Leicester Comedy Festival 2012 preview show
16/01/2012 … Tricky job, compiling a showcase spanning the full range of the comedy circuit to a largely conservative audience.
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Mon 16 January 2012
Wed 11 January 2012
'I went slightly insane making this.. I erased my personality'
Noel Fielding talks about his new E4 show, Luxury Comedy
11/01/2012 … Noel Fielding's Luxury Comedy isn't your bog-standard sketch show, is it?[Laughs] Not really, no.
Mon 09 January 2012
'Ideally, I'd have not a single quotable joke'
Complete extract from Stewart Lee's new book
09/01/2012 … In his new 'EP-style' book, out this week, Stewart Lee describes the genesis of his show If You Prefer a Milder Comedian Please Ask For One, his first since he returned…
Fri 06 January 2012
Comedy's last taboo?
The final extract from Stewart Lee's latest book
06/01/2012 … In the final extract from his new 'EP-style' book, Stewart Lee considers the performance aspects of his show If You Prefer a Milder Comedian Please Ask For One.
Thu 05 January 2012
An advert's just a step on the career ladder...
Our third extract from Stewart Lee's new book
05/01/2012 … In the third extract from his new 'EP-style' book about the genesis of his show If You Prefer a Milder Comedian Please Ask For One, Stewart Lee describes how Jeremy…
Wed 04 January 2012
'Fighting my own obsolescence'
The second extract from Stewart Lee's new book
04/01/2012 … In the second extract from his new 'EP-style' book about the genesis of his show If You Prefer a Milder Comedian Please Ask For One, Stewart Lee reveals the comedians…
Tue 03 January 2012
An act who can be named
Extract from Stewart Lee's new book
03/01/2012 … In his new 'EP-style' book, out this week, Stewart Lee describes the genesis of his show If You Prefer a Milder Comedian Please Ask For One, his first since he returned…
Sun 01 January 2012
Piccadilly Circus New Act Of The Year 2011
Final reviewed by Steve Bennett
01/01/2012 … The gap between Christmas and New Year is usually seen as a wasteland for comedy.