Jazz Emu. Archie Henderson
Archie Henderson

Archie Henderson

  • Actor, writer, musical comedian and composer

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Pleasance announces latest batch of Edinburgh Shows

The third Edinburgh Fringe announcement for the Pleasance Theatre Trust features further comedic names and noteworthy newcomers.

Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 10th May 2023

Assembly announces more Edinburgh Fringe shows

Assembly Festival has announced over 100 shows for its 2023 programme.

Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 27th March 2023

Just For Laughs London provokes outrage with heavy-handed security

Comedians and audience members have expressed outrage at heavy-handed security employed during a performance of Stamptown at the first Just For Laughs Festival in London earlier this month, with headliner Jazz Emu and host Zach Zucker "manhandled" off stage by venue staff.

British Comedy Guide, 15th March 2023

Just For Laughs London, review

It's a tough job launching a comedy festival in London, given the the city has hundreds of gigs a week anyway. Where Just For Laughs absolutely dominates downtown Montreal for a couple of weeks in July, you could easily be in London and be entirely unaware it was on.

Chortle, 6th March 2023

The Wrestling in pictures

Edinburgh hit The Wrestling made a triumphant return last night, with its first London show coming as part of the Just For Laughs festival at the Indigo venue at The O2.

Chortle, 6th March 2023

Comedians' wrestling bouts to be livestreamed

Streaming service NextUp is to broadcast The Wrestling from London's Just for Laughs Festival this weekend.

Chortle, 2nd March 2023

Chortle Awards 2023 results

Jazz Emu won in two categories at the Chortle Awards 2023. Other winners included Dara O Briain, Seann Walsh, Bob Mortimer, Joe Lycett and Zoe Lyons.

British Comedy Guide, 6th February 2023

Chortle Awards 2023 nominees announced

Shortlisted nominees for the 2023 awards run by comedy website Chortle have been announced. Bob Mortimer, Alasdair Beckett-King and Jordan Gray have secured two nominations each.

British Comedy Guide, 24th January 2023

Jazz Emu review

British talent Archie Henderson fuses surreal inventiveness with astonishing one-man-band performing skills.

Mark Monahan, The Telegraph, 15th December 2022

For comedians, being cancelled is good for business - and 2022 proved it

Soul-baring is out, nudity is in: our comedy critic Tristram Fane Saunders looks over the trends of 2022 - and picks out the year's best and worst shows.

Tristram Fane Saunders, The Telegraph, 14th December 2022

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