London has spawned numerous enduring comedy clubs since the emergence of alternative comedy at the Comedy Store in 1979. Among them The Bearcat in Twickenham, The Bedford in Balham and my old local... more
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Robin Ince told a story onstage about a previously Laugharne Weekend that perfectly encapsulated the spirit of this mind-bending, time-bending intimate literary and arts festival. Ince was backstage... more
I guess April Fools Day was a pretty good day to have this year's annual Sketch Off Final, brilliantly hosted by waspish thespian Anna Mann (alias Colin Hoult). Though maybe they need to think of a... more
History was made at the WeGotTickets Musical Comedy Awards final this year. For the first time there were more women than men competing for the prestigious trophy at the Bloomsbury Theatre. A... more
Series three of Ted Lasso kicks off in style with AFC Richmond being predicted to come bottom of the league in the new season. What makes it even worse is that their former employee, Nate (Nick... more
If you became hooked on James Norton when he was in Happy Valley tune in to the new series of Jerk where he is one of the big name signings for the third series starring Tim Renkow as a hapless anti-... more
Jamie Demetriou already has his place in the comedy pantheon of greats with three series of the Bafta-winning Stath Lets Flats under his belt. He now gets his own sketch show special on Netflix which... more
When I first read that Sky was making a series about a woman fighting sexism in the world of comedy, I expected to see an English version of the award-winning The Marvelous Mrs Maisel, which charted... more
There has been a lot of talk lately about AI deep fakes making us wonder if the news is real so it was only a matter of time before someone came up with a comedic use for the new technology. For... more
I'd only recently watched post-apocalyptic drama The Last Of Us when I watched Everyone Else Burns and my first thought was, here we go again, you wait ages for something about the destruction of... more
