Live Comedy Features
Here are the latest features we've published about live comedy.
Circuit Training interviews First Gig, Worst Gig interviews Random 8 interviews
First Gig, Worst Gig: Lee Ridley
Friday 24th May 2019
BGT winner Lee Ridley - AKA Lost Voice Guy - has his first book out now, a big Scope gig coming up, and some bad strip-club memories.
Random 8: Laura Davis
Tuesday 21st May 2019
With two different shows heading for UK stages, Laura Davis talks motivational phrases and achieving her creative and athletic peaks at five and six.
First Gig, Worst Gig: Lucy Beaumont
Friday 17th May 2019
Revitalised after a four-year break, Lucy Beaumont is back with a new Fringe show, a fundraising gala and a grim old festival story.
Hay Festival 2019 preview
Thursday 16th May 2019
Marcus Brigstocke, Sara Pascoe, Bill Bailey, Dylan Moran, Jimmy Carr and Sindhu Vee are amongst the many comedians due to appear at The Hay Festival in Wales.
Deer Shed Festival 2019 preview
Tuesday 14th May 2019
Deer Shed Festival has a strong comedy line-up for 2019. Look out for acts including Reginald D Hunter, Nina Conti, Milton Jones and Kiri Pritchard-McLean at the family-friendly weekend in North Yorkshire.
Random 8: Ahir Shah
Tuesday 14th May 2019
He's playing an ideas festival next weekend, so what does Ahir Shah reckon about the comedy/philosophy conundrum? And Reading?
Kevin Smith interview
Friday 10th May 2019
Yikes! This month it's ten years since the first Circuit Training dropped, and so to celebrate we go deep with the UK-bound, also-celebrating Kevin Smith. It's 25 years since he inspired a generation of budding directors with Clerks, then inadvertently became a stand-up, a job that nearly proved terminal last year. He's in splendid form about that, his Springsteen-like live shows, podcast wives, Marvel vs Mallrats, and - unexpectedly - Ian Cognito.
Alternative Comedy Now conference - Day 2 report
Friday 10th May 2019
The second day of the Alternative Comedy Now conference discussed, amongst other things, Ben Elton, Harry Enfield's Loadsamoney, French & Saunders, the Alternative Cabaret group and, er, Michael McIntyre.
First Gig, Worst Gig: Daniel Muggleton
Friday 10th May 2019
Aussie comic Daniel Muggleton has a new special on Amazon Prime, an underappreciated Street Fighter gag and a lot of coach miles since moving here.
Alternative Comedy Now conference - Day 1 report
Wednesday 8th May 2019
Egalitarian views, a change in the expectations placed on today's comedy audiences, and Alexei Sayle sharing a cupboard with Jeremy Corbyn - lots was discussed on the first day of the Alternative Comedy Now conference at the University of Kent.