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Robin Ince

Robin Ince

  • 55 years old
  • English
  • Writer, stand-up comedian, presenter and author

Press clippings Page 17

Charlie Chaplin: is he still funny?

As a new biography of Charlie Chaplin is published, comedian Robin Ince asks if his humour has lasted.

Robin Ince, The Telegraph, 3rd April 2014

The Robin Ince three minute interview

Stand-Up comic Robin Ince isn't a name dropper. So Martin Walker will do some for him. In a 25 year long career he's worked with the likes of Chris Addison, Richard Dawkins, Ricky Gervais, Stewart Lee, Josie Long, Natalie Haynes, and (gulp) Brian Cox. He's currently touring his show, Robin Ince: In and Out of His mind.

Martin Walker, Broadway Baby, 26th March 2014

Robin Ince: I just died on stage

I have just performed a gig to some of the largest amount of silence for some time, I would not be surprised if the estate of John Cage sue me for plagiarism.

Robin Ince, 8th March 2014

Scientific accuracy and comedy

Comedy about science is becoming increasingly popular, but how important is it to be scientifically accurate when trying to get laughs?

Robin Ince, The Guardian, 17th January 2014

Robin Ince: 'I hope I've caused an evolution'

There is a thrilling coterie of comedians - Eddie Izzard, Bill Bailey and Tim Minchin among them - who have a sense of rational, scientific wonder hard-wired into their DNA. But the one most likely to have his head in a pile of books is Robin Ince.

Sharon Lougher, Metro, 16th January 2014

Critic's choice comedy

Previews of Rob Newman, Robin Ince, Ritzy Crackers, The London Jam and Live at the Chapel.

Time Out, 14th January 2014

Robin Ince: The arrogance to stand on stage

Why do so many I know squirm when offered plaudits. What strange desire is there for a negative existence, a hair shirt to scratch in?

Robin Ince, 23rd December 2013

Review: 9 Carols & Lessons For Godless People

After six years comedian Robin Ince has decided to kill off his annual "Christmas celebration for people who like to talk about science rather than God". But he is going out, appropriately, with a big bang.

Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 13th December 2013

Brian Cox and Robin Ince: Christmas head-to-head

Physicist Brian Cox squares up to Scrooge-like comic Robin Ince to argue Yuletide: yes or no?

Brian Cox and Robin Ince, Time Out, 10th December 2013

Liam Mullone: Left wing comedy

Robin Ince recently tweeted, then blogged, about how he's fed up with the press moaning about 'whining lefty student comics', when to the comedian on the ground there is nothing very revolutionary going on.

Liam Mullone, 14th November 2013

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