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Eddie Izzard announces a month of marathons and gigs
Eddie Izzard has announced his latest marathon challenge, A Run For Hope, combining endurance running with endurance gigging. Beginning on New Year's Day, the comic will be running 26.2 miles on a treadmill every day of January, then jumping straight off to perform an hour-long gig every night.
British Comedy Guide, 11th December 2020Stunning portraits of stellar stand-ups
From Ken Dodd and his tickling stick to Nina Conti and her monkey, Guardian photographer Tristram Kenton has snapped a host of superb comedians on stage.
Tristram Kenton, The Guardian, 9th September 2020Review: Get Duked!, Amazon Prime Video
I know we are running short of new product because of lockdown, but have we got this desperate yet? Get Duked! is a mess of a film that has plenty of energy but not much in the way of style as it follows the adventures of four hapless lads who get more than they bargain for when they set off to do the Duke of Edinburgh award in the Highlands.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 31st August 2020Get Duked! review
Four millennials on enforced DoE manoeuvres are pursued by an angry aristo in Ninian Doff's sharp feature debut.
Simran Hans, The Guardian, 29th August 2020Get Duked! review
The zany trip your Duke of Edinburgh's Award should have been.
Nick Levine, NME, 29th August 2020Get Duked! Funniest film of the year
From the Diary of Wimpy Kid-esque opening titles to a duel with a fork and the results of cutting heroin with chicken soup, this The Hills Have Eyes-meets-Hot Fuzz is a mirth-filled minor masterpiece. I just wish they'd kept the film's original, much more appropriate title - Boyz in the Wood.
James Croot, Stuff.co.nz, 28th August 2020Review: Get Duked!
A silly stoner comedy about teen delinquents bumbling their way across the Highlands contains every bit of the stupidity and hijinks you'd expect. All with major style.
Meagan Navarro, Bloody Disgusting, 26th August 2020Get Duked! review
In this busy British comedy, four teenagers are dumped in the Scottish Highlands, where they spiral into high jinks and danger.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times, 26th August 2020Movie review - Get Duked! (2019)
In its own slippery game of generational cat and mouse, Doff's film is one that brazenly revels in absurdity; unashamedly committing to increasingly implausible sub-plots involving bread thieves, dim-witted police prejudice and the sharpness of forks.
George Nash, Flickering Myth, 25th August 2020Alice Levine named next curator of The Museum Of Curiosity
Alice Levine will co-host the next series of The Museum Of Curiosity alongside John Lloyd. Series 15 starts on Radio 4 on Monday 7th September.
British Comedy Guide, 19th August 2020