Mon 14 March 2011
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…
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14/03/2011 … THE first episode in the new series of Stand Up For The Week – perhaps hit by being a topical comedy show broadcast on the day the Japanese earthquake dominated…
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14/03/2011 … DARA O BRIAIN, Jack Whitehall and Jon Richardson have set a new world record for the 'highest stand-up comedy gig in the world', after performing at 35,000ft on…
Spike Milligan's Puckoon
14/03/2011 … This stage production of Spike Milligan’s classic comic novel has put a lot of effort into capturing the Goon’s ribald mania – producing a blitzkrieg of characters,…
Sun 13 March 2011
Gallagher out of hospital
US comic treated for minor heart attack
13/03/2011 … American comedian Gallagher has been released from hospital, after being treated for a minor heart attackThe 64-year-old collapsed on stage on Thursday night, just…