Montreal Just For Laughs 2011: Eugene Mirman And Pretty Good Friends
26/07/2011 … Surely this is a no-brainer? Pay top-dollar to see one of the televised Just For Laughs galas in its far-from-intimate aircraft hangar of a theatre – or just…
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Tue 26 July 2011
Mon 25 July 2011
Montreal Just For Laughs 2011: The Ethnic Show
25/07/2011 … The one thing you need for a ethnic joke is a stereotype.
Fri 15 July 2011
Latitude 2011
Comedy news and reviews from the Suffolk site
15/07/2011 … What else to add after something of a soggy Latitude? Well, I saw more penises than I'd envisaged – and none of them were Phil Nichol's.
Thu 14 July 2011
Funny's Funny final
Steve Bennett reviews the female comedian of the year contest
14/07/2011 … It was set up as a celebration of female comedy.
Sun 19 June 2011
BBC Radio 2 New Comedy Awards Final
19/06/2011 … After a six-year hiatus, the BBC New Comedy Award is back.
Thu 05 May 2011
Chortle seminar: Special offer
05/05/2011 … Get all the advice you need about starting a career in comedy from the best agents, producers, commissioners and live bookers at the Chortle Seminar.
Tue 19 April 2011
Twitter Trial Benefit review
by Julia Chamberlain at the Bloomsbury Theatre, London
19/04/2011 … I’ve never yet been to a sparsely attended benefit gig, which shows what a compassionate lot comedy-lovers are.
Mon 04 April 2011
April Fools For Mencap
Review by Steve Bennett at the Hammersmith Apollo
04/04/2011 … Another week, another benefit.