'Good performers aren't always good comics'
Rhian Edwards interviews Isy Suttie
19/03/2009 … Few trained actors have ever made the successful transition into stand-up comedy.
2009 Opinions
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Thu 19 March 2009
Tue 10 March 2009
Women aren't funny? Don't make me laugh...
Adam Gilder joins the ongoing debate
10/03/2009 … Cor, aren’t girls and boys different? That was the underlying assumption in a piece Germaine Greer wrote for the Guardian last week.
Mon 02 March 2009
Face it, comics, your gags WILL get nicked
But, says Dave Cohen, cheats never prosper...
02/03/2009 … Well done Lee Hurst! The consensus in the comedy world seems to be that Lee struck a blow for all of us, in more ways than one, when he smashed up a punter’s mobile,…
Fri 27 February 2009
Meet comedy's Awkward Little Boys
Doug Lost discovers a new comedy genre
27/02/2009 … Whimsical comedy seems dead in the water.
Wed 25 February 2009
Why on earth would anyone be a stand-up?
25/02/2009 … Why would anyone want to do stand-up? Very few people seem to ask this question.
Mon 23 February 2009
Music to their ears?
Tommy Mackay on musical comedy
23/02/2009 … Musical comedy often splits a crowd.
Fri 20 February 2009
Spastics? I bloody love 'em
Stuart Forbes reviews Daniel Kitson
20/02/2009 … ‘If Kitson comes on without a Mind T-shirt he hates the mentally ill,’ Stuart Goldsmith tells the crowd at Monday’s comedy night in aid of mental health charity…
Thu 19 February 2009
Where's our Daily Show?
Nelson David on the dearth of British satire
19/02/2009 … Showbiz loves to hand out awards and showbiz people love receiving them.