Alice Jones (I)
- Journalist
Press clippings Page 14
W1A review: Clarkson's ghost looms large
At the preview screening, the producer Jon Plowman said he would like the show to run until the charter renewal in 2016. On this evidence - and at the rate the BBC is churning out scandals and gaffes - it could run a lot longer than that.
Alice Jones, The Independent, 14th April 2015W1A, review
At the preview screening, the producer Jon Plowman said he would like the show to run until the charter renewal in 2016. On this evidence - and at the rate the BBC is churning out scandals and gaffes - it could run a lot longer than that.
Alice Jones, The Independent, 14th April 2015Heard the one about the comedian who sold his soul?
Steve Johnston looks like a comedian, he sounds like a comedian, and from next week he will take to the main stage at one of London's foremost comedy venues, Soho Theatre. But Steve Johnston does not exist. He is a fictional character, played by Brian Doherty in Death of a Comedian.
Alice Jones, The Independent, 10th April 2015Stewart Lee axed: The demise of real stand-up
For stand-up, things are not looking so jolly. Last week Stewart Lee's The Alternative Comedy Experience was axed by Comedy Central. It is the only show I have seen that captures what club comedy really feels like - risky, sweaty, too intimate, teetering between hilarity and despair.
Alice Jones, The Independent, 19th March 2015Art of the comedy portrait
Idil Sukan's moody, intimate portraits of stand-ups are a far cry from the usual wacky comedy head-shots. As her debut exhibition opens in London, she tells Alice Jones why she prefers her subjects not to crack a smile.
Alice Jones, The Independent, 18th February 2015UK's first Vegan Comedy Festival announced
Dig out your tofu jokes, stand by with quinoa quips, next month the UK's first Vegan Comedy Festival will open in Brighton. Twenty comedians will appear over the course of the two-day event, every one of them vegan. The comedy festival is an off-shoot of VegfestUK, a celebration of all things vegan - cookery demonstrations, food stalls, talks, speed-dating - which is now in its 13th year. The odd vegan stand-up like Sara Pascoe, Lucy Porter or Dave Spikey has appeared at the festival in the past, but this will be the first time there has been a dedicated comedy event. Carl Donnelly, Michael Legge, Andrew O'Neill and Harriet Kemsley are among the established names and up-and-comers who will perform as audiences enjoy vegan beer and hotdogs from the bar.
Alice Jones, The Independent, 13th February 2015Kim Noble: You're Not Alone, Soho Theatre, review
To say that Kim Noble's new show lingers long in the memory is an understatement.
Alice Jones, The Independent, 10th February 2015Yve Blake makes a joke out your deepest secrets
The 21-year old comedian mines the 'oh-no-they-didn't' incidents of others, sets them to music, adds a few dance moves, and then performs them, for the entertainment of an audience.
Alice Jones, The Independent, 6th February 2015Why is Nick Clegg going on The Last Leg?
Nick Clegg's turn on The Last Leg tonight is quite unusual. The Liberal Democrat leader has picked up the gauntlet thrown down by the presenters of the topical comedy show two weeks ago.
Alice Jones, The Independent, 30th January 2015Comedy writer Dan Swimer interview
As a writer on Never Mind the Buzzcocks and Grandma's House, Swimer is the unsung star of some of the best TV comedy of the past decade. As his new sitcom, Crims, begins, he tells Alice Jones why he's still terrified of the spotlight.
Alice Jones, The Independent, 7th January 2015