My hottest comedy tip for 2024 so far
19/04/2024 … Reviewer Tim Harding gives a rundown of the best comedy he's been watching in London this past fortnight.
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Fri 19 April 2024
Tue 16 April 2024
Curb Your Enthusiasm bows out after 24 years – or does it?
Nathan Abrams hails Larry David's genius
16/04/2024 … Curb Your Enthusiasm, the show that revelled in awkward social encounters and misanthropy, came to an end on April 7 2024.
Thu 11 April 2024
© Netflix My comedy career was on a high... but the stalking was too much to bear
Richard Gadd on his new Netflix series Baby Reindeer
11/04/2024 … Sometimes in the pit of despair, inspiration emerges.
Fri 05 April 2024
Is this the birth of a new artform?
05/04/2024 … Reviewer Tim Harding gives a rundown of the best comedy he's been watching in London this past fortnight.
Thu 04 April 2024
© Dancing Ledge/Channel 4 In praise of Big Mood
04/04/2024 … Big Mood starts boldly.
Mon 01 April 2024
He kept giving to comedy right to the end
Kev F Sutherland remembers his friend Alan Seaman, who has just died at 64
01/04/2024 … Our good friend Alan has died, unexpectedly, at the age of just 64.
Thu 07 March 2024
Comedy will always divide people - it's what it does
That's why saying 'it's just a joke' is disingenuous, says Joel Morris
07/03/2024 … Today marks the publication of Be Funny Or Die, professional comedy writer Joel Morris' comprehensive exploration of the psychological, cultural and linguistic…
Tue 27 February 2024
Why should we bother making comedy more accessible?
James Gardner thinks the industry considers disabled people an inconvenience…
27/02/2024 … Ask any comedian their ideal room to perform in and invariably they’ll describe some sort of basement setting: underground with a low ceiling and an audience…