Wed 08 August 2012
From Bill Hicks to Joyce Grenfell
Steve Gribbin picks his comedy favourites
08/08/2012 … Right Said Fred by Bernard CribbinsNotwithstanding the comedy cognoscenti’s habitual condescending sneer, the comedy song can be a wonderful thing, none more so…
Open Mike makes £4million
Boom time for producers of TV stand-up
08/08/2012 … Open Mike, the biggest producer of stand-up shows on TV, has seen its annual profits soar by almost a third in a year, up to more than £4million.
Joan Rivers thrown out of store
08/08/2012 … Police have thrown Joan Rivers out of a Californian store, after she staged a protest over their refusal to stock her book.
Jessica Fostekew: Fringe 2012
08/08/2012 … Jessica Fostekew is blessed with a compelling voice; you really would listen to her read the phonebook.
Auntie Myra’s Fun Show: Fringe 2012
08/08/2012 … Very occasionally a drag act transcends the rowdy pubs and kitsch clubs and makes it to the mainstream… but on the strength of this scrappy carnival of the…
Japanese Terminatol: Fringe 2012
08/08/2012 … This show is like being trapped in a Tokyo pachinko parlour.
Michael Mittermeier: Fringe 2012
08/08/2012 … Germany doesn’t have that many stand-up comedians as we would count them, that’s a fact – though it shouldn’t be confused with the old ‘no sense of humour’…