How straight white male line-ups are comedy death
Brendon Burns says clubs need to diversify
11/09/2016 … Yesterday, Chortle reported how Bethany Black was turned down for a gig because the promoter felt there were too many women on the bill.
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Sun 11 September 2016
Thu 08 September 2016
How comedy causes – and eases – my anguish
One stand-up's frank admission
08/09/2016 … The other day, while in conversation with my long-term partner, I made a flippant comment about how we all think about killing ourselves.
Fri 02 September 2016
The real heroes of comedy
Scott Bennett hails the partners of stand-ups
02/09/2016 … When people ask me why I do stand-up, I find it easy to answer.
Mon 29 August 2016
What comedy and variety can learn from wrestling
Mat Ricardo's 1,300 words of reality
29/08/2016 … Recently, I was watching some pro-wrestling.
Sat 27 August 2016
Making kids' comedy funny for parents
By Malia Walsh of Children Are Stinky
27/08/2016 … Seeing children’s shows can be a slow painful death for parents.
Fri 26 August 2016
Doing mainstream character comedy at the Fringe
26/08/2016 … British comedy has produced an array of brilliant and memorable comedy characters.
Thu 25 August 2016
Don't ruin the Assembly Rooms as a Fringe venue
The Stand director's open letter to Edinburgh rival
25/08/2016 … Earlier this week, a row broke out over the digital festival being run at Edinburgh’s Assembly Rooms.
Wed 24 August 2016
Brexit: At least we’ll have better music, or comedy... I suppose
24/08/2016 … I love a good bit of what psychologists call global thinking: the more binary the better.