Image: Facebook/LUU Events LUU’s monthly comedy showcase, Comedy Central Live, is a new addition to the campus calendar and upon walking into the usually rowdy Stylus early on a Wednesday evening, it was difficult to […]
Arts | Josh Widdicome – Live at the Riley
Known for his appearances on television shows such as 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown and The Last Leg, Josh Widdicombe has become a familiar face on the British comedy scene. The thirty-one year […]
Interview | Nina Conti – the ventriloquist standup chats to LSi
With a new live show, theatre piece, sitcom and documentary all in the making, Nina Conti is on a pretty tight schedule. This week, she heads to Mayrhofen for the skiing and comedy festival, and […]
Comedy | Russell Howard – Wonderbox
Image: Coventry Telegraph Midway through Russell Howard’s show, something weird happens. While delivering the punchline to a joke condemning the EDL, a heckle comes from the first few rows. Howard, stopped in his tracks, tries reassuring […]
Comedy | Win tickets to see Russell Howard live
Comedian Russell Howard will be coming to Leeds this weekend, as part of his new tour Wonderbox. Beginning last month, the tour will see him travelling around the UK, USA and Australia, including four consecutive nights […]
Comedy | Friday Night with Jonathan Tealights – love is in the air
Image: Leeds Tealights 4/5 Stars It’s always worrying for performers, especially comedians, to follow a warm up act as sharp and funny as Goodbear – a comedy duo who managed to command an entire audience […]
Comedy | Rachel Mars, The Way You Tell Them – Leeds graduate cleverly interrogates our obsession with comedy
Having headlined the Camden People’s Theatre’s week-long festival ‘Beyond the Joke’ this January, Rachel Mars’ solo show ‘The Way You Tell Them’ comes at an interesting moment when the worlds of theatre and stand-up are […]
Comedy | Alun Cochrane @ The Library – the end of a brilliant tour
The prestigious House of Fun comedy Club signalled an end to their 10 year residency at the Library Pub with yet another stand out show, with the likes of Alun Cochrane and Andre Vincent brought […]
Comedy | If Joe Lycett then you should have put a ring on it
photo: Graeme Copper Joe Lycett is fairly new on the comedy scene but he’s sure to be a household name soon. After receiving the Best Newcomer award at the Edinburgh Comedy Awards 2012, the 25-year-old […]
Comedy | Much A-Stew About Nothing
To his critics, Stewart Lee is little more than a champagne socialist: an audience-hating, Oxbridge-educated comedian who cracks cheap jokes at the expense of the establishment for an audience of similarly well-off lefties. To […]
Interview | Paul Sinha – "I’m not the kind of comic who’ll go on stage and slag off the Tories"
Any introduction to Paul Sinha usually contains one, if not all, of the following biographical details: a qualified GP, a keen quizzer, a sports obsessive and an openly gay man, he is perhaps most widely […]
Interview | Josie Long on sport, filmmaking and Russell Brand
photo: Leo Garbutt I meet Josie Long upstairs in the Hyde Park Picture House, crammed into a little office next to the projection room. She’s as exuberant as expected, even if it is the last […]