Press clippings
Seize Them! review
While there's a whole battalion of comic talent doing their best with the poor material they've been given, they have precious little to work with. (2.8 stars)
Philip Caveney, Bouquets & Brickbats, 11th April 2024Seize Them! review
It doesn't reach the heights of Horrible Histories - let alone Monty Python And The Holy Grail - but Seize Them! turns the Dark Ages into the daft ages, delivering a mostly entertaining, female-centred comedy enlivened by winning performances.
Ian Freer, Empire, 8th April 2024Laura Smyth, James Acaster and Frank Skinner amongst ARIAS nominees
Forth At The Fringe, Help I Sexted My Boss, IM1: A New Hope, Laura Smyth, James Acaster's podcast Springleaf, Tell Teresa, Frank Skinner's Absolute Radio show, The Skewer and Kathy Burke's Where There's A Will, There's A Wake are the radio shows and podcasts nominated for the The Radio Academy's 2024 Comedy Award.
British Comedy Guide, 27th March 2024Comics star in new podcast set behind-the-scenes at a sports radio station
Lolly Adefope, Fergus Craig, Jessica Fostekew and Helen Cripps are to star in a new comedy podcast written by Rhys James. Dial F For Football is set behind the scenes at a popular commercial sports radio station, Totalsport FM when it is trying to modernise its output with more diverse talent - to the chagrin of traditional listeners.
Chortle, 20th March 2024Chortle Awards 2024 results
Paddy Young, Sam Campbell, Lorna Rose Treen, Kiri Pritchard-McLean, John Kearns, James Acaster, Joe Lycett, Munya Chawawa, Fern Brady and Taskmaster are amongst the winners of the Chortle Awards 2024.
British Comedy Guide, 4th March 2024James Acaster: Hecklers Welcome review
I can't complain: I get exactly what I pay for. "Hecklers Welcome" is written right there in big letters. Forewarned is forearmed and all that. But still, I leave the Edinburgh Playhouse tonight feeling disappointed and frustrated. James Acaster might welcome hecklers. It turns out that I don't.
Susan Singfield, Bouquets & Brickbats, 23rd February 2024Chortle Awards 2024 nominees announced
Julia Masli, Ian Smith, Ahir Shah, Kiri Pritchard-McLean, Paddy Young and Sam Campbell are amongst the comedians nominated in the 2024 Chortle Awards.
British Comedy Guide, 8th February 2024James Acaster plays an 'Egon Spengler type' inventor in 'Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire'
The Off Menu co-host is playing Lars Pinfield, a man responsible for some of the fresh tech being funded by Ernie Hudson's Winston - and he's set to fit firmly into the Ghostbusters universe.
Ben Travis, Empire, 15th January 2024Off Menu might come to TV
James Acaster has talked about the possibility of a TV version of the acclaimed foodie podcast Off Menu that he co-presents with Ed Gamble.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 14th January 2024The best theatre, comedy and dance of 2023
Julia Masli comes top in the Guardian's favourite live comedies this year, although she insists her show is not a comedy.
Arifa Akbar, Brian Logan and Lyndsey Winship, The Guardian, 21st December 2023