Laughs through a lens
Emma Lennox on capturing stand-up for the screen
16/12/2007 … There is a forbidden quality to a good night of stand up; it's best suited to small dark rooms where comics dare to whisper their unspeakable thoughts.
Sun 16 December 2007
Fri 14 December 2007
Why comedy is the best medicine
14/12/2007 … I have a theory that stand-up comedy is a genuine therapy, tha works just as well as acupuncture or baths of mud.
Striving for the perfect penis
14/12/2007 … Paris Hilton has rescued an injured Oompa-Loompa from a Miami comedy club.
Comic beaten up after gig
14/12/2007 … Comic Karl Minns is in hospital after being beaten up on the way home from a gig.
Why don't we think women are funny?
14/12/2007 … Despite being an aspiring (meaning ‘unsuccessful’) comedian, I am also a neuroscientist.
Walliams gets his titters out
Little Britain star to play Frankie Howerd
14/12/2007 … David Walliams is to play his comic hero Frankie Howerd in a new BBC biopic.
Scott Capurro – Original Review
14/12/2007 … Scott Capurro is brutally uncompromising in his attitude, defiantly challenging audiences to accept him for what he is, however unpalatable that may be.
Thu 13 December 2007
Vinyl answer
Len to star in record-store sitcom
13/12/2007 … Lenny Henry is to star in a new Radio 4 comedy, set in an old reggae record shop.