We have mostly resisted the temptation to review live online stand-up comedy during lockdown, not because we doubt the talent of the performers but simply because it can't ever really offer that pure stand-up gig feel that we know and... Continue Reading →
"Hey, would you guys like to watch Tim Minchin's new Album Launch Live tonight?"... It's the kind of rhetorical email question that deserves an intensely sarcastic response. "Tim Minchin you say? You mean that incredible musical clown who has created... Continue Reading →
As I left the office the rain was falling hard, the city was grey and the season was pandemic. I remember when it was the bad guys that wore the masks... funny how these things switch on you when you... Continue Reading →
We knew it wasn't on, we knew no shows were happening, we even knew that most of the venues wouldn't even exist right now... and yet it's still a shock to wander around Edinburgh in August without the Fringe. For... Continue Reading →
This is the continued story of what happens when a clown walks out on stage for the first time in over 12 weeks (cheers Covid) and finds himself having to perform to an audience made up exclusively of extras from... Continue Reading →
This is the story of what happens when a clown walks out on stage for the first time in over 3 months (thank you coronavirus) and finds himself at a gig where the audience is made up exclusively of extras... Continue Reading →
Do you remember that point in the Shakespeare tragedy King Lear where you know that the King has truly gone insane because the Fool is making all the sense in the world? Well it seems that, in the wake of... Continue Reading →
Richard Dangerous, Lord Flashheart, Alan B'stard, Drop Dead Fred, Richie Richard, Kevin Turvey, Rick from the Young Ones... this legendary clown has created so many iconic, scene-stealing characters that he is destined to be discovered by new generations of comedy... Continue Reading →
I could tell you that we were looking to try out a new comedy venue and that's why we ended up down a back street in Islington on a cold Monday night. I could tell you that, but I would... Continue Reading →
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