May 2008 Archives

COMPLETE and Utter Conti, the comedienne's first full length show at the Royal Court, flew the flag for female comics and ventriloquists everywhere. Well, not just flew the flag, but set the standard. If that’s not over-egging any existing enthusiasm for ventriloquism in the first place, that is.

The LA-based Londoner brings her Skinny Bitch tour to the Royal Court
Culture Company boss Phil Redmond always likes to compare the machinations of 2008 to a “Scouse wedding�. And if it were, last night the entertainment had arrived.

Question: Has anyone had any luck trying to track down the new Half Man Half Biscuit album?

TWO unexpected phone calls from '80s comedy legends have peppered my recent days. Although both would rather we dropped the ‘comedy’ prefix so they could both become more general legends, it isn’t going to happen. One was Baldrick and one was a Young One and it will be ever thus.




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