Meet comedy's Awkward Little Boys
Doug Lost discovers a new comedy genre
27/02/2009 … Whimsical comedy seems dead in the water.
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Fri 27 February 2009
Wed 25 February 2009
Why on earth would anyone be a stand-up?
25/02/2009 … Why would anyone want to do stand-up? Very few people seem to ask this question.
Mon 23 February 2009
Music to their ears?
Tommy Mackay on musical comedy
23/02/2009 … Musical comedy often splits a crowd.
Fri 20 February 2009
Spastics? I bloody love 'em
Stuart Forbes reviews Daniel Kitson
20/02/2009 … ‘If Kitson comes on without a Mind T-shirt he hates the mentally ill,’ Stuart Goldsmith tells the crowd at Monday’s comedy night in aid of mental health charity…
Thu 19 February 2009
Where's our Daily Show?
Nelson David on the dearth of British satire
19/02/2009 … Showbiz loves to hand out awards and showbiz people love receiving them.
Wed 18 February 2009
Mixed reviews
Paul Parry takes things out of context...
18/02/2009 … I can’t explain why I remember a review quote on the poster of Mickey Blue Eyes: 'Not ha ha, or ha ha ha, but ha ha ha ha ha'.
Tue 17 February 2009
The Ryan Awards
Stand-up John Ryan suggests some alternatives to the Chortles...
17/02/2009 … It’s Chortle award time again.
Mon 16 February 2009
Don't let me in!
After the Geert Wilders case, Dutch comic Micha Wertheim hopes to be banned from the UK too
16/02/2009 … If nothing goes according to plan, next week I will fly from Amsterdam to London and perform two one-man shows at the Battersea Arts Centre.