Tue 05 July 2016
Old Comedian Of The Year 2016 Final
Review by Steve Bennett at the Leicester Square Theatre, London
05/07/2016 … Never mind Old Comedian Of The Year, maybe it’s time for a Posh Comedian Of The Year competition, given the number of upper-class characters – real, exaggerated…
English Comedian Of The Year 2016 Final
Final reviewed by Steve Bennett at the Udderbelly
05/07/2016 … Sometimes at a comedy gig, the stars align, the atmosphere is febrile and fertile, and the audience, infused by some ethereal energy, ride high on a euphoric wave…
© Dave King/C4 'You'd expect to find Sean Bean in a forest'
The writers of E4's Wasted on their new comedy
05/07/2016 … Wasted is E4's new comedy series about four twentysomethings in a West Country village.
Creativity is kryptonite for depression
Mat Ricardo's monthly dispatch from the variety circuit
05/07/2016 … I'm sitting on my local beach as I write this.
Major comedy festival cancelled
05/07/2016 … A major comedy festival featuring the likes of Jason Manford, Chris Ramsey and Stewart Francis has been pulled with less than two week’s notice.
Bill Bailey to become a cartoon cat
Voicing the new Winnie The Witch cartoon
05/07/2016 … Bill Bailey is to play the ‘loyal and lovable’ Wilbur the cat in the new cartoon adaptation of the Winnie The Witch books.