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Press clippings
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 2020Politicians 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 2020Faber 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 2020Oh, 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 2020Katy 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 2020Kathy 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 2020Terry 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 2020The 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 2019Harry and Chris on finding hope for humanity
"Even in a 25 date tour every show feels different."
Blizzard Comedy, 23rd October 2019Esther 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