Wed 07 January 2015
Comic attacked on stage with a baseball bat
Suspect an offensive open-spot he'd banned
07/01/2015 … A comedian has been attacked on stage with a baseball bat – reportedly by an open-mic comic he would not allow on stage.
Tue 06 January 2015
Impractical Jokers switch channels
Gimp Fight make a pilot for Comedy Central
06/01/2015 … Comedy Central is poised to take hidden camera show Impractical Jokers from the BBC – with Late Night Gimp Fight as the stars.
Tree, by Daniel Kitson
Theatre review by Steve Bennett
06/01/2015 … Daniel Kitson actively avoids having a high profile, but the month-long London run of his two-hander Tree, performed with Tim Key, must be his most commercially…
Cosby accusers seek their day in court
06/01/2015 … Two women who accuse Bill Cosby of sex offences in the 1970s have joined a legal action against the star.
© Tony G / Creative Commons I've just seen 140 new comedians... it was largely excruciating
Roland Muldoon despairs at the predictability of most hopefuls
06/01/2015 … Now we have chosen the 15 acts for the Bloomsbury Theatre NATY (New Act Of The Year) showcase, I have to own up that the auditions were a gruelling, often dispiriting,…
Mon 05 January 2015
Sacha Baron Cohen studied by aiii-cademics
Ali G creator 'hard to criticise'
05/01/2015 … Sacha Baron Cohen’s work has become the subject of academic research, which concluded that his characters were ‘difficult to criticse’.