Press clippings Page 6
Dave drops The Island
Tom Allen-fronted comedy format The Island has been cast away after one series.
Chortle, 24th January 2023National Comedy Awards 2023 shortlists revealed
The shortlists for Channel 4's National Comedy Awards 2023 have been revealed. Ghosts, Don't Hug Me I'm Scared, Derry Girls and After Life are up for Best Scripted Comedy.
British Comedy Guide, 23rd January 2023The Home Alone recreation that nearly fried James Acaster and Guz Khan
Swinging paintcans, electrified sinks, a drop from a zipwire ... in The Unofficial Science Of Home Alone, the comics undergo the Christmas classic's booby traps - to see what would really happen.
Alexi Duggins, The Guardian, 19th December 2022The Unofficial Science Of Home Alone review - what, no charred skeletons?
This testing of the Christmas classic's violent scenes - from head-smashing paint pots to high-voltage shocks - would have been better if James Acaster and Guz Khan did less wisecracking and more suffering.
Stuart Heritage, The Guardian, 19th December 2022James Acaster doesn't need your sympathy
The British comedian has turned his breakups and breakdowns into material. But his real subject is the nature of stand-up itself.
Sarah Chihaya, The New Yorker, 11th December 2022James Acaster: 'People think they know me. But I'm clearly doing a persona'
The comedian thought that writing 'personal stuff' was self-indulgent. Until he couldn't avoid it.
Sarah Carson, i Newspaper, 3rd December 202229 best feel-good podcasts to make you happy
We all need cheering up - Bob Mortimer, Chris and Rosie Ramsey, Alan Carr, and French and Saunders are here to help.
The Sunday Times, 13th November 2022James Acaster releases music single no, no
James Acaster is launching the lead single of his new band, Temps, an "international music collective" made up of him and "39 bona fide genii" musicians.
British Comedy Guide, 31st October 2022These computer generated posters of comedians will give you nightmares
Artificial intelligence is getting good at generating images... but it's not perfect yet. Comedy writer and performer David Reed has demonstrated this by getting a computer to generate posters for some well-known comedians, and posting the results on Twitter. Prepare to have nightmares...
British Comedy Guide, 13th October 2022Off Menu and Guilty Feminist podcasts go live this Christmas
The Southbank Centre has announces two popular podcasts to be performed live this Christmas, bringing merriness and mirth out of the headphones and onto the stage.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 3rd October 2022