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Random 8: Helen Bauer
Tuesday 20th February 2024
What do Sean Connery, Lena Dunham and Princess Di have in common? They all appear in Helen Bauer's random answers.
Olga Koch / Gareth Mutch / Marc Jennings - Bobby Carroll's Live Comedy Diary
Saturday 17th February 2024
This month Bobby watches three tour shows in their final iterations and ponders whether structure should ever trump jokes?
Random 8: Dina Martina
Tuesday 13th February 2024
Which fast-food icon did US diva Dina Martina dream of dating? All will be revealed.
Frank Skinner, Daniel Kitson, Jessica Fostekew - Mark Muldoon's Comedy Diary
Monday 12th February 2024
This week our live comedy columnist sees Frank Skinner's West End run, Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee Jessica Fostekew, and legendary uber-comedian Daniel Kitson twice! Plus he deploys the word 'exquisite'.
First Gig, Worst Gig: Mark Nelson
Friday 9th February 2024
Lime-tossing, stark-bollock Birmingham and a barney in Abu Dhabi: Mark Nelson takes us back.
Random 8: Grubby Little Mitts
Tuesday 6th February 2024
After much moistness at the Leicester Comedy Festival gala, Grubby Little Mitts talk crying blood, a Parisian p*sser and New York hair hijack.
Romesh Ranganathan, Rob Auton - Mark Muldoon's Comedy Diary
Saturday 3rd February 2024
Here's what our live comedy columnist thought as the major new tour from Romesh Ranganathan kicks in. Plus: Boundless poetic beauty courtesy of Rob Auton.
Guz Khan, Max & Ivan, Louise Young, Lindsey Santoro - Mark Muldoon's Comedy Diary
Wednesday 31st January 2024
Is this the end for acclaimed double act Max & Ivan? How will Guz Khan fare as he takes to the Hammersmith Apollo stage? How did newcomer Louise Young find growing up working class and half-Turkish in Newcastle? Is Lindsey Santoro comfortable spending ten minutes detailing embarrassing smear test outcomes? Answers to all these questions and more in Mark Muldoon's latest column.
Random 8: The Thinking Drinkers
Tuesday 30th January 2024
It's very nearly Valentine's Day, so The Thinking Drinkers give us two seductive booze suggestions, and eight random answers.
First Gig, Worst Gig: Adam Bloom
Friday 26th January 2024
He's written a definitive book on doing stand-up better - but what was Adam Bloom's own career nadir?