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Tim Harding's comedy diary
Lou Taylor and Jamie D'Souza: both new to me and both very strong.
Tim Harding, Chortle, 1st June 2024Review: Oxfordshire Mind Comedy Gala is rude but funny
It's certainly has been a weird old time since we last convened in the Beaumont Street auditorium for the Oxfordshire Mind Comedy Gala, and it was indeed good to be back, with performances from Angela Barnes, Rosie Jones, Esther Manito, Jamie D'Souza, Chelsea Birkby and compere Alex Farrow.
Tim Hughes, Oxford Mail, 22nd January 2022Alex Farrow to perform live comedy as a walking tour
A stand-up is claiming the first live, in-person comedy show of 2021 - long before venues are allowed to reopen. Alex Farrow, the regular MC at the Jericho Comedy Club in Oxford, is hosting a show on Monday, the day strictest 'stay-at-home' measures are lifted. His one-man show will be presented as an outdoor walking tour with an audience of five, to comply with the reintroduced 'rule of six' for outdoor meetings.
Chortle, 25th March 2021Review: Punting Comedy, Oxford
Given the restrictions on gathering indoors, almost every comedy gig in these times has an unusual twist: it's a drive-in, or in a stately home... or in this case on a pontoon floating in the Thames with most of the audience on punts. 'The most Oxford thing ever,' host Harry Househam of the local Jericho Comedy Club called it.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 21st August 2020What's it like to perform to an audience with dementia?
It's not their usual sort of crowd, but six newish comedians have just performed at a care home - where half the residents have dementia.
Chortle, 11th September 2019Alex Farrow: the Edinburgh interviews 2019
Interview with Alex Farrow.
Becca Moody, Moody Comedy, 25th July 2019