It's a funny old game...
30/05/2010 … Football is often considered the kiss of death for live comedy, as potential punters seek out the big matches on TV than a night of stand-up.
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Sun 30 May 2010
Thu 13 May 2010
'This was comedy's version of punk'
Arthur Smith recalls the early days of alternative comedy in this chapter from his memoirs...
13/05/2010 … I am a stand-up comic.
Fri 30 April 2010
© Optimum Releasing / Film 4 Chris Morris on Four Lions
'Anyone who wanted to change the ending got very short shrift...'
30/04/2010 … How did the film come about? I was reading about a plot to ram a US warship.
Wed 28 April 2010
© Jon Appleyard / Latitude Summer of laughs
What's on this festival season
28/04/2010 … It’s nearly summer – and that can mean only one thing.
Wed 21 April 2010
Cracker Night review
Steve Bennett at the Sydney Comedy Festival
21/04/2010 … Most comedy festivals launch with a big gala.
Tue 20 April 2010
'It's money for old rope'
Ricky Gervais on his animated podcasts
20/04/2010 … When Ricky Gervais started making his podcasts with chums Stephen Merchant and Karl Pilkington, it seemed like a bold experiment in creating comedy without the constraints…
Tue 13 April 2010
The psychology of comedy
Jay Richardson reports from the Edinburgh International Science Festival
13/04/2010 … The oft-repeated saying is that analysing humour is like dissecting a frog, few people are interested and the frog dies.
Wed 31 March 2010
C4 Comedy Gala at the O2, London
31/03/2010 … Great Ormond Street Hospital will have been thrilled to bits with this monsters of UK comedy bill, and a very nearly packed-out O2.