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Ivan Gonzalez

Ivan Gonzalez

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Ivan Gonzalez features

Image shows left to right: Max Olesker, Ivan Gonzalez, Max & Ivan Live

Guz Khan, Max & Ivan, Louise Young, Lindsey Santoro - Mark Muldoon's Comedy Diary

Wednesday 31st January 2024

Is this the end for acclaimed double act Max & Ivan? How will Guz Khan fare as he takes to the Hammersmith Apollo stage? How did newcomer Louise Young find growing up working class and half-Turkish in Newcastle? Is Lindsey Santoro comfortable spending ten minutes detailing embarrassing smear test outcomes? Answers to all these questions and more in Mark Muldoon's latest column.

Liz Kingsman Live

The Top 40 Comedy Shows of 2022 - Mark Muldoon's Comedy Diary

Saturday 31st December 2022

Absolutely the only place on the internet to witness Sara Pascoe, James Acaster, Glenn Moore, Romesh Ranganathan, Liz Kingsman, Bill Bailey, Jordan Gray, Vir Das, Olga Koch and Daniel Kitson battle it out to win Mark's Live Comedy Show of the Year title.

Max & Ivan. Image shows from L to R: Max Olesker, Ivan Gonzalez. Copyright: Matt Crockett Live

First Gig, Worst Gig: Max & Ivan

Friday 6th November 2020

Making next year much better with a six-show retrospective, Max & Ivan talk us through their best and worst bits.

London Hughes Live

Best-reviewed Edinburgh Fringe shows 2019

Thursday 5th September 2019

A list of the best-reviewed comedy shows at the 2019 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

Edinburgh Q&A Live

Accommodation woes

Wednesday 14th August 2019

We asked a range of comedians about their accommodation at this year's Fringe, and for disaster stories from previous years.

Edinburgh Q&A Live

Nightmare audience members

Saturday 10th August 2019

We asked performers going to the Fringe who they would least like to see in the audience of their show...

Anna Mann. Colin Hoult Live

Glasgow Comedy Festival 2019 report

Thursday 28th March 2019

A rundown of some of the highlights British Comedy Guide saw when visiting the 2019 Glasgow Comedy Festival.

Prom Night Live

This year's biggest Edinburgh show: Prom Night

Sunday 22nd July 2018

The biggest comedy show at this year's Fringe looks set to be Max & Ivan's Prom Night. Comedians set to play characters at the real prom will include Dara O Briain, Nina Conti, Jason Byrne, Angelos Epithemiou and Rachel Parris.

Ivan Gonzalez forces his competitor over the ropes as Joel Dommett looks on at The Wrestling 2017. Copyright: David Monteith-Hodge Live

The Wrestling 2017: The results

Wednesday 16th August 2017

We've got the results, and pictures, from Max & Ivan's The Wrestling 2017.

The Wrestling Live

The Wrestling 2017 preview

Thursday 10th August 2017

The Wrestling is back for another year of brutal grudge matches at the 2017 Edinburgh Festival Fringe. This year, creators Max & Ivan present a new centrepiece battle: a ladder match. Meet the contestants and find out their stories.

The Reunion. Image shows from L to R: Tom (Max Olesker), Brian (Ivan Gonzalez). Copyright: Pozzitive Productions Online

Max & Ivan interview

Thursday 16th February 2017

A funny interview in which comedy duo Max & Ivan discuss their Comedy Blaps series The Reunion.

Image shows from L to R: Max Olesker, Ivan Gonzalez. Copyright: Mike South Radio

Max and Ivan introduce their Radio 4 show

Tuesday 7th April 2015

We asked comedy double-act Max & Ivan to introduce their Radio 4 series The Casebook Of Max And Ivan to us... this is their attempt.

Max & Ivan are Con Artists. Image shows from L to R: Max Olesker, Ivan Gonzalez Live

Max & Ivan: Do It Yourself Cons

Monday 8th October 2012

To promote their run at the Soho Theatre, sketch duo Max & Ivan have created a 'Do It Yourself Cons' feature. Take a look.

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