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Gervais's Humanity named UK's top stand-up special

Ricky Gervais: Humanity has been named Britain's favourite Netflix stand-up special. It was also No.1 in Italy, Slovakia and Turkey, based on new analysis of internet search terms.

Chortle, 29th September 2020

Politicians manipulating comedians rarely ends well

I don't deny that the Tories have been the butt of most political comedy for the past decade, but that's because they have ruled the roost all that time.

Richard Morrison, The Times, 4th September 2020

Faber acquires Lenny Henry's diversity manifesto

Faber is to publish Access all Areas: The Diversity Manifesto for TV and Beyond by comedian and writer Sir Lenny Henry and media diversity specialist Marcus Ryder next year.

Ruth Comerford, The Bookseller, 26th June 2020

Oh, The Humanity! Sex Lives Of The Potato Men

This is a miserable, bleak attempt at comedy then, created by someone who I think might hate humanity and wanted to subject them to something so awful that it'd put them off sex and comedy for life, and potatoes for that matter too.

Alex Finch, Comedy To Watch, 10th June 2020

Katy Brand to publish Mary Poppins Manifesto

Katy Brand is writing her second book to be published by HQ. The book, Practically Perfect: Life Lessons from Mary Poppins, is set to be part-manifesto and part a celebration of Mary Poppins and has a publishing date of 15th October 2020.

Funny Women, 27th April 2020

Kathy Maniura wins Sketch Off 2020

Kathy Maniura was the winner of Leicester Square Theatre's Sketch Off final. Second place went to sketch duo The Awkward Silence. Third place went to Roger Clammy.

Beyond The Joke, 16th March 2020

Terry Jones's humanity and scholarship mark him out

Without this humanity you suspect that Monty Python might have been just another clever-clogs Oxbridge revue

Gerard Gilbert, i Newspaper, 24th January 2020

The David Jason of Romania, on comedy & the revolution

Dragoş Moştenescu first appeared in this blog back in 2017 and in 2018. When I try to explain who Dragos is, I tend to say he is the Romanian equivalent of UK TV star David Jason with a touch of Elton John. In other words, he is indescribable - in a good sense! We are talking an international level of top entertainer here. On Sunday (15th December) he is performing his full-length stage show All Aboard for Christmas! in London, so we met up at the Soho Theatre Bar for a chat. Towards the end, we got interrupted by another performer...

John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 10th December 2019

Harry and Chris on finding hope for humanity

"Even in a 25 date tour every show feels different."

Blizzard Comedy, 23rd October 2019

Esther Manito: 'Arab culture is misrepresented'

After years of never quite succeeding in finding her niche, Esther Manito is now making a name for herself as a stand-up comedian.

Denise Murray, Arab News, 30th September 2019

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