Chortle Student Comedy Award 2023 final
Review of ten frontrunners from the next generation of comedy talent
14/07/2023 … The 19 years of the Chortle Student Comedy Award have - like the wider stand-up world – witnessed many trends.
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Fri 14 July 2023
Wed 12 July 2023
Conner O’Malley: Research and Development Comedy,
Review of comic's show about an AI stand-up bot
12/07/2023 … American comedian and YouTuber Conner O’Malley has produced something of a Trojan Horse with Research and Development Comedy, a parody about a tech innovator…
Thu 06 July 2023
Supergirly: Back To The Noughty 90s
Review of the musical comedy act's comeback show
06/07/2023 … Plenty of 1990s music stars are enjoying a late career resurgence on a wave of middle-aged nostalgia, so why not Supergirly? The Australian pop parody act - a stalwart…
Wed 05 July 2023
© BBC Lady Bigfoot
Review of Anna Thomas' short film on iPlayer
05/07/2023 … It could be straight out of Jane Austen: a girl is infatuated by a boy from afar but dare not declare her love for fear of being ostracised by what society might…
Wed 28 June 2023
© Helen Murray The Accidental Death of an Anarchist
Review of Daniel Rigby in Tom Basden’s new adaptation
28/06/2023 … ‘Timely’ was the adjective most bandied about when it was announced that the new adaptation of Darius Fo’s satirical farce about police brutality,…
Thu 22 June 2023
© ITV Ruby Speaking
Review of ITVX's latest comedy, starring Jayde Adams
22/06/2023 … Last week Catherine Tate introduced us to one of the most unlikeable central characters in a comedy show in Queen Of Oz.
John Kearns: The Varnishing Days
Review of the Edinburgh Comedy Award-winner's latest show
22/06/2023 … The thing about appearing on Taskmaster, John Kearns notes, is that ‘ticket sales go up… but the laughs, they go down.
Wed 21 June 2023
© C4 The Change
Review of Bridget Christie's Channel 4 comedy
21/06/2023 … Much of the advance publicity for The Change has focussed on its menopausal aspect – no surprise given the title and how rare it is for that time of life to…