Wed 14 May 2014
Terry Gilliam: Python reunion is 'depressing'
'I hope the shows will be cancelled'
14/05/2014 … Terry Gilliam has admitted that he finds the Monty Python reunion 'depressing' – and admits the team have 'sold out' with their farewell gigs.
Marcus Brigstocke: Je M'Accuse
Gig review by Steve Bennett at the Soho Thearte
14/05/2014 … In his latest show, Marcus Brigstocke aims to go from ranter to banter; curbing those impassioned liberal diatribes that get him so many Radio 4 bookings to tell…
Two And A Half Men to end
14/05/2014 … Two And A Half Men is to end after 11 years.
Finding their voice
Part 3 of Liam Lonergan's history of alternative comedy
14/05/2014 … Part one: Stand-up's first impresarios Part two: The birth of alternative cabaretPart Three At the Elgin, the new Alternative Cabaret performers entertained a…
Cancer fundraiser Stephen Sutton dies
Backed by comics, his campaign raised £3.2million
14/05/2014 … Stephen Sutton, the teenage cancer patient who raised £3.
The 10 stages of writing new material
14/05/2014 … Stage 1: Excitement Excitement that you’ve actually sat down to write a new joke instead of sitting in your pants, bidding online for cattle.