The future of satire
22/03/2009 … A week of events about satire at South London's Greenwich Theatre kicked off with a debate entitled The Future of Satire - Safe and Smug or Edgy and Offensive? Here's…
Sun 22 March 2009
Aussie rules!
Mark Little on Australia's comedy heritage
22/03/2009 … During the Eighties, Mark Little was best known for his role as lovable rogue Joe Mangel in Neighbours, though his real love was stand-up comedy.
Go Jerry
22/03/2009 … Phoenix Nights deservedly made a star out of Peter Kay, but also raised the profiles of other stand-ups in the cast - perhaps none more so than Dave Spikey, co-writer…
Why good jokes are hard to remember
22/03/2009 … Good jokes are harder to remember than bad ones, scientists have discovered.
Festival: The Movie
22/03/2009 … You probably wouldn’t have noticed her among the hundreds of desperate performers thronging Edinburgh’s Royal Mile during last year’s festival.
I'm not that interested in comedy..
22/03/2009 … Small Time Crooks is more reminiscent of your earlier films, more slapstick and less serious.
Apocalypse now
The League of Gentlemen talk about their big-screen debut
22/03/2009 … The League Of Gentlemen’s first movie Apocalypse opens next month; and yesterday some of the team held a Q&A session for invited journalists in central London.
Meet the makers
22/03/2009 … It might seem like sacrilege to its legions of fans, but the new Hitchhikers’ Guide To The Galaxy movie has taken liberties with the characters, lines and script…