BCG Daily Thursday 17th May 2018
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Sarah Kendall, Soho Theatre review
A superb storyteller. The Australian stand-up muses on the lottery of life.
Veronica Lee, The Arts Desk, 17th May 2018Ian Hislop picks Banksy hoax for museum dissent show
Graffiti artist's Peckham Rock placed in museum as prank will feature among objects illustrating subversion, in a show for the British Museum.
Mark Brown, The Guardian, 17th May 2018All that today's comedy writers can do is sneer
When was the last time a book made you laugh out loud? Not recently, say the judges of the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse annual prize for comic fiction. Out of 62 submissions, they couldn't find a single writer who "captured the comic spirit" of Wodehouse and "prompted unanimous, abundant laughter". So the judges decided to withold this year's award - and I''m very glad they did. There's nothing worse than mediocre comedy, or being told a book is "hilarious" only to plough through it with a face like an Easter Island statue.
Jan Etherington, The Telegraph, 17th May 2018Sarah Kendall review
In her show One-Seventeen, the Australian comedian grapples with big ideas but these absorbing stories don't fully connect.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 17th May 2018Hannah Gadsby returns to Edinburgh Fringe
Hannah Gadsby, who was the joint winner of the lastminute.com Edinburgh Comedy Award for Best Show last year with John Robins is returning this year with a new show about art.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 17th May 2018Writing funny when you're not feeling funny
Here's how I got back to writing funny when my brain was acting funny. The first thing I learned was... JUST. STOP. WRITING.
James Bugg, BBC, 17th May 2018Fleabag review
Fleabag offers masterclasses in tight, controlled writing, skilled storytelling and comic delivery. In short, painfully funny, painfully poignant.
Sally Jack, British Theatre Guide, 17th May 2018Fiction remains funny: the best comedy's in dark novels
It makes sense that the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse prize for comic novels cannot find a worthy winner in 2018. Times, and books, have changed.
Jonathan McAloon, The Guardian, 17th May 2018Review: Count Arthur Strong Is Alive And Unplugged
Despite being a BBC sitcom star, austerity has struck Count Arthur Strong Enterprises.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 17th May 2018The Play that Goes Wrong review
The audience surrounding me were swept away by its gloriously silly humour, and I wouldn't hesitate to recommend it to anyone looking for some light-hearted escapism.
James Ballands, British Theatre Guide, 17th May 2018Police Cops In Space review
A common critique of wall-to-wall comedies is that fatigue sets in after a while. However, with the show set at a breezy one hour it never outstays its welcome and its style can thrive.
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