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Teenage Cancer Trust comedy night 2019 review
Featuring mainstream big-hitter John Bishop, the relatively unknown Susie McCabe and the energetic Seann Walsh and world-weary Romesh Ranganathan, this year's Teenage Cancer Trust benefit at the Royal Albert Hall was a night of gentle, lukewarm 'modern life' comedy, occasionally punctuated by energy and uproar.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 27th March 2019Seann Walsh: After This One I'm Going Home review
Seann Walsh isn't the first comedian to open his set with a variation on: 'So I'm single...', nor will he be the last. But few will have landed in that situation quite so publicly as the man whose drunken snog with a work colleague was, by his reckoning, front-page news for 12 straight days.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 16th March 2019Seann Walsh: I was offered £500k for porn film
Seann Walsh claims he was offered half a million to star in a pornographic movie alongside his former 'Strictly Come Dancing' partner Katya Jones, who he was caught kissing on a night out last year.
Female First, 7th March 2019Ross launches a new run of his chatshow, joined by a sofa full of famous faces, including Captain Marvel co-stars Brie Larson and Samuel L Jackson alongside The Voice UK coaches Jennifer Hudson and Will.i.am, plus comedian and Strictly black sheep Seann Walsh. Music is from Bryan Adams.
Mike Bradley, The Guardian, 2nd March 2019Live Review: Leicester Mercury 25th Anniversary Show
The gig featured so many winners and finalists it felt like it lasted a quarter of a century. But in a Good Way.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 20th February 2019Leicester Comedian of the Year anniversary line-up
At the heart of the Leicester Comedy Festival is the Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year competition, which this year celebrates its 25th anniversary.
To mark 25 years of discovering new talent, a 'mega' comedy show is taking place at De Montfort Hall on Tuesday, February 19, featuring nine previous winners plus special guests.
Becky Jones, Leicester Mercury, 30th January 2019TV review: The Stand Up Sketch Show, ITV2
It's not an entirely successful idea but it is definitely a curiously watchable one.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 29th January 2019The Stand Up Sketch Show preview
Oddly, ITV2's new way of presenting stand-up appears to have come from someone with no faith in stand-up at all.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 28th January 2019Neil Jones to confront Seann Walsh after stand-up gag
Strictly Come Dancing star Neil Jones 'to confront Seann Walsh ahead of final after the comedian branded him gay during latest stand-up routine'.
Daily Mail, 11th December 2018Seann Walsh reportedly banned from Strictly live tour
Seann Walsh has reportedly been barred from the Strictly Come Dancing live tours.
Lily Waddell, Daily Mail, 30th November 2018