David Lister
Press clippings
Comedy doesn't travel... you need to be in the room
The apocryphal story has a dying actor surrounded by his friends. "What is it like to die?" they ask. "It's hard," he replies, "but comedy's harder."
David Lister, The Independent, 20th August 2011Sheridan Smith to play Bridget Jones on stage
The show and cast have not been officially confirmed, but the Olivier Award-winning actress Sheridan Smith is almost certain to win the role of Bridget Jones, having impressed Helen Fielding in extensive workshops for the production.
David Lister, The Independent, 16th August 2011John Cleese's genius has gone the way of his marriages
'Don't mention the war!" was probably the phrase most associated with John Cleese. Somehow that has turned into "Don't mention the wife!".
David Lister, The Independent, 7th May 2011One thing we can all agree on is that we can't agree
I've mentioned before that I have been wary of writing about comedy since I once said that the state of women's stand-up wasn't very good that particular year, and the comedy editor of the magazine Time Out wrote with a straight face: "David Lister should expose himself to more female comedians."
David Lister, The Independent, 28th August 2010Comics should be more switched on about radio
There was a national day of mourning when Winston Churchill died in 1965. There was also national mourning, of course, when King George VI died in 1952. But can you name another post-war death that has triggered national grief? The answer is Tommy Handley, the star of the wartime radio show ITMA.
David Lister, The Independent, 19th April 2003ITV creates a Dickens of a problem for the BBC
There was a chilly welcome on the shores of Lake Geneva for the BBC at the Golden Rose of Montreux TV Comedy Festival yesterday when ITV announced it had captured two of the corporation's prime assets. David Jason, the star of Only Fools and Horses, is to play Mr Micawber in a four-part comedy-drama series scripted by John Sullivan, who wrote Only Fools and Horses.
David Lister, The Independent, 6th May 2000