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- says Alistair Barrie as he weighs up the pros and cons of putting content online
24/11/2023 … A few days ago, I read Sam Carrington’s Chortle article ‘Why Comedians Shouldn’t Fear Putting Their Material Online’ with interest because…
© Netflix Stand-up's new Netflix special shows the result of a new pressure on comics, says Sam Serrano
22/11/2023 … It’s not hyperbolic to say Matt Rife is the most successful comedian working today.
The adventures of 2021 Chortle Student Comedy Award winner down under
19/10/2023 … Goodbye Australia! What a whirlwind.
16/10/2023 … Exactly 40 years ago, in October 1983, I moved to London and began writing topical jokes and sketches for BBC radio.
© @maurocarrarophotos By promoter and stand-up Sam Carrington
10/10/2023 … When I started in comedy 11 years ago there were lots of negative ideas about posting content online.
....and it should be embraced, says Ian Lane
02/10/2023 … Not since the 1990s has there felt like such an uncertainty in the direction that the medium is going in.
© ITV/Baby Cow Rhys Edwards on ITVX’s recent sitcom commissions
25/09/2023 … ITV has a tricky relationship with sitcoms, doesn’t it? For every Benidorm or Plebs, there’s far more of the likes of Shane, Sam’s…
2021 Chortle Student Comedy Award winner finally makes it down under
21/09/2023 … Well yes here we are! Two years after winning Chortle’s funniest kid in school competition (and at the other side of a 50+ email thread with organiser Stevie…
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