Fri 10 December 2010
Theatre review: Matilda at the RSC
With music and lyrics by Tim Minchin
10/12/2010 … Roald Dahl’s Matilda seems to be the musical Tim Minchin was born to write; an impishly playful comedy about the triumph of curiosity and intelligence over boorishness…
T4's Rik Edwards to star in sitcom
10/12/2010 … T4 presenter Rick Edwards is to star in a new Channel 4 comedy written by Tom Basden.
Thu 09 December 2010
Simon Amstell: Do Nothing
09/12/2010 … Never mind the grandstanding ‘Hello Dublin!’ style introductions, Simon Amstell kicks off his show as he means to go on: ‘I’m lonely, let's start with that,…
© BBC
Billy Connolly tackles Route 66
09/12/2010 … Billy Connolly is to travel Route 66 for a new four-part ITV1 documentary The Big Yin says he will be fulfilling a lifelong dream as he makes the 2,488-mile journey…
It makes my blood Boyle!
CK Goldiing says Frankie's fans get what they deserve
09/12/2010 … Three years ago, while looking after my five-year old niece, she was bitten on the nose by a dog… my dog.
Lost in translation
Giacinto Palmieri on parochial English-speaking comics
09/12/2010 … I have been reading with renewed admiration about Eddie Izzard’s plans to move to France for three months and perform, not for the first time, his comedy there.