Comic punches compere in the face
Watch as another US open mic night becomes a fight
29/01/2015 … A comedy audience were stunned after an open mic comic punched the compere in the face.
Thu 29 January 2015
© Jill Furmanovsky First Fringe tickets go on sale
29/01/2015 … TICKETS have gone on sale for the first events at the Edinburgh Fringe.
'Tears of a clown' films wow Sundance
Buzz for documentaries about stand-up
29/01/2015 … Documentaries about the psychology of stand-up are proving a hit at the Sundance Film Festival.
Bad Education movie inches forward
29/01/2015 … Plans for a movie version of Jack Whitehall's sitcom Bad Education have reportedly taken another step forward.
Wed 28 January 2015
Joke Newington with Eric Lampaert
New act/new material night reviewed by Steve Bennett
28/01/2015 … Yet another night in the London open-mic subculture, Joke Newington certainly has a great room – the sort of rough-and-ready basement where comedy thrives, full…
Superbob flies at comedy film fest
Award for Brett Goldstein's superhero
28/01/2015 … Suberbob – a film starring stand-up Brett Goldstein as a very British superhero – has won a top award at the London Comedy Film Festival.