Paul Fleckney
- English
- Journalist and reviewer
Press clippings Page 8
Doctor Brown: 'Comedy? It's a big word, dude.'
Doctor Brown, the alter ego of American comic Phil Burgers, on playing the idiot with Sam Simmons, watching his audiences walk out and how he never set out to be a comedian.
Paul Fleckney, The Guardian, 20th January 2015Characters who should follow Pub Landlord into politics
Al Murray's comic creation is standing against Nigel Farage in South Thanet with a '13-point common-sense action plan'. But what would Otis Lee Crenshaw and The Boy With Tape on His Face do for Westminster?
Paul Fleckney, The Guardian, 15th January 2015Review - Beasts, Solo
The reason I didn't find it a 4-star show is nothing more complicated than a lack of real quality. For me too many skits fell short of being truly funny.
Paul Fleckney, London Is Funny, 9th January 2015Luisa Omielan interview
The standup on classism and sexism in comedy, her part in the Miranda Christmas special and her new show, Am I Right Ladies?!
Paul Fleckney, The Guardian, 2nd January 2015Q&A: Dave Gorman gets to the point
The comedian opens up about forsaking alcohol for laughs, his PowerPoint double act ... and his cat.
Paul Fleckney, The Guardian, 13th November 2014Simon Amstell, To Be Free - review
Happiness - or Amstell's version of happiness - hasn't dulled his comedy antennae in his brilliant new show, his best yet.
Paul Fleckney, London Is Funny, 15th October 2014Angela Barnes: the salty stand-up
Championed by the BBC, fellow comedians and her own dad, who inspired her debut show, this rising comic specialises in heartfelt funnies.
Paul Fleckney, The Guardian, 6th October 2014Edinburgh comedy awards: explore all the winners
From Cambridge Footlights in 1981 to Bridget Christie in 2013, explore the history of the Foster's Edinburgh comedy awards. Find out who won, who they beat and how the art of comedy changed each year. When did standup come to the fore rather than sketch humour? Who was the first female winner? Who won in the year that Jack Dee, Lily Savage and Frank Skinner were in the running? The winners of this year's awards will be announced on 23 August.
Paul Fleckney, The Guardian, 20th August 2014Ten free comedy shows at the Edinburgh festival 2014
From Luisa Omielan' feelgood hour to Liam Williams's pensive set, here are 10 fringe shows where you pay on the way out.
Paul Fleckney, The Guardian, 17th August 2014The art of standup in a second language
Eddie Izzard has done it in French, German, Spanish, Russian and Arabic. But are the jokes essentially the same - and do foreign comedians at Edinburgh get lost in translation?
Paul Fleckney, The Guardian, 5th August 2014