BCG Daily Tuesday 7th August 2018
Features
Press clippings
Stuart Laws: Edinburgh Fringe 2018 interview
Stuart Laws discusses his new play The Journey.
Laugh Out London, 7th August 2018Alex Kealy: Edinburgh Fringe 2018 interview
Alex Kealy interview.
Laugh Out London, 7th August 2018Stephen Mangan on writing his first sitcom Hang Ups
"I'll be in therapy for years after this."
Alice Jones, i Newspaper, 7th August 2018Lazy Susan: Forgive me, Mother! Q&A
Mariana Feijó caught up with the pair to talk about their show, Toni Collette and shunning convention...
Mariana Feijó, Funny Women, 7th August 2018Rosie Jones: Fifteen Minutes interview
We decided to catch up with Rosie herself to find out more about the new show and the story behind it.
Chris Cooke, ThreeWeeks, 7th August 2018Three to see on 7 Aug
Three recommended shows to see on Tuesday 7 Aug - every one a former ThreeWeeks Editors' Award winner...
ThreeWeeks, 7th August 2018The award producers: Hils Jago from Amused Moose
Amused Moose has been championing new comedy talent for over two decades, including via an annual new comedian award since 1999. The operation is run by comedy industry veteran Hils Jago.
ThreeWeeks, 7th August 2018Fringe play may offend, but its a small price to pay
The Austrian playwright Peter Handke once wrote a play called Offending the Audience, which was designed to do just that. The history of British theatre includes many plays to which the audience - and critics too - have taken offence, because they felt they were gratuitously violent or included moments that should be neither seen nor heard on stage.
Lyn Gardner, The Stage, 7th August 2018Daniel Sloss on importance of tackling MeToo movement
Now in his 10th year of solo runs at the annual festival, the young funnyman is taking on one of his heaviest topics to date.
Rick Fulton, Daily Record, 7th August 2018Interview: Lee Kyle on being a working class stand-up
Over the next three weeks 7,000 brochures will be distributed around the city by the Working-Class Fringe, a grouping of 70 acts publicising performers from across Britain proud to acknowledge their proletarian roots. This little white guidebook is badged with a spanner and a microphone, the symbol of the revolution. Lee Kyle, 39, a softly spoken Geordie with a ready smile, is the leader of the uprising.
Mike Wade, The Times, 7th August 2018Stephen Carlin show diary: day 5
Fuck this audience. Fuck them all. (Almost all)...
Stephen Carlin, FringePig, 7th August 2018Interview: Andrew Doyle part 2
Jonathan Pie, Spiked magazine and why the Guardian and Daily Mail are similar.
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 7th August 2018Guests announced for new series of League Of Their Own
The line-up includes former heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko, panel favourite Tony Bellew, footballers and England internationals John Terry, Ashley Cole and Jack Wilshere, singer Geri Horner, comedian and A League of Their Own regular Rob Beckett and Olympic gold medallist Mo Farah.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 7th August 2018Chris Turner shares his Perfect Playlist
'A masterpiece from an incredibly skilled storyteller'
Chris Turner, Chortle, 7th August 2018An interview with: Bare Production
If you grew up reading the Peanuts comic strips or watching the TV show, this musical is for you.
Caitlin Powell, The Student Newspaper, 7th August 2018Last of the Summer Wine fans take show to Fringe
Two fans of the world's longest-running sitcom, Last of the Summer Wine, have turned their obsession into an Edinburgh Fringe Show.
BBC, 7th August 2018Kate Berlant interview
A largely improvised affair from an experimental LA comic who revels in the decidedly peculiar.
Claire Sawers, The List, 7th August 2018Tony Law interview
The Canadian comic puts his surrealist worldview down to different things. And as it turns out, a newfound sobriety isn't making his stand-up any less anarchic.
Craig Angus, The List, 7th August 2018Olaf Falafel: Edinburgh Fringe 2018 interview
Olaf Falafel interview.
Laugh Out London, 7th August 2018BBC announces Scottish Comedy Writersroom Programme
BBC Writersroom Scotland and BBC Comedy Commissioning announce a brand new Comedy Writers' Programme aimed at supporting Scottish and Scottish-based comedy writers and the independent sector.
BBC, 7th August 2018Fin Taylor on his most memorable gigs
'He would black up with Marmite and then smash a toaster into his face'
Fin Taylor, Chortle, 7th August 2018The weirdest thing in found in your free Fringe bucket?
'Someone left me a print of their vagina'
Chortle, 7th August 2018What comics have done in Edinburgh away from the Fringe
It's not all about The Pleasance or Gilded Balloon...
Nick Mitchell, i Newspaper, 7th August 2018The 10 weirdest shows at the Edinburgh Fringe
From the tale of a puppet hitman to Kafka for kids.
Tristram Fane Saunders, The Telegraph, 7th August 2018Tom Houghton on being the Fringe's poshest comedian
As the poshest comic on the circuit, I spend my time travelling every inch of our green and pleasant land, telling jokes to the great unwashed as they stare gormlessly back, handfuls of scampi falling out of open mouths.
Tom Houghton, The Telegraph, 7th August 2018ChuckleVision to be shown on BBC iPlayer
Barry Chuckle's brother Paul, the other half of the Chuckle Brothers comedy duo, has given his blessing to the BBC.
Zoe Forsey, The Mirror, 7th August 2018An interview with Loose Brie
Martin Willis and Phil Lindsey are best mates, & from their incessant banter great comedy has been born & given a name -- Loose Brie.
Mumble Comedy, 7th August 2018Punchline 2018 Edinburgh Fringe comedy recommendations
Here they are! Our picks for this year's Fringe. As usual, we advise you to see these acts live as YouTube just doesn't do them justice.
Punchline UK, 7th August 2018Sid Singh interview
Sid Singh talks comedy, Silicon Valley & Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Daljinder Johal, DESIbiltz, 7th August 2018Interview: Jim Tavaré
Jim Tavaré staging Fringe return with darker routine.
Kate Copstick, The Scotsman, 7th August 2018Story Pocket Theatre: Animalcolm, Interview
Story Pocket Theatre have become Fringe Festival regulars with new kids show's every year.
Chris Mackrell, Black Diamond, 7th August 2018Alter ego Q&A - Lewis Ironside
Questions answered by company Chairchap Rev. Lewis Ironside both before and after 4 hours of gin drinking.
Lucy Samson, Deadline News, 7th August 2018Kezia Dugdale: Phones are making folk a lot less smart
I've watched Matt Forde grow from the benches of small to large Pleasance venues over the past few years.
Kezia Dugdale, Edinburgh Evening News, 7th August 2018Videos
TV & radio
Jake Yapp's Media Circus
Episode 3 - ColumnistsJake turns his focus to the columns, exploring their progression, value and most common tricks and tropes.
BBC New Comedy Award
2018, Episode 6 - Semi Final 1Mark Watson is the host as the whittled-down new acts fight for a place in the final of the competition. The judges are comedians Angela Barnes and Marcus Brigstocke and Head of Radio Comedy for BBC Studios, Julia McKenzie.
Unexpected Fluids
Series 1, Episode 8 - Kissing With Master DomWho knew kissing could escalate this quickly? BDSM dominant Master Dominic on your stories of spit, snot and serious spanking. Just don't mention "that book" or you're in trouble.