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Robin Ince's Nine Lessons to stage a 24 hour show
Robin Ince's annual variety night Nine Lessons And Carols For Curious People is going online this year, once again mashing up science, comedy, music and more.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 7th October 2020Robin Ince on Rik Mayall
I first saw Rik on the sketch show A Kick Up the Eighties. He was a confused, absurd, lunatic Ronnie Corbett with a midlands accent and a phlegmy snort laugh delivering a monologue that universally failed to ever go anywhere near the topic. He was utterly mesmerising and quickly became the latest playground impression, thankfully taking over from Frank Spencer.
Robin Ince, Tortoise Media, 21st August 2020Slapstick Festival online events during August
Bristol's annual Slapstick festival of silent and classic comedy is adding a choice of celebrity-led live online events to the series of archive treasures it has been sharing via its YouTube channel since the start of the Covid-19 lockdown.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 28th July 2020How did The Infinite Monkey Cage's virtual audience go?
Earlier this week, amid the coronavirus pandemic, the BBC recorded its first programme with a live audience listening from home. Could this be the new normal for radio comedy shows?
Steven McIntosh, BBC, 2nd June 2020Infinite Monkey Cage to trial remote virtual audience recordings
Radio 4 panel show The Infinite Monkey Cage is to be the first to trial a BBC remote virtual audience recording system. Audience members will be able to watch the recording via Zoom, where their laughter will be recorded.
British Comedy Guide, 29th May 2020Coronavirus lockdown is costing comedy industry millions
A survey of the comedy industry has revealed that the coronavirus lockdown has cost venues, promoters and comedians millions of pounds. Over a third of responders said they will have to reconsider working in comedy if lockdown continues for another three months or more.
British Comedy Guide, 23rd April 2020How comedians are fighting coronavirus from their sofas
Being an observational comedian is a lot tougher when there's nothing to observe but the same four walls every day. But necessity is the mother of invention, as comedians have shown this week in a flurry of online shows - many available now for catch-up viewing, and with more happening every day.
Tristram Fane Saunders, The Telegraph, 26th March 2020Review: Stay At Home Festival
When the coronavirus hit home last week there was a lot of talk about comedians setting up online gigs as their touring workload dropped off a cliff.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 24th March 2020Stay at Home festival review
Mark Gatiss's dystopia flashbacks kick off comedy series.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 23rd March 2020A comedian walks into a coronavirus crisis...
For the nation's stand-up comics, jokes about Covid-19 are being delivered through gritted teeth -- for an industry that was the first gig economy, the total shutdown of most comedy venues means the nation's gagsters are short of cash and short of an audience.
Stephen Armstrong, The Sunday Times, 22nd March 2020