Last Hive
Brighton Fringe review by Steve Bennett
07/05/2019 … You might imagine that this loose comedy show about a drone bee and his queen in the ‘last hive’ might have some apocalyptic environmental message.
Tue 07 May 2019
Facebook gets tough - on stand-up routines about hand-dryers
Eleanor Tiernan falls victim to strict rules
07/05/2019 … It has been criticised for allowing extremism and dangerous misinformation to spread unfettered – and even for airing footage from the Christchurch massacres…
When you want to make a statement...
The latest Comedy Central Flap
07/05/2019 … What's the female equivalent of the sports car that screams 'small penis'? This short from Comedy Central may have the answer.
Stand-ups offered cash to help film their specials
But only if you're not a white man in new diversity drive
07/05/2019 … Stand-up streaming platform NextUp has announced a £10,000 bursary to broaden the range of comedians available on their platform.
‘The Comedy Store was not an alternative comedy venue’
Pioneers challenge the popular image
07/05/2019 … The popular image of the Comedy Store being at the vanguard of the alternative comedy revolution has been challenged at a conference to mark 40 years since the groundbreaking…
Paul Chowdhry to tape a new stand-up special
At the Hackney Empire next month
07/05/2019 … Paul Chowdhry is to record a new stand-up special The Taskmaster and Live at the Apollo comedian will tape his set over two shows at the Hackney Empire on…
© Jacqui Double 'My stuff was didactic... but it wasn’t very funny'
The founders of Alternative Cabaret reminisce...
07/05/2019 … In 1979, Tony Allen and Alexei Sayle set up a collective of politically motivated performers called Alternative Cabaret, with ethos borrowed from…
© Netflix Ricky Gervais pens a first draft of After Life series 2
07/05/2019 … Ricky Gervais has finished the first draft for a second series of After Life.