BCG Daily Sunday 22nd February 2015
Press clippings
Celia Imrie on writing her first comic novel
The Olivier award-winning actor Celia Imrie, best known for film roles in Calendar Girls and The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, is about to publish her first novel, Not Quite Nice. A comic caper set among the tangled lives of a group of expats in a southern French village, Imrie wrote most of it at her own apartment in Nice.
Alison Flood, The Observer, 22nd February 2015Gallery: presenting Pompidou
A series of promotional images for Pompidou - the new (mostly) silent comedy from the brain of Matt Lucas - have been released.
Paul Holmes, The Velvet Onion, 22nd February 2015James Corden US chatshow: gamble or stroke of genius?
James Corden is a huge star in Britain, but virtually unknown in the States. So why has CBS gifted him the reins to one of America's chatshow institutions? A 4.5 million-strong Twitter following is just one reason, says Rory Carroll.
Rory Carroll, The Observer, 22nd February 2015C4: It's appalling to censor writer over famine sitcom
Channel 4's head of comedy Phil Clarke has mounted a robust defence of the forthcoming comedy script set in the Irish famine - saying attempts to gag the writer are 'appalling'.
Chortle, 22nd February 2015Review: Simon Amstell, at Birmingham Town Hall
It was neurotic, complicated, even preachy at times. But remarkably, despite that, it was still very amusing, although - as he reminded an audience member enjoying an ice lolly - not always so.
Richard Jackson, The Birmingham Mail, 22nd February 2015Kim Noble: You're Not Alone review
As the title suggests, it's a show about loneliness; specifically the loneliness of men and the things they do to anaesthetise themselves.
Stephanie Merritt, The Guardian, 22nd February 2015Review: Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year 2015
Surreal knock-knock jokes and inspired ranting about Jaffa Cakes have won a newbie stand-up the prestigious Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year award.
Leicester Mercury, 22nd February 2015Review: Josie Long at The Marlowe
The political aspect was still there, bubbling under the surface -- but the political did not seem so inextricably tied in with Josie's comedic identity. The few political sketches offered the richest material, but the show was not diminished by a change of focus, only altered.
Alice Bryant, InQuire, 22nd February 2015Review: Ellie Taylor: Elliementary - The Lowry, Salford
When you think of the traditional interpretation of a feminist icon an Essex girl and former model does not spring to mind. But then Ellie Taylor's gentle self-depreciating humour makes clear she does not take herself so seriously as to suggest she might really conform to the usual image.
Dave Cunningham, The Public Reviews, 22nd February 2015