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Richard Herring interview
"It's finding the right tone and way of doing these things... people get very upset about comedy and people joking about stuff but don't get upset if it's a 'serious point', backed up with religion or anything else."
Daniel Sperling and Mayer Nissim, Digital Spy, 23rd May 2014News: Balham comedy festival line-up announced
The 2014 Balham Comedy Festival, running from July 11-19, has announced its line-up. Among the names confirmed are Susan Calman, Paul Daniels, Robert Newman, Phill Jupitus, Reginald D. Hunter, Tim Vine, Stephen K Amos, Marcus Brigstocke, Milton Jones, Shappi Khorsandi, Mark Steel, Richard Herring, Jeremy Hardy, Susan Calman, Kevin Day, Gary Delaney, Kerry Godliman, Tony Law, and Fred MacAulay with more performers to be announced.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 23rd May 2014Richard Herring: 'I wanted to unsettle and confuse'
Growing a Hitler moustache was comedically interesting, but the routine also revealed a troubling liberal hypocrisy about race.
Richard Herring, The Guardian, 14th May 2014Richard Herring blog
A blog from Richard Herring in which he discusses the reaction to the episode he appeared in.
Richard Herring, 14th May 2014Basically a budget version of Brewster's Million compressed into an hour, this sees comedians sent to far-flung countries with a suitcase of cash and the task of spending it in 24 hours. First up are David Baddiel and Richard Herring, who head to Armenia, where getting rid of £8,000 proves quite a task. There's talk of "putting the money back into the economy", just so it doesn't appear too unseemly, though visiting the capital's priciest restaurants, casinos and hotels surely only expands such establishments' already lined pockets.
Ben Arnold, The Guardian, 13th May 2014Radio Times review
It's Brewster's Millions on a budget, as pairs of celebrities (in this case David Baddiel and Richard Herring) are challenged to splurge eight grand in 24 hours on "entertaining experiences". In this edition the boys give Armenia's capital Yerevan a cash injection. In a city where a coffee costs just 30p, their task might not be as easy as it sounds.
It's a slightly dubious premise (it seems they're allowed to give anyone arbitrary amounts to do anything), but it's a fun exercise in vicarious frittering - despite the odd excursion into vulgarity. "It's quick, how money corrupts people and turns them into champagne-swilling, tiramisu-eating idiots," Richard comments, while reclining on a bed of bank notes.
Gary Rose, Radio Times, 13th May 2014What I see in the mirror: Richard Herring
'Now that I am 46 and a bit leathery and wrinkly, I look better than I used to as a pudgy, fresh-faced youngster'
Rosanna Greenstreet, The Guardian, 3rd May 2014Machynlleth Comedy Festival 2014: Our picks
Previews of Elis James, Benjamin Partridge, Lloyd Langford, Mike Bubbins, Jordan Brookes, Arthur Smith, Aisling Bea, Robin Ince, Richard Herring and Nick Helm.
David Owens, Wales Online, 1st May 2014The best comedy podcasts
Pete Naughton's regularly updated selection of the best comedy podcasts, including Eddie Izzard, Frank Skinner and Richard Herring.
Pete Naughton, The Telegraph, 30th April 2014Frank Skinner returns to Fringe after 7 years away
Skinner will perform his show Man in a Suit at the fringe while Russell Kane and Richard Herring present dramatic works as well as comedy sets.
The Guardian, 29th April 2014