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BBC Comedy Presents... [Manchester 2008]
01/01/2008 … In these straightened times, this certainly represents value for money, You could have taken a party of seven to the £7 BBC Comedy Presents show in Manchester for…
Tue 01 January 2008
Beat the Frog World Series Grand Final 2008
01/01/2008 … Gong shows are springing up almost everywhere these days, given the vast oversupply of new comedy hopefuls desperate for stage time – however gladiatorial the…
Reading Comedy Festival New Act Of The Year
01/01/2008 … There was an awful lot of competence on show at the final of the Reading Comedy Festival’s new act competition, but not much brilliance.
Secret Policeman's Ball 2008
01/01/2008 … Amnesty International’s Save the Human Campaign received a massive boost on Saturday with this year’s Secret Policeman’s Ball, complete with a cinema simulcast…
Ida Barr: So This Is Christmas
01/01/2008 … What a surprisingly old-fashioned variety show.
Scottish Comedian Of The Year Final 2008
01/01/2008 … Alan Anderson, the promoter behind the Scottish Comedian Of The Year, is keen to stress that his competition is not just open to new acts.
School For Gifted Children
01/01/2008 … The British Library is probably the spiritual home of the geekiest comedy night in Britain.
BBC Comedy Presents... September 2008
01/01/2008 … Won’t someone please write Lenny Henry a decent set? The man’s a performance powerhouse, radiating charisma and bathing the nicely intimate Soho Revue Bar in…