Movie madness
Michael Monkhouse on why films are bad for comedy
12/05/2008 … I was chuffed to read Armando Iannucci's back with Steve Coogan.
Mon 12 May 2008
Catch the coach
Win tickets to see Phill Jupitus in Lifecoach
12/05/2008 … Phill Jupitus will make his West End acting debut next week in the new comedy Lifecoach – and Chortle has five pairs of tickets to be won.
Fat chances...
12/05/2008 … Fat Pig, a new West End comedy starring Kris Marshall, Joanna Page, Ella Smith and Robert Webb, starts on Friday – and we have five pairs of tickets to be won.
Radio 4 comedy programming attacked
12/05/2008 … Radio 4’s comedy commissioning has been branded a creative ‘cul-de-sac’ – by the former head of BBC’s own radio entertainment department.
Mirza, she wrote...
Shazia named columnist of the year
12/05/2008 … Shazia Mirza has been named magazine columnist of the year for her fortnightly articles in New Statesman magazine.
© Ellis O'Brien An unsound performance
12/05/2008 … More than 100 people walked out of a Jimmy Carr gig over the weekend because they couldn’t hear the gags.
Sun 11 May 2008
cook11
11/05/2008 … MANCHESTER-based stand-up Jason Cook has been named best international act at the New Zealand Comedy Festival for his show My Confessions.
Kay does Porridge?
Stage version of sitcom in the works
11/05/2008 … Peter Kay could be starring in a new stage version of Porridge next year.