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Press clippings Page 137
John Bishop: 'You can never retire from comedy'
He's the former footballer who's gone on to become one of Britain's best-loved comedy stars. We speak to John Bishop as he heads to Cardiff.
James Rampton, Wales Online, 31st October 2014Citizen Khan is the worst comedy I've ever seen
There are several ways to watch Citizen Khan. One is to watch as a snob, shaking your head at the feeble attempts at comedy. Another is to take it in bite-size chunks, watching a few minutes here and there, stopping to make tea, to read a chapter of a good book, or to refresh yourself with a YouTube clip of some decent comedy, returning to cringe and endure. Another, being the most drastic but, I suppose, the most effective, is to travel back in time to a 1950s asylum in New England and book yourself in for a particularly brutal lobotomy. I know healthcare in the US is expensive, but it'd be worth going the whole hog with this option. Request the works! Only then, rendered numb and infantile, will Citizen Khan be palatable to you: it won't irritate anymore, it won't aggravate and it won't infuriate. It'll just be some jumbled coloured images on the screen.
Julie McDowall, The Herald, 31st October 2014An Evening With Noel Fielding - review
Even in middle-age, Fielding remains ambitious and inventive, creating a world that works on its own logic yet resonates with ours - and includes some gloriously funny moments only he could have designed.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 30th October 2014Knightmare Live - Level 2 - The Lowry, Salford
An evening of laughs, nostalgia, cheap sets and wonderfully over the top acting make this production anything but a Knightmare, a wistful trip down memory lane for those with an interest and no doubt an eye opening 'walk through dungeons deep and chasms dark' for those with none.
Seb Farrell, The Public Reviews, 29th October 2014Seven questions with... Katy Brand
Katy Brand is a massively successful comedian and writer who has dipped her toes in virtually every water: she's worked as a stand up, appeared in films and countless television shows, had her own television series, written for newspapers and, most recently, written and published a novel. Here is a woman of obvious ability who is keen to push her own limits to achieve many exciting things and judging by her rich and varied career so far, we can only assume that there will be great things to come from this wonderful and talented comedy-machine.
Becca Moody, Moody Comedy, 29th October 2014Whatever Happened To The Whitehall Farce?
These days the term "Whitehall farce" suggests headlines of bungling bureaucracy or some government cock-up. It's largely forgotten that the term nods to the theatre at the other end of the famous thoroughfare. From 1950, the Whitehall Theatre housed five long-running comic plays and in so doing made its name synonymous with the sub-genre.
Ben Venables, Londonist, 29th October 2014Never Mind The Buzzcocks share their smash hits
Phill Jupitus, Noel Fielding and Rhod Gilbert share their karaoke songs, the music they make love to and the bands that defined their teenage years.
Claire Webb and Ellie Austin, Radio Times, 28th October 2014Jimeoin - Yes, Yes, Whatever ...?! - The Lowry, Salford
I've seen Jimeoin a couple of times on TV in the past but never live. Next time I see his show advertised I will be first in line for tickets. Observational comedy at its very best. I'd be raising an eyebrow if anyone failed to laugh out loud all the way through.
Luke Walker, The Public Reviews, 27th October 2014Pete Johansson: Several Jokes - The Lowry, Salford
For such an adventurous comedian there is a surprising amount of conventional material.
Dave Cunningham, The Public Reviews, 27th October 2014Meet the contestants: Heat Seven - London, 2014
Here's some more information about the comedians performing in the seventh heat.
BBC Blogs, 24th October 2014