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Chortle Awards 2018 nominees
The nominees for the Chortle Awards 2018 have been announced. Mat Ewins, Hannah Gadsby, John Kearns and Joseph Morpurgo are up for Best Show.
British Comedy Guide, 7th February 2018Interview: Anna Mann
"I am, as so often happens in this business, completely engorged with cake."
Victoria Nangle, The Latest, 29th January 2018Colin Hoult announces Anna Mann 2018 tour
Character comedian Colin Hoult has announced a tour for his character Anna Mann. His critically acclaimed show How We Stop the Fascists will tour between February and May 2018.
British Comedy Guide, 23rd November 2017TV review: Porridge, BBC1
Over the weekend I posted a small preview of this new series on Facebook and very quickly got an unusually large number of comments. Let's put it this way. The only person who said something nice about the reboot of the regularly repeated classic prison sitcom was a mate of one of the cast.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 2nd October 2017Anna Mann review
A string of comedy skits masquerading as a one-woman show, How We Stop the Fascists is a misleadingly joyful performance written and acted by Colin Hoult.
Aidan Milan, The Upcoming, 26th September 2017Anna Mann interview
"I don't think it's hyperbolic to say I brought down Thatcher. But I don't know what hyperbolic means."
Ian Cater, What's On London, 25th September 2017Best reviewed Edinburgh Fringe shows 2017
A list of the best reviewed comedy shows at the 2017 Edinburgh Festival. The list includes Hannah Gadsby, Phil Nichol, Tom Ballard, Mat Ewins, Sarah Kendall and Larry Dean.
British Comedy Guide, 4th September 2017The Wee Review Award nominations
Our nominees announced for this year's awards.
Robert Peacock, The Wee Review, 26th August 2017Why Fringe comics don't care about May, Trump & Brexit
In a sweaty Edinburgh cellar a bearded young comedian is telling us about the joys of deciding to stop being left-wing for a while. It is, we assume,
a joke. After all, the comedian concerned, Fin Taylor, spent his previous Edinburgh hour, Whitey McWhiteface, lecturing us about the woes of white privilege, albeit while owning up to being one of its beneficiaries. This is just another ironic pose, right, the precursor to some dismissive material about the usual baddies - Brexit, May and Trump?
Colin Hoult/Anna Mann: Edinburgh Fringe 2017 interview
A stalwart of the Fringe, Colin Hoult has delighted thousands with his superb character shows. Once again he's taking on the role of trained actress Anna Mann and she's taking on the terrifying rise of fascism.
Laugh Out London, 8th August 2017