Tue 07 June 2011
Forget the Celtic Tiger... the Celtic Cat is rich on laughs
Steve Bennett at Kilkenny's Cat Laughs festival
07/06/2011 … Now the Celtic Tiger is now little more than a lifeless pelt in front of some German banker’s chalet fireplace, Kilkenny’s much-loved Cat Laughs festival,…
Colm O'Regan: Dislike! at the 2011 Cat Laughs Comedy Festival
07/06/2011 … It’s historically been unusual for Cat Laughs to feature solo shows at all, let alone one that’s clearly still in progress as this one is.
Mon 06 June 2011
Meeting Seinfeld
James Mullinger encounters his comic hero
06/06/2011 … They say: ‘Never meet your heroes.
Imran Yusuf lands BBC Three show
06/06/2011 … Imran Yusuf has landed his own BBC Three pilot.
Anger at HIGNFY's Mecca joke
Protest over suicide bombers quip
06/06/2011 … Muslim groups are urging a widespread protest at the BBC over a Have I Got News For You joke they say was Islamophobic.
Sun 05 June 2011
Linehan rewrites The Ladykillers
Stage adaptation of Ealing classic
05/06/2011 … Father Ted co-creator Graham Linehan has rewritten the classic Ealing comedy The Ladykillers for the stage.