Smarmy posh-paws Michael McIntyre hasn’t always been a successful standup comedian - once upon a time he was heavily in debt.
So it was with a smile that I saw he had cancelled a gig - and lost out on £28K - when he discovered that the 350-strong audience were all debt collectors from Kent-based Cabot [...]
Sticking it to the Man!
Frankie Boyle Preview Gigs
Frankie will be trying out some brand new material in preparation for the new series of Mock the Week in three exclusive workshop performances next month at Riverside Studios in Hammersmith.
Here are the details.
Monday 6, Monday 13 & Monday 20 July
7.30pm
Riverside Studios, Crisp Road, Hammersmith, London W6 9RL
You can find more information and book tickets [...]
John Cleese – Completely Different Emcee
Prince Charles celebrates his 60th birthday this year, and among various engagements Thursday November 13th was the date that The Princes’ Trust - an organisation setup by Charles to help young people - held an evening of A-list comedy entertainment in his honour at the New Wimbledon Theatre in London.
The performers were Rowan Atkinson, Robin [...]
Fawlty Reunion
You may have seen the brief reuniting of Andrew Sachs and John Cleese on Prince Charles’s 60th birthday celebrations thing last night on ITV1 - or even at the venue itself - in aid of the Princes’ Trust.
It was a slightly odd moment, but not without a feeling of nostalgia, and was completely at home [...]
Rowan Atkinson Live - Amazing Jesus
This is a superb piece from Rowan Atkinson’s legendary one-man show (which also featured Angus Deayton for a time)
httpv://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=fTzXJMU1sLc
Alan Partridge and Other Less Successful Characters
Steve Coogan’s first tour in a very long time sees the comic master bringing back Alan Partridge, Paul and Pauling Calf and other (less successful) characters, as the name of the tour suggests.
He’s glad to be back on stage it seems after years of television and movies, but what of the former TV Sports presenter [...]
Robin Williams at LSE
If there was ever a “secret” gig that I would want to go to outside of the world of music, it would be Robin Williams turning up at the London School of Economics at the weekend.
A lucky 100 LSE students witnessed the comedy legend perform a warm-up routine at The Chuckle Club that was extremely [...]
Oh Danny Bhoy…
“In England they’ve got no time for comedy. They don’t laugh at all. They have no muscles in their faces. So they just stare blankly with their dead, cold eyes.”
So says that top-draw Scots comedian, Danny Bhoy, currently in Canada for the Just for Laughs festival.
Who? Yeah, I’ve never heard of him either. [...]
Live Comedy in Middlesbrough!
It has been a very long time coming, but finally at last my home town of Middlesbrough has established a regular comedy night!
A monthly affair at the Town Hall Crypt, I’ve so far been unable to attend due to other commitments.
However I have heard superb reports back, and with national up and coming talent added [...]
Ed Byrne Standup
Here’s Irish comic Ed Byrne doing some standup… this routine covers Alanis Morrisette’s song Ironic, and Byrne beautifully deconstructs it into the composite parts; frankly there’s more irony in the performance than the song.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMQ8S2uHTlo
