Oliver Double

Oliver Double on teaching comedy

Friday 12th June 2020

Oliver Double, who runs comedy-related modules at the University of Kent, discusses teaching comedy.

1979 and all that: Back to the future for comedy after coronovirus?

Friday 29th May 2020

Oliver Double, the author of Alternative Comedy: 1979 And The Reinvention Of British Stand-Up, gives his thoughts on whether the club circuit will bounce back from lockdown, if live comedy is art, and whether alternative comedians were only ever preaching to the converted.

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.

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.