© Ellis O'Brien Jimmy's king of the Zoo
15/03/2011 … Jimmy Carr has been voted the funniest man in Britain by readers of a men’s magazine.
Tue 15 March 2011
© Ellis O'Brien Mon 14 March 2011
Give it some Latitude
14/03/2011 … Omid Djalili, Jason Byrne and Greg Davies are among the headline stand-ups appearing at this year’s Latitude Festival.
Rita Rudner comes to UK
14/03/2011 … Rita Rudner is bringing her one-woman show to London for the first time in more than 15 years.
THIS is why no one talks about race...
Norman Cho on the backlash awaiting contentious comics
14/03/2011 … I read Paul Ricketts' recent Correspondents article about discussing race in comedy with considerable interest.
Don't turn into Keith Chegwin!
Dave Cohen suggests that stand-ups should learn to feckin' write...
14/03/2011 … Stand-up comedy is probably the country’s fastest growth industry – maybe the only growth job at the moment apart from bailiff, census taker and unemployment…