Press clippings
Can Mitchell & Webb revive the sketch show?
As David Mitchell and Robert Webb begin shooting a new comedy show for Channel 4, Dominic Maxwell finds out why sketch shows fell out of fashion in the first place.
Dominic Maxwell, The Times, 6th March 2025Tarot win Next Big Thing 2025 award
Sketch group Tarot have been announced as the inaugural winner of the award naming comedy's Next Big Thing.
British Comedy Guide, 11th February 2025Next Big Thing 2025 nominees announced
Celya AB, Dan Tiernan, Josh Pugh, Katie Norris, Michael Odewale, Olga Koch, Paddy Young, Rachel Fairburn, Rob Copland and Tarot have been announced as the inaugural nominees for an award naming comedy's Next Big Thing.
British Comedy Guide, 9th January 2025Ricky Gervais: Armageddon at Wembley Arena review
He acknowledges that negative publicity only seems to make him more successful (which presumably means anybody writing anything critical about this show is part of its publicity machine. Whoops). You may have heard the phrase 'never wrestle with a pig. You both get dirty, but the pig likes it.' Maybe ignoring people who profit from making us angry is the best approach to take from now on.
Mark Muldoon, Chortle, 16th October 2023Female stand-ups on panel shows: one in one out
Taskmaster has welcomed only 11 female stand-up comedians in six years.
Mark Muldoon, i Newspaper, 18th March 2021Jason Byrne at the Leicester Square Theatre review
A pretty bulletproof audience participation set-piece rounds things off, by the end of which Byrne has earned himself a partial standing ovation. That's overstating things slightly, but still: a high quality evening out.
Mark Muldoon, Short Com, 19th November 2018Bridget Christie: What Now? review
It's clever, funny, angry stand-up. A signature Christie show in general, then.
Mark Muldoon, Short Com, 8th November 2018Jak Knight review
It's Jak Knight's first time in the UK. It's probably fair to say he's struggling to figure out a connection with the crowd.
Mark Muldoon, Short Com, 21st September 2018