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Joe Lycett interview
The Edinburgh best newcomer nominee on his forthcoming Soho Theatre run...
Andrew Mickel, Such Small Portions, 30th January 2013Joe Lycett: 'the slower you go, the better it is'
The Edinburgh best newcomer nominee Joe Lycett on his forthcoming Soho Theatre run...
Andrew Mickel, Such Small Portions, 30th January 2013Joe Lycett interview: There's nothing like stand-up
Joe Lycett has basically rocketed to success in next to no time.
Howard Gorman, PPSF Webzine, 16th October 2012Joe Lycett nominated for Edinburgh Comedy Award
The nominees for the 2012 Foster's Edinburgh Comedy Award have been announced.
British Comedy Guide, 22nd August 2012Joe Lycett - Epic winning joker
Tommy Holgate interviews Joe Lycett about winning the 2009 Student Chortle Award.
Tommy Holgate, The Sun, 27th January 2012Joe Lycett and Midnight Beast tipped for 2012
A list of potential stars for 2012 is tipping Joe Lycett and musical comedians Midnight Beast.
Such Small Portions, 13th December 2011Joe Lycett interview: how to headbutt a One Show host
Joe Lycett is one of those stand-ups who seems less likely to have developed into a comedian, and more likely to have just been discovered under a bush with a microphone stand already in is hand. (He's a laconic natural and about eight, is what we're trying to say.) He chats with SSP about the prospect of doing an hour's show, trying not to impinge on Peter Dickson's livelihood, and his history of headbutting One Show hosts...
Such Small Portions, 13th September 2011Joe Lycett: Confessions of a hypochondriac
I have had this overactive imagination for most of my life and I am still not dead. BUT ONE DAY I WILL DIE AND THEN YOU'LL BE SORRY.
Joe Lycett, 25th August 2011It's the turn-up of the TV week: BBC1 has a Saturday show that's not just watchable but consistently funny. If they can tinker with it to crowbar in lottery results, this could run and run.
Essentially it's a You Bet! remake, as eccentrics perform obscure feats in front of what today's telly thinks is the ultimate arbiter of taste: a panel of comedians. If they do it, there's a contrived gambling bit where they guess how much the comedians thought the trick was worth. Get it right and it's an "epic win". Flunk out and it's a "fail".
Those terms are internet patois, don't you know, and Epic Win sends itself up with a sly, modern chortle. Alexander Armstrong quippily hosts it, visibly bemused that this lark constitutes paid employment; the secret comedy weapon is compere Joe Lycett, who mimics The X Factor announcer in voiceover and then appears on screen, still doing the voice.
Jack Seale, Radio Times, 20th August 2011Radio 2 New Comedy Award: Winner Q&A
Last Saturday night Angela Barnes won this year's Radio 2 New Comedy Award 2011, fending off strong competition from fellow finalists Joe Lycett, Tez Ilyas, Chris Turner, Mark Restuccia and Pat Cahill.
Steve Saul, BBC Comedy, 24th June 2011