Mon 06 October 2014
Self sabotaged?
Will says Vic & Bob cut all his Shooting Stars jokes
06/10/2014 … Former Shooting Stars captain Will Self has complained that Vic and Bob cut his best lines from the show – because they couldn’t bear to be upstaged.
Sun 05 October 2014
Just Like That! The Tommy Cooper Show
Gig review by Steve Bennett at the Museum of Comedy
05/10/2014 … Most comedy depends on the impact of the surprise – Just Like That relies entirely on the familiar.
Curiouser and curiouser....
Museum of Curiosity returns in the comedy week ahead
05/10/2014 … The comedy week ahead.
Kevin Bridges reveals gambling problem
Comic blew his wages at the bookies
05/10/2014 … Kevin Bridges has revealed he once had a gambling problem, blowing every penny he earned from comedy to feed his habit.
Unseen Smith & Jones sitcom gets an airing
15-year-old footage unearthed for Slapstick festival
05/10/2014 … Footage of a sitcom starring Griff Rhys Jones and the late Mel Smith will finally be seen by the public – 15 years after it was made.
Sat 04 October 2014
Fri 03 October 2014
Comedy International Showcase
Gig review by Steve Bennett at the Pleasance, Islington
03/10/2014 … A sort of Eurovision for comedy, this showcase in front of an industry crowd from the Comedy International Conference offers anglophone comics from across the continent…