Edinburgh Fringe 2011
Comedy reviews from the festival
03/08/2011 … All 2011 Edinburgh Fringe reviews: Bridget Christie: Housewife Surrealist Bring Me The Head Of Adam Riches Hannah Gadsby: Mary.
2011 Features
Interviews with comedians, comedy reviews, Perfect Playlists and other comedy features, all collected in one place.
Wed 03 August 2011
Mon 25 July 2011
Alastair Campbell frightened me... he made Malcolm Tucker seem less outlandish
Jay Richardson interviews Peter Capaldi
25/07/2011 … With the nation gripped by the phone hacking scandal, what would Malcolm Tucker make of this massive political, media and police fuckaggedon?Peter Capaldi can only…
Tue 19 July 2011
Stewart Lee: What I really think about Michael McIntyre
19/07/2011 … On Sunday, at 2.
Wed 29 June 2011
We had groupies – a right rough load of tarts, they were
Final extract from Simon Day's memoirs
29/06/2011 … In 1998 we performed The Fast Show live at Hammersmith Apollo: thirty nights sold out! This was the cherry on the cake for me personally.
Tue 28 June 2011
Earning a fortune; living like a pauper
In the second extract from his memoirs, Simon Day recalls his time on Saturday Zoo
28/06/2011 … In 1993 Jonathan Ross’ production company, Channel X, embarked on the glorious folly that was Saturday Zoo, a music and comedy show to be broadcast on Channel…
Mon 27 June 2011
' If you fuck this up it’s over for you – you can’t do anything else'
In an extract from his new book, Simon Day recalls his first stand-up gig
27/06/2011 … Malcolm Hardee was what people call a character, but that’s like saying Mohammed Ali was a boxer.
Thu 23 June 2011
© James McNaught 'I don't take credit for ideas...'
John Lloyd on the art of producing comedy
23/06/2011 … The new Mustard magazine has an exclusive interview with writer/producer John Lloyd, talking about his work on QI, Blackadder, Spitting Image, Not The Nine O’Clock…
Fri 17 June 2011
BBC New Comedy Award: Meet the finalists
Radio 2 competition reaches climax
17/06/2011 … It's the final of the newly-revived BBC New Comedy Award tomorrow, going out live on Radio 2 from 7pm.