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Comedy review: Beyond the Pail
There's a flatus of village hall refinery in the air; which is something that one might not typically attach to the Western pub on a Sunday afternoon. But, the Comedy festival throws up some interesting marriages and today, the Uppingham Theatre Company have popped across from Rutland to give us some am-dram culture - Beyond The Pail, a plotless play of pun and pottiness.
Sean Tizzard, Leicester Mercury, 15th February 2016Stephen Fry 'quits' Twitter over Bafta jibe
Bafta show host Stephen Fry appears to have deleted his Twitter profile in the wake of his controversial comments during Sunday night's show.
BBC News, 15th February 2016Review: Daliso Chaponda, Comedy Box
Chaponda's precocious talent lies in the delivery: he draws the audience in with his voice, only to rail back at them with arms and eyes blazing. His well-deserved encore closed another great value show at the Hen and Chicken.
Nicola Yeeles, Bristol 24/7, 15th February 2016Comedy Festival Review: Peter Firman at Firebug
After the show, we wonder if the only way that he could have performed this particular trick was via a stooge. In truth, we'll never know. What we do know, however, is that this was a fine way to spend a Valentines evening.
Sean Tizzard, Leicester Mercury, 15th February 2016John Lloyd on Utopia
We've been searching for Utopia for 500 years - but what is it? QI creator John Lloyd asks if we're trying to fix the wrong problems.
John Lloyd, The Big Issue, 15th February 2016Comedy review: Jonathan Mayor at Brewdog
In his fourteen years in this strange industry to date, Mayor freely admits that he's gravitated towards comedy of the lowest common denominator. Where there's a camp, double-entendre to be made, Mayor will be at the front of the queue. He'll flick his leg and flamboyantly drag us to his level. But now, Mayor wants to give us something a tad more serious.
Sean Tizzard, Leicester Mercury, 15th February 2016Sky's Steve Coogan land grab
Now that Sky has nabbed the rights to the new series of The Trip, only a minuscule band of wealthy die-hards will be able to watch it. Should we get used to all our best TV going behind a paywall?
Stuart Heritage, The Guardian, 15th February 2016Review - Steve Hall : Zebra - The Lowry, Salford
Zebra is a warm and consistently funny show but a lack of ambition prevents it from being as engaging as one might wish.
Dave Cunningham, The Reviews Hub, 15th February 2016Review: Twisted Edge Comedy
Much of the humour arises from the subtlety of the performance -- the taller acts taking the time to slowly adjust the height of the mic before they start their act -- as well as pauses and changes in the nuance of tone which show that the performers are both confident and well versed in their individual acts.
Imogen Edge-Partington, The Student Newspaper, 15th February 2016My comedy hero: Iain Stirling on Simon Amstell
Ex kids TV presenter turned stand-up picks an ex TV presenter turned stand-up as his comic idol.
Brian Donaldson, The List, 15th February 2016#Bagladygate should be low on list of complaints
Ian Hyland says Stephen Fry's jokes at the expense of Jenny Beavan were not that near the knuckle.
Ian Hyland, The Mirror, 15th February 2016Interview: Rob and Neil Gibbons
Alice Jones talks to comedy writers Rob and Neil Gibbons who were hand-picked by Steve Coogan to drag Alan into the 21st century.
Alice Jones, The Independent, 15th February 201615 Leicester Comedy Festival you may haven't considered
Such is the depth of quality to the festival, there's plenty of other good stuff to pick from.
London Is Funny, 15th February 2016Giant robot Gromit sculpture shipped to Bristol
A huge Gromit sculpture, inspired by the giant robots of Japanese anime, has been shipped to Bristol from Hong Kong.
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