Cheque to follow...
Ryan McDonnell on comedy's hidden problem: Promoters who are slow to pay
04/12/2012 … The contraction of the 'comedy boom' has been well documented.
2012 Opinions
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Tue 04 December 2012
Sat 01 December 2012
Shouldn't comedy be more than 'conversation plus'?
By Chortle editor Steve Bennett
01/12/2012 … Remember that old Monty Python sketch when Michael Palin pays to have argument? The gag is surely in the preposterous idea that someone would hand over good money…
Fri 23 November 2012
Prepare for the comedy apocalypse
Katie Mulgrew looks to a future without stand-up (but more zombies)
23/11/2012 … Iceberg straight ahead! This is it.
Thu 22 November 2012
Wed 21 November 2012
It's all in the jeans...
Carl Donnelly strides into the 'cool comedian' debate
21/11/2012 … There has been a lot of talk about ‘cool’ comedians – but all this is distracting from the most important factor on modern comedy: jeans.
Tue 20 November 2012
Who cares what's cool? It's funny that counts
'My haircut does me no favours at Jongleurs' says Matt Richardson
20/11/2012 … I have never written a Correspondence piece for Chortle before.
Mon 19 November 2012
'Cool' comedians leave me cold
Dave Bailey is tired of style over content
19/11/2012 … For nearly 20 years now I have loved comedy, from my first glimpse of Fist of Fun at the age of 11 which led to me creeping downstairs in the middle of the night…
Wed 14 November 2012
We need to keep our comedy nights fresh
Alan Irwin offers his take on the tough times
14/11/2012 … I was interested in Chortle’s articles on the London comedy debate, not because I thought it was a great idea, but because the whole thing felt like a re-enactment…