Why don't comics get more respect?
Jojo Georgiou wants her hard work to be appreciated
20/04/2015 … As a working comic, I have done thousands of gigs over the last 18-odd years.
2015 Opinions
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Mon 20 April 2015
Thu 09 April 2015
What comedy needs is partition
Alan Varley suggests a way to end the culture war
09/04/2015 … Yesterday I wrote about the culture of offence surrounding comedy, including 'safe space' policy Cardiff University used to prevent a gig by Dapper Laughs.
Wed 08 April 2015
Freedom of speech? It's not for everyone...
Alan Varley is outraged by an outrageous outbreak of outrage
08/04/2015 … Last week Chortle published a Correspondents article by the comedian, MC and promoter Alfie Noakes who had noticed 'a worrying change in the audiences' at his gigs…
Mon 06 April 2015
Young, gifted, male and white
Tony Kinsella on the Chortle Student Comedy Award heat winners
06/04/2015 … I've just watched the videos of the 13 heat winners of the annual Chortle Student Comedy Awards.
Thu 02 April 2015
How to write a Fringe press release
By Chortle editor Steve Bennett
02/04/2015 … In the topsy-turvy world of Edinburgh Fringonomics, one group of people who seem to be doing all right are the publicists.
Wed 01 April 2015
Enough with the faux outrage
Alfie Noakes says comedy audiences are getting over-sensitive
01/04/2015 … I have been running free open mic gigs at Dirty Dicks in London for five years, and we now stage around 20 shows a month there under the We Are Funny banner.
Why is 'ethnic comedy' in such a shambles?
Inder Manocha thinks it might be political correctness gone mad...
01/04/2015 … I have been asked to take part in an evening of comedy storytelling called Immigrant Diaries at London's Southbank Centre, whose title is self-explanatory.
Fri 27 March 2015
In And Out Of The Closet
Ian Hawkins on the relationship in Miles Jupp's sitcom
27/03/2015 … Miles Jupp's sitcom In And Out Of The Kitchen has made the journey from radio to television, and it's always interesting to see how the original idea adapts to…