Owen Niblock Talks To Inanimate Objects
01/01/2008 … A victim of early Leicester Comedy Festival programme deadlines, Owen Niblock had promised a show in which he talked to inanimate objects - but in the event offered…
Tue 01 January 2008
Bethany Black: Beth Becomes Her
01/01/2008 … How’s this for a twist on the ubiquitous dick jokes? A personal tale of how one comic lost hers.
Jimeoin On Ice
01/01/2008 … Irishman Jimeoin is something of a stand-up celebrity in Australia, where he now spends most of his time, and it can surely only be these prolonged absences that…
Surviving Spike
01/01/2008 … ‘Michael Barrymore’s dramatic stage debut!’ scream the posters for Surviving Spike – and given his recent history, his return to the stage was never going…
John Lenahan: Up Close
01/01/2008 … Many performers would be disappointed that only a handful of punters braved the early January chill to see them, but veteran comedy-magician John Lenahan says he…
Matt Green: Grow Up Green
01/01/2008 … There is a tangible anxiety when the audience is confronted by the absurdly youthful looking Matt Green, which increases when a very deep and self assured voice…
Book Club At The British Library
01/01/2008 … It’s bad news for the charity shops of West London.
Leicester Comedy Festival Preview Show 2008
01/01/2008 … One of the biggest events of the Leicester Comedy Festival is its preview show, where acts who might only be playing in rooms holding a few dozen people come February…