Alice Jones (I)
- Journalist
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Damn the Torpedoes! is a unique kind of war comedy
There is a long tradition of stand-ups going to bases to entertain the troops, but this is the first time they have attempted to do it over the airwaves. So far a sketch about tensions between US and UK troops has proved a favourite with listeners.
Alice Jones, The Independent, 18th April 2014Margaret Thatcher is still the butt of many jokes
Handbagged has opened in London. Moira Buffini's playful drama started out as a half-hour short as part of the Tricycle Theatre's Women, Power and Politics season.
Alice Jones, The Independent, 11th April 2014The rise of the silver stand-up
"I've got to the age now where I'm seriously thinking about what I'd like to come back as." So says Lynn Ruth Miller at the start of her stand-up show, Granny's Gone Wild. Miller is 80 years old and in the thick of a 12-night run in the louche basement of Soho Theatre in London.
Alice Jones, The Independent, 21st March 2014Review: Count Arthur Strong at Bath Literature Festival
Over the course of the hour, he tried to raffle off his bookmark, sang a tuneless song about Doncaster and read badly from his masterwork.
Alice Jones, The Independent, 7th March 2014How does Nathan Penlington's quest end? You decide
To stand up on stage and perform a one-man show is an act of bravery. To stand up on stage and perform a one-man show that has 1,566 possible versions and five possible endings, and then to hand the controls of that show over to an audience is an act of madness.
Alice Jones, The Independent, 20th February 2014Women can stand up for themselves
Here's a little comedy quiz. Everyone loves a comedy quiz, especially television commissioners, who cannot get enough of them. You may have heard the questions a few times before, but here goes (1) Are women as funny as men? And (2) not unrelated, should there be more women on panel shows?
Alice Jones, The Independent, 13th February 2014New crowdfunded book pokes fun at modern art
It may look and sound like a Ladybird Book, but We Go to the Gallery is probably more suitable for adults. Miriam Elia, artist and comedy writer (A Series of Psychotic Episodes), created the spoof children's book to poke fun at the art world.
Alice Jones, The Independent, 6th February 2014BFI's feast of fun shows British satire in rude health
Next weekend a new exhibition at the BFI Southbank will make the case that British satire is in rude health.
Alice Jones, The Independent, 16th January 2014John Kearns: Swapping Parliament for perverts
John Kearns is still getting used to life as the next big thing. Until a couple of months ago, he still had a full-time day job. By day he would lead school parties and WI groups around the green benches and lobbies of Westminster as a tour guide at the Houses of Parliament. By night he would pack up a bag with among other things a tonsure wig, a toy horse, false teeth, a dress and a Bruce Springsteen CD and hit the circuit.
Alice Jones, The Independent, 10th January 2014Comics who are stealing the show - the week in comedy
Joke Thieves gives audiences a glimpse of the workings behind the mic stand.
Alice Jones, The Independent, 20th December 2013