British Comedy Guide

Frank Tully

  • Actor

Press clippings Page 51

Stewart Lee & Bridget Christie: Fringe previews 30 July

Laugh Out London comedy club closes its best Edinburgh festival preview season yet with another great show featuring two of the most acclaimed comedians in the country.

Laugh Out London, 21st July 2014

Stewart Lee interview

The comedian on positive discrimination, causing offense, and who he currently rates on the stand-up circuit.

Charlotte Philby, The Independent, 19th July 2014

Glee comedy club wins court battle with Fox show

Comedy club owners of Glee in Nottingham have had the last laugh after winning more than £100,000 damages from film giants for the use of its name in a globally-successful TV show.

Nottingham Post, 18th July 2014

John Cleese pens brilliant response to fan club letter

Matt Hyde posted a photo of the letter on Twitter, which sees Cleese writing in mock egotism about his non-existant fan club.

Christopher Hooton, The Independent, 17th July 2014

The Alex McAleer three minute interview

Mentalist, mind-magician or psychological-illusionist - call him what you will, Alex McAleer reads minds. At this year's Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Alex reveals strangers' secrets, demonstrates why you should never play cards with him and teaches one lucky member of the audience how to read minds.

Martin Walker, Broadway Baby, 16th July 2014

Interview: Lee Evans

'I aim to put on a show where people say, "For three hours, I forgot about all the rubbish going on in the rest of my life"'

Brian Donaldson, The List, 15th July 2014

Cleese is wrong: Python's silly walks are still funny

Cleese has said that Monty Python's silly walks sketch was only funny because of the 'brilliance of my performance', while Mick Jagger has called the comedy group 'a bunch of wrinkly old men trying to relive their youth.' But tongue-in-cheek joking aside, this is still a seriously talented bunch of fools.

Ben Beaumont-Thomas, The Guardian, 1st July 2014

The Leesha Loca three minute interview

Comic actor Leesha Loca is landing at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe this year with her show, From Pirates to Popstars. Martin Walker asks how she got into comedy and what her best and worst stage experiences have been so far. But first they discuss Leesha's show.

Martin Walker, Broadway Baby, 1st July 2014

No more silly walks from John Cleese at the O2

The public's love for "silly walks" does not appear to be shared by its chief protagonist.

Jonathan Owen and Lucy Anna Gray, The Independent, 29th June 2014

The Dan Lees three minute interview

Dan Lees can be seen in various guises on London's alternative comedy and cabaret circuits. At last year's Edinburgh Festival he appeared in Victor Brainchild and Mystic Maud Explain Everything and Pekka and Strangebones Comedy Showpeice who also performed at the Glastonbury Festival. Martin Walker wonders what he's doing this year.

Martin Walker, Broadway Baby, 24th June 2014

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