Dying on her Rs?
Celia Pacquola analyses comedy one letter at a time...
14/08/2009 … Comedy is a funny thing.
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Fri 14 August 2009
Wed 12 August 2009
The truth about the Fringe
Wilson Dixon's handler Jesse Griffin reveals some little-known facts
12/08/2009 … Going to Edinburgh for me is like going to Disneyland.
Tue 11 August 2009
National pride
Papa CJ: Why Britian is best for comedy
11/08/2009 … It is SO good to be back doing stand-up comedy in the UK.
Mon 10 August 2009
Periodical pains
Sean Mason asks why there are no comedy magazines
10/08/2009 … A friend of mine recently asked me why there were no comedy magazines: one about comedy, not one that is comic in nature - in the form of NME (before it became OK…
A hiding to nothing
Carl Donnelly on what comics get up to when not on stage
10/08/2009 … For anyone out there who has pondered the question ‘I wonder what comedians are like off-stage, in the comfort of their own home?’, the following story should…
Wed 05 August 2009
Am I this desperate to make people laugh?
Felicity Ward on the fear of her first Edinburgh
05/08/2009 … Imagine a tiny, bug-eyed chihuahua, terrified, shaking, standing at the end of a pier as a tsunami approaches.
Tue 04 August 2009
Why can't I do rape gags at 16?
Teen comic Lewis Costello shares his frustrations
04/08/2009 … Hello.
Five reasons not to come to my show
Lloyd Langford tries to put punters off..
04/08/2009 … My show this year is about things that give me the blues.