Comedy
Frank Skinner and Friends, Noel Coward TheatreFriday, 03 February 2012
There must be something in the air. Hot on the heels of Alexei Sayle returning to stand-up in the guise of an MC introducing young talent to a wider audience comes Frank Skinner doing the same. In truth, the latter started the trend two years ago... Read more... |
Alexei Sayle, Soho TheatreSunday, 29 January 2012
It has been 16 years since Alexei Sayle last performed as a stand-up, save the very occasional charity gig, so there was a proper sense of occasion at the Soho Theatre when he came on stage. The old lefty, brought up in a Stalinist household in... Read more... |
The One Griff Rhys Jones, BBC OneTuesday, 17 January 2012
What’s the opposite of a pilot? Griff Rhys Jones has not performed in a comedic capacity for nearly a decade and a half. When he did, he was always part of a larger company – first Not the Nine O’Clock News, then for 14 years in a partnership with... Read more... |
Simon Munnery, Soho TheatreSaturday, 14 January 2012Touring until 22 March. Conceptual and surreal comedy from the creator of Alan Parker: Urban Warrior. Book tickets at: http://www.allgigs.co.uk/search/tourdates/53555/Simon_Munnery-1.html Read more... |
Pajama Men, Charing Cross Theatre, London WC2Saturday, 14 January 2012Until 3 March. The duo start a West End residency with their fast-paced and surreal comedy thriller In the Middle of No One. Book tickets at: http://sohotheatre.ticketsolve.com/shows/126519038/events Read more... |
Simon Munnery, Soho TheatreSaturday, 14 January 2012
Bubbles are emanating from Simon Munnery's head. They're streaming out of a huge, black stovepipe hat which he has cobbled together from cardboard and sticky tape. He has also slung an electric guitar over his shoulder as he sidles up to the mic to... Read more... |
2011: Tinker Tailor Minchin SheenMonday, 02 January 2012
On Easter Monday, as the sun came down over the sea, a crowd of 15,000 – it’s not quite right to call them theatre-goers – followed Michael Sheen as he dragged a cross to Port Talbot’s own version of Golgotha, a traffic island hard by Parc Hollywood... Read more... |
2011: Morrissey, Manics and the Resurrection ShuffleSaturday, 31 December 2011
I have always fought hard to resist nostalgia, but 2011 was the year when I succumbed. Maybe the present – and the future – was just too awful to contemplate, but I found myself constantly looking back. Whether it was onstage, onscreen or on a hand-... Read more... |
2011: A Demon Barber, Demented Comedy and a Dogged DetectiveTuesday, 27 December 2011
In a year when there was precious little to laugh at economy-wise, some funny men and women were doing their best to keep our chuckle muscles in working order - although, strangely, you may think, few stand-ups were doing overtly political comedy -... Read more... |
theartsdesk Christmas QuizSunday, 25 December 2011
You're going to test your stomach and sweet temper to the maximum today - test your brain and memory too with our monster quiz about the arts covered by theartsdesk in 2011. Every artform is represented here in 12 dozen questions. Settle down... Read more... |
theartsdesk Christmas Quiz - AnswersSunday, 25 December 2011Here are the answers to our monster Christmas arts quiz of 12 dozen questions on the year past, as seen by theartsdesk writers. There are clues in all the questions in the main quiz page. If you don't want to know the answers just yet till you've... Read more... |
Christmas on theartsdesk: Brainteasers, Bran Tub, and the Best of 2011Wednesday, 21 December 2011
Any day now most of us will be hunkering down and for the most part drawing a curtain about the world outside. Before that happens, we’d like to tell you about theartsdesk’s plans for Christmas and the New Year.As well as posting our usual range of... Read more... |
