Comedian and time traveller
Diane Spencer on comedy's antisocial hours
14/10/2010 … Sitting on the 12.
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Thu 14 October 2010
Mon 11 October 2010
Whatever happened to Mike Myers?
Dave Cohen on founding – and being sacked from – the Comedy Store Players
11/10/2010 … Are you aware that Sunday October 31 is the 25th anniversary of the first ever show by the Comedy Store Players? Probably not.
Fri 08 October 2010
Tweet this!
Matt Price tries to embrace social media
08/10/2010 … A year ago, an old friend of mine got in contact and told me that she is now a consultant in social media for business.
Wed 06 October 2010
To all comedy's chancers
Promoter Peter Vincent on the open-micers begging him for gigs
06/10/2010 … A number of years back I coined the phrase ‘No chancers’ on the Chortle forums to dissuade acts who were mistaken about their level of progression as a comedian,…
Tue 05 October 2010
You don't have to be an artist to be a good comedian
05/10/2010 … What is a good comedian? Many people have tried to answer this question.
Thu 30 September 2010
Are men funnier? Here are the vital statistics
Gareth Morinan properly crunches the numbers
30/09/2010 … Chortle’s post-Edinburgh article Men Are Funnier Than Women caused me great offence.
Wed 29 September 2010
Forget comics vs critics, it's the punters who count
John Owen on who wields the real power
29/09/2010 … The recent debate on this website on the role of critics seems to ignore the most important group associated with the comedy industry: the punters.
Tue 28 September 2010
Make your pod almighty
Ashley Frieze on the etiquette of podcasting
28/09/2010 … I finally gave in, a year ago, and bought an iPod.