Interviews with comedians, comedy reviews, Perfect Playlists and other comedy features, all collected in one place.
Bethany Black recalls her most memorable gigs
06/08/2016 … First gigIn July 2003 I'd given up on my screenwriting ambition, I'd given up on my musical ambition, having just left the band I was a bassist for, and was working…
Al Porter's most memorable gigs
05/08/2016 … Most exotic gig A lot of comics have colourful, curious anecdotes about unusual gigs in far-out places like Dubai, Tokyo or Norway (maybe not Norway).
Andrew Hunter Murray on his comedy favourites
05/08/2016 … Rik Mayall: Bottom At the age of ten, I asked my father what Bottom was about and he said 'Oh, just these two… saddos.
Jess Robinson chooses her comedy favourites
04/08/2016 … Mrs Doubtfire My mum took me to see Mrs Doubtfire at the cinema when I was ten.
James Loveridge chooses his Perfect Playlist
03/08/2016 … SpacedIt was difficult to decided between this and Shaun Of The Dead (and I almost picked both) but Spaced edged it by pure virtue of being the precursor and because…
Brendon Burns on his most memorable gigs
03/08/2016 … First gigI had the worst first gig ever: My parents and I relocated to the UK briefly after my sister and nephew had been in a car accident, losing her husband and…
Lucy Porter on her most memorable gigs
02/08/2016 … First GigAlexander’s Jazz Bar in Chester sometime in the 1990s, maybe 1993? I can’t remember the month or even the year.
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