Press clippings Page 33
Interview with Tim Key
"I have a bunch of poems and I read them out. There is often 1960s and 1970s Soviet Lounge music playing under this."
The Humourdor, 17th July 2011Video: Tim Key's royal wedding poem
Part of our series of alternative royal wedding tributes, comedian and performance poet Tim Key takes a moment to imagine the scenes that may have unfolded in the royal household prior to the wedding itself. Warning: Contains strong language.
Tim Key, The Guardian, 15th April 2011Tim Key: on touring
The deadpan comedian, currently on the road with his poetry-crammed if.com award winning show The Slutcracker, talks about making things a touch bigger.
Dominic Cavendish, The Telegraph, 25th February 2011Tim Key: Deadpan poet's society
Steve Coogan is a big fan, but Tim Key doesn't do sold-out arenas and TV stand-up - and he loves it when no one laughs at his verse.
Brian Logan, The Independent, 6th February 2011Mark Watson to host live Radio 4 comedy show pilot
A comedy show pilot - starring Mark Watson, Tom Basden and Tim Key - will be broadcast live on Radio 4 at the end of the month.
British Comedy Guide, 3rd February 2011Tim Key interview
Tim Key, the former Cambridge Footlight star, answers Sun Comedy's questions ahead of his one-man Slutcracker tour...
Tommy Holgate, The Sun, 31st January 2011The Horne Section: Songs in the key of silly
It's the perfect match. The improvised musings of the country's best comedians combined with the free-form noodlings of a five-piece jazz band. When The Horne Section debuted at Edinburgh this summer, it quickly became the talk of the Fringe. Punters clutching pints queued round the block for the occasional, lightly shambolic midnight shows. Jimmy Carr dropped by to rap out 10 one-liners over 10 different beats, Tim Minchin improvised a song about cheese and Tim Key performed a track by the Russian punk band Leningrad. There were burlesque dancers, shared bags of chips and 2am Bon Jovi singalongs, led by Josie Long with Mark Watson on drums.
Alice Jones, The Independent, 28th January 2011Mr Brooker's Wipe strand gets a promotion from BBC4 to terrestrial with his inimitable review of the year in news, telly, politics, games and film. The whole caboodle. Chipping in to help Charlie out are brilliant comic misanthrope Doug Stanhope, who'll be looking at the BP gulf oil disaster; Britain's best comic poet, Tim Key, with some dark, topical verse and - another Guardian writer - Grace Dent will be getting her hands lathery with a review of the year's soaps.
Will Dean, The Guardian, 20th December 2010Video - Tim Key: Poetry, a string quartet and a boat
Comedian, actor and performance poet Tim Key won the 2009 Edinburgh Comedy Award with a solo poetry show called The Slutcracker.
For his latest project, he has teamed up with a string quartet to create an album - on vinyl - of his poetry, set to music. And it was all recorded on a boat.
It is therefore not surprising that the album, which has just been released, is called Tim Key. With a String Quartet. On a Boat.
BBC News went along to an exclusive gig to find out more.
BBC News, 15th November 2010Tim Key: the spirit of 'Derek and Clive'
Tim Key's new comedy record recalls the glory days of Peter Cook and Dudley Moore.
Tim Burrows, The Telegraph, 15th November 2010