Altitude 2010
30/03/2010 … Some of Britain's top comics have just spent a week in the Alps, at the skiing and comedy festival, Altitude.
Latest Features
Interviews with comedians, comedy reviews, Perfect Playlists and other comedy features, all collected in one place.
Tue 30 March 2010
Mon 29 March 2010
Comics on the white powder...
Bruce Dessau reports from Altitude 2010
29/03/2010 … It was a case of third time lucky for the Altitude Festival in Meribel, in the French Alps.
Fri 05 February 2010
Ripping into religion? Anyone can do that...
Tommy Holgate interviews Marcus Brigstocke
05/02/2010 … Never afraid of trying something new, Marcus Brigstocke has sailed around the Arctic, learned and performed French for a documentary, curates the annual ski/comedy/music…
Sun 31 January 2010
Hackney Empire New Act Final 2010
31/01/2010 … With the Hackney Empire closing down today – although hopefully only temporarily – this could be the last final of this well-regarded new talent showcase; or…
Sun 17 January 2010
Review: Leicester Comedy Festival preview show 2010
17/01/2010 … You probably couldn’t get two more different comedians than Jenny Éclair, who hosted the Leicester Comedy Festival preview in outrageously sordid style last year,…
Birth of a plonker
Nicholas Lyndhurst on the Only Fools... prequel
17/01/2010 … Rock & Chips, the prequel to Only Fools And Horses, will be aired on BBC One next Sunday, telling the origins of Del Boy and his gang in 1960 Peckham A whole new…
Tue 12 January 2010
Review: Just For Laughs London showcase
Comedy Store, January 11, 2009
12/01/2010 … The annual Just For Laughs Comedy Store gig is always a strange one.
Mon 04 January 2010
The 50 most memorable gigs of the decade
Chortle founder Steve Bennett looks back at the Noughties
04/01/2010 … It's hard to believe, but Chortle is ten years old next month.