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01/01/2010 … Comic god Chris Morris may be, but he doesn’t exactly have a reputation for treading delicately around sensitive topics.
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Fri 01 January 2010
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Huge
01/01/2010 … Live comedy is notoriously difficult to portray on film, the illusion of spontaneity, the appeal for empathy and the reality of jeopardy poorly served by the distancing…
Comedy Store Players
01/01/2010 … Twenty-five years the Comedy Store Players have been going; and you’ll be hard-pressed to think of many credible improv groups that have sprung up in all that…
Tue 22 December 2009
A Frisky and Mannish Christmas
22/12/2009 … Christmas just got a little bit camper, thanks to Frisky And Mannish.
Fri 18 December 2009
Sandi Toksvig's Christmas Cracker
18/12/2009 … What do Christmas crackers contain but corny jokes, novelty items and a bit of noise… which means Sandi Toksvig’s Royal Festival Hall version has all the boxes…
Wed 16 December 2009
The Return Of Nine Lessons And Carols For Godless People
16/12/2009 … It would be tempting to describe Robin Ince's now annual jamboree of rationalism as a veritable galaxy of stars of comedy, music and science.
Fri 11 December 2009
Morecambe in the West End
11/12/2009 … You’ll excuse me if I use some of the same lines to describe the West End version of Morecambe as I did when it was an Edinburgh hit back in the summer.
Wed 09 December 2009
Stewart Lee: If You Prefer A Milder Comedian Please Ask For One, London run
09/12/2009 … Stewart Lee is past it.