Is returning to a free venue a backwards step?
Paul Ricketts has a Fringe dilemma
12/07/2011 … When I started doing stand-up I asked some well- known black comics why they didn’t take a show to the Edinburgh Fringe.
Tue 12 July 2011
BBC offers free stand-up workshops
12/07/2011 … The BBC is offering free workshops to 30 budding stand-ups at this year’s Edinburgh Fringe.
Revealed: ITV's stand-up hopefuls
Show Me The Funny contestants named
12/07/2011 … The contestants have been announced for ITV1’s new ‘comedy X Factor’ reality series Show Me The Funny.
And Another Thing...
12/07/2011 … At the Manchester International Festival four years ago, Johnny Vegas performed the memorably unique Interiors, in which he showed the audience around a real three-bedroom…
Mon 11 July 2011
Norman's times
Lovett to write his autobiography
11/07/2011 … Norman Lovett has signed a deal to write his memoirs – which he says will ‘put the record straight’ about his time on Red Dwarf.
I can't stand the competition
Geraint Dafydd Evans gives an insider’s view of comedy contests
11/07/2011 … On Sunday, I was 25, and I’m delighted that I started as a comedian before reaching the quarter of a century.