Chortle Quiz 2011
30/03/2011 … Chortle staged a pub quiz at both the Leicester and Glasgow Comedy Festivals, raising funds for Amnesty.
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Wed 30 March 2011
Sun 20 February 2011
Mercury rising
Marissa Burgess reviews the Leicester Comedian Of The Year
20/02/2011 … It's always a joy to take in the Leicester Mercury competition as all the contenders have been nominated by those in the know in the comedy industry – club promoters,…
Mon 14 February 2011
A Tribute To Sir Norman Wisdom
Steve Bennett at the Leicester Comedy Festival event
14/02/2011 … A supporting actress from Waterloo Road warbling through showtunes, an organ voluntary, that camp bloke from the Airport reality show and a former backing singer…
Sun 13 February 2011
It came from outta Spaced
Simon Pegg and Nick Frost on Paul
13/02/2011 … The notoriously rainy English climate has wreaked havoc on the schedule of more than one film production.
Mon 31 January 2011
'It’s me against the world now'
Jay Richardson meets Jim Davidson
31/01/2011 … When black comic Matt Blaize first met Jim Davidson, he told him: ‘Every time you were on TV, I would dread going to school the next day because my life would…
Sun 16 January 2011
Leicester Comedy Festival Preview Show 2011 review
At De Montfort Hall, Leicester
16/01/2011 … The Leicester Comedy Festival normally pick a familiar name to front their gala Preview Show, using their celebrity to drum up that all-important publicity.