Cracker Night review
Steve Bennett at the Sydney Comedy Festival
21/04/2010 … Most comedy festivals launch with a big gala.
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Wed 21 April 2010
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.
Tue 30 March 2010
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.
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…