Todd Barry has made his name in America as a superb dry, slow burn stand-up. For his latest show, however, he has turned things on their head. Crowd Work finds Barry improvising with his audience for... more
Interviews
Comedians are always complaining about their unhealthy diets when on the road. Not George Egg though. Over the years Egg has developed a way of using hotel room accessories to conjure up healthy and... more
Sara Pascoe is on a bit of a roll at the moment. She is a TV regular, she is touring the UK and her first book, Animal: The Autobiography of a Female Body, has just been published and has been... more
There has been a major crossover between science and comedy in recent years, with the likes of Robin Ince, Dara O Briain, Brian Cox and Simon Singh blurring boundaries. But the crossover between... more
This interview has just come in and I wanted to get it up straight away as the mighty Phil Jerrod is at the Soho Theatre tonight (Wednesday) at 9.30pm. Get your skates on. Well, read this first then... more
You may not know who Alex Lowe is but you really should. He is the man behind Barry from Watford, the eccentric, elderly gent and scourge of radio phone-in shows. Not only that but Barry is limbering... more
Dave Cohen has written funny lines for shows as diverse as Have I Got News For You and Not Going Out. But before that he was a successful stand-up comedian. And before that he was a rock critic. He... more
I was going to say that Sarah Callaghan is one of comedy's best kept secrets, but she isn’t really that much of a secret. In 2015 she was nominated for the Malcolm Hardee ‘Act Most Likely To ... more
I’m sure someone has written a PhD on the genre of anti-comedy – the idea of laughter via an absence of conventional joke/punchline. And I presume they included Ed Aczel in it. After all, the... more
I see narrator Dave Lamb has broken cover and is appearing in front of ther cameras in Come Dine With Me's Champion of Champions run at the moment. I'm not so sure about the revised format, which... more
