Laughing Stock
- Sketch group
Press clippings
Russell Howard: 'Britain is seen as a laughing stock'
Critics still occasionally turn their noses up at Howard's perceived lack of edge - and, OK, some jokes early on in his career about his family's idiosyncrasies were pretty gentle - but no one can seriously deny him his place at comedy's top table.
Rupert Hawksley, The Telegraph, 21st September 2017+3 Interview: Laughing Stock
"We like to tell stories in odd and unusual ways, and so we experiment with sound and movement a lot in our shows."
Dan Lentell, Edinburgh49, 26th July 2017An interview with Laughing Stock
Interview with the sketch group Laughing Stock.
Mumble Comedy, 26th June 2017+3 interview: Laughing Stock
"Thus began a month of treacherous crutching and wheelchair manoeuvring around Edinburgh, a famously cobbled and hilly city."
Dan Lentell, Edinburgh49, 16th August 2016Interview with Laughing Stock
We've been gigging for just over a year now. Our first gig was January 2014.
Comedy Blogedy, 15th April 2015Laughing stock: Jimmy Carr, top comedy power, Russells
Accusations of tax avoidance, the most influential people in comedy, Russells, and Alastair and Armando square up.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 19th June 2012Laughing Stock 2011
It's the last thing I need - new writers coming in, lots of them really young, being funny, showing us grouchy old hacks how to do it. I've got a family to feed, a fat mortgage to pay and a high maintenance dog.
Simon Nye, BBC Writersroom, 13th December 2010