January 2016
East Londoner Bilal Zafar has been chosen as 'Top of the Bill' at this year's New Acts of the Year final at the Leicester Square Theatre. The competition, which used to be held at the Hackney Empire, no longer chooses winners, but Zafar was chosen as the best act by the judges today.
Zafar's set tells the story of how a joke about him running a cake shop that would only serve Muslims escalated and he ended up getting abuse from the English Defence League.
Yesterday Will Franken, along with Grainne Maguire, Stephen Bailey, Trevor Lock, Lou Sanders and John Robertson, took part in an afternoon of comedy in cars supporting Uber's lift-sharing scheme called UberPOOL. Here Will Franken writes about his experience.
Following the success of his satire workshop in January comedian Will Franken is hosting another workshop in February. This one will be called I'll Be Your Mirror: Using the Layering Craft of Mimicry to Enhance Linear Stand-Up.
This will be a one-off workshop to demonstrate unique tips and techniques to aid both new and established performers in honing the comedic art of mimicry. Learn about and take part in exercises on accents, facial elasticity, monologue and dialogue crafting, quick-change segues and more.
Louis CK has released a new online comedy today without any advance publicity or warning or previews. Though it is actually more of a play or a comedy drama than a sitcom. There is no studio audience.
Being a comedian often seems like a way of refusing to grow up, settle down and become an adult. No boring mortgages for these dudes eh? Add to that a general feeling these days that nobody wants to grow old – hey, 50 is the new 20 – and Isy Suttie’s first book definitely feels like it is catching a wave.
I missed the press night of this new play about comedian Marty Feldman so I booked a ticket for the next night. Then I made a fatal error. I read the reviews. This play had received such bad notices that I thought about checking with the venue to see if the run had already closed. I thought of that scene in The Producers where they have a sign saying Opening Night that switches to Closing Night as soon as the first disappointed audience leaves the theatre.
Comedians Stephen Bailey, Lou Saunders, John Robertson, Grainne Maguire, Trevor Lock, Will Franken and more will be gigging for Uber passengers this Saturday.
From 2pm - 5pm passengers in London using the car share scheme's UberPOOL option where people can save money by sharing rides may find themselves also sharing a ride with a stand-up comedian. The idea is to have an entertaining journey and to prevent awkward silences.
The first batch of shows has been announced for this year's Udderbelly Festival, which takes place on London's South Bank from April 7 - July 17. This is followed by the London Wonderground which runs from May 5 - September 25.
Following the success of the UK Pun Championships at Dave’s Leicester Comedy Festival, #UKPunday has been launched to take puns nationwide. it happens for the first time on Monday, sorry, Punday 8th February 2016 (For details of UK Punday 2017 click here).
The team behind cult horror spoof What We Do In The Shadows is now talking about a follow-up.
In an interview with Crave Online, co-writer and co-star Taika Waititi revealed that the title will be We're Wolves. At one point a working title was What We Do in the Moonlight.
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