Things I hate seeing other comics do
Ariane Sherine's continuing adventures in stand-up
18/10/2016 … The slow death of live comedy About a month ago, I was offered £65 to do my first paid 20.
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Tue 18 October 2016
Mon 10 October 2016
The pioneering giants of British improv
John Dowie hails Steve Steen and Jim Sweeney
10/10/2016 … For many, the first rock & roll record was Rocket 88, by Ike Turner (credited to Jackie Brenston and his Delta Cats; others argue that Bill Haley’s dire Rock…
It's already hard to believe Comedy Vehicle ever existed at all
Stewart Lee on his final series
10/10/2016 … The DVD of the fourth and final series of Stewart Lee’s Comedy Vehicle is out today (Buy here).
Mon 03 October 2016
If you only learn one thing...
Mat Ricardo takes a tip from a great
03/10/2016 … When I was in my late teens, in the equally late 1980s, a performer for perhaps only a matter of weeks, I went to a juggling convention.
Thu 29 September 2016
The problem with 'problematic'...
Katherine Hockley on the benefits of saying the wrong thing
29/09/2016 … I used to run a feminist website, because well, duh, I’m a feminist.
Fri 23 September 2016
© Creative by Wren Parody songs: The lowest of the low?
Harriet Braine would beg to differ
23/09/2016 … The parody song is a much-derided medium in the comedy paintbox.
Tue 20 September 2016
Gazza's joke was crass - but he shouldn't have been fined
Martin Walker says free speech should trump offence
20/09/2016 … Former England footballer Paul Gascoigne has been fined for telling a racist joke on stage.
Mon 19 September 2016
Is the Edinburgh Fringe racist?
Chris O'Neill says black acts are VERY underrepresented
19/09/2016 … So just how committed to being racist is the Edinburgh Fringe? How hostile, in particular, to black British acts?Clearly this is a preposterous idea.