Why I'm bribing journalists
By Fringe comedian Caimh McDonnell
11/07/2012 … This year, as Chortle has previously reported, I’m giving £100 to Macmillan Cancer Support for every press review of my Edinburgh show, regardless of whether…
2012 Opinions
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Wed 11 July 2012
Who's killing comedy? Everybody but me
Eddie Womble tells it like it is...
11/07/2012 … Having run a comedy night for almost six weeks now at the Crippled Pig and Prostitute in Deptford, you’ll excuse me for saying that I know what the fuck I’m…
Tue 10 July 2012
Who's killing comedy? Comedians...
David Jesudason on badly-run open-mic nights
10/07/2012 … A logical step for a lot of open-mic comedians who are frustrated with a lack of opportunities is to start up their own night, especially in London.
Who's killing comedy? Comedians...
David Jesudason on badly-run open-mic nights
10/07/2012 … A logical step for a lot of open-mic comedians who are frustrated with a lack of opportunities is to start up their own night, especially in London.
Mon 09 July 2012
Ola of Arabia
One British comedian's experience of the Dubai circuit
09/07/2012 … A piece of advice I’ve often heard is that a comic should never book a holiday where there is a comedy club.
Thu 05 July 2012
The life and dearth of a comedian
Bennett Arron says all isn't rosy in the world of stand-up
05/07/2012 … ‘Are you gigging much at the moment?’This is a phrase I used to hear quite often when I first started as a comedian.
Tue 03 July 2012
Paul Merton ruined my life...
...but comedy was also a salvation, says WIll Marsh
03/07/2012 … Back in the late 1990s and the early 2000s, I was a different person.
Thu 28 June 2012
The secret to marketing an Edinburgh show is ... who knows?
...but this is what John Fleming is doing
28/06/2012 … Hollywood scriptwriter William Goldman’s wise line his book Adventures in the Screen Trade, ‘nobody knows anything’, is oft misunderstood.