops poll
22/02/2021 … They say sarcasm is the lowest form of wit… but it turns out to be the most popular type of comedy in the UK.
Jellyfish
22/02/2021 … Originally released in 2019, and newly arrived on the BBC iPlayer, this zero-budget indie movie floats the notion of stand-up as a cathartic outlet for a teenager…