A Milligan marathon
London's BFI dedicates a day to Spike
04/04/2018 … The British Film Institute is to devote a day of programming to Spike Milligan to mark the centenary of his birth this month in Ahmednagar, India.
Wed 04 April 2018
It's Romesh Ranaganaked
04/04/2018 … Romesh Ranganathan is a comedian who doesn’t like baring his soul in his stand-up.
'Absolutely delightful nonsense'
Time-travelling comedy magicians Morgan and West pick their Perfect Playlist
04/04/2018 … Being the 19th Century's greatest practitioners of prestidigitation we have surprisingly late 20th/early 21st Century taste in comedy.
Weird Al, crossword compiler
Let no one say the musical comedian is clueless
04/04/2018 … It’s certainly an unexpected new string to his bow… but Weird Al Yankovic has turned crossword compiler.
Playing favourites
Bafta nominates only half of several top comedy partnerships
04/04/2018 … This year’s Bafta nominees have been announced – with judges splitting up many comedy partnerships to shortlist just one of the performers.
MICF: Asaf Gerchak – The Only Happy Man in Sadtown
Melbourne comedy festival review by Steve Bennett
04/04/2018 … After unfocussed opening act Amy Cunningham, who didn’t seem to know what she was doing, Canada’s Asaf Gerchak feels like a safe pair of hands.
Fin Taylor's 'provocative' stand-up
At the Melbourne International Comedy Festival
04/04/2018 … He's often described as 'provocative' – and now Fin Taylor has explained what that means.
MICF: Sam Simmons - Radical Women of Latin American Art, 1960-1985
Melbourne comedy festival review by Steve Bennett
04/04/2018 … ‘You’re under the impression I’m doing this for you!’ Sam Simmons states, confrontingly.