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Video: Comedians on stand-up pitfalls
At the 2015 Melbourne International Comedy festival, we hear from five comedians about the times they would probably rather forget. Josie Long, Sara Pascoe, Tessa Waters, Zoe Coombs Marr and Luisa Omielan tell us how they deal with hecklers, the worst introduction they've had from an MC and whether dying on stage is ever enjoyable. Take heed, budding stand-ups...
The Guardian, 13th April 2015Aisling Bea on Katherine Ryan and Sara Pascoe
The Irish comic shares memories of two pals and inspirations.
Brian Donaldson, The List, 31st March 2015Sara Pascoe interview
Sara Pascoe can't seem to help passing on information. So many things interest her and, after all, she's got the microphone.
Stephanie Bunbury, The Age, 20th March 2015Is the pen ever mightier than the mic for comedians?
Sara Pascoe, Bridget Christie and Luisa Omielan all have books in the pipeline. Which stand-ups rule the page as well as the stage?
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 18th March 2015Exclusive: Latitude festival comedy line-up announced
Latitude's full line-up is announced tomorrow but we can exclusively reveal the star comedy names today. Stand-ups include Jason Manford, Alan Davies, Jack Dee and, most excitingly, America's Rob Delaney, who has just made a splash in the UK as co-star of painfully realistic C4 romcom Catastrophe. There is also a strong selection of female comics, with pithy feminist Sara Pascoe, storyteller Sarah Kendall, frighteningly frank Shappi Khorsandi and ventriloquist Nina Conti.
Bruce Dessau, Evening Standard, 2nd March 2015Jesterval 2015 line-up revealed
The Boy With Tape On His Face, Gavin Webster, Sara Pascoe, Jason Cook, Chris Ramsey, Lili La Scala, Kate Lucas, Jimmy Cricket, Andrew Maxwell and Paul Foot are the stand-out names in the programme, released online today.
Andrew Dipper, Giggle Beats, 16th February 2015Review: Funny Valentines - Sara Pascoe: Music Lovers
Well worth 7 minutes and 58 seconds of your time.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 15th February 2015UK's first Vegan Comedy Festival announced
Dig out your tofu jokes, stand by with quinoa quips, next month the UK's first Vegan Comedy Festival will open in Brighton. Twenty comedians will appear over the course of the two-day event, every one of them vegan. The comedy festival is an off-shoot of VegfestUK, a celebration of all things vegan - cookery demonstrations, food stalls, talks, speed-dating - which is now in its 13th year. The odd vegan stand-up like Sara Pascoe, Lucy Porter or Dave Spikey has appeared at the festival in the past, but this will be the first time there has been a dedicated comedy event. Carl Donnelly, Michael Legge, Andrew O'Neill and Harriet Kemsley are among the established names and up-and-comers who will perform as audiences enjoy vegan beer and hotdogs from the bar.
Alice Jones, The Independent, 13th February 2015With a general election set to dominate the news agenda, 2015 should be an adventure playground for political comedians. Sadly, The Revolution Will Be Televised are too busy congratulating themselves for firing Lewinsky innuendos at Bill Clinton, so here's Bremner's rusty but reliable sceptre of satire to prick the politicos' pomposity. Joined by John Bird, Matt Forde, Sara Pascoe and Jan Ravens, it seems reasonable to expect something a little more incisive than stock fat gags about Eric Pickles.
Mark Jones, The Guardian, 3rd February 2015Review: Sara Pascoe vs History, The Duchess York
Sara Pascoe has plenty of successes under her belt, from appearances on QI to her role in BBC Two mockumentary W1A, but stand-up is where she really brings her A-game.
Louise Jones, The York Press, 3rd February 2015