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Radio Times review
Where were the court jesters when we needed them? Through the heavy developments of the past few months, we could have done with a few satirical sideswipes from the Have I Got News for You panel to lighten the load. There's nothing like a barb from Ian Hislop or a childish quip from Paul Merton to put recent events in perspective.
Now at least, they're back for a new run, and in the hot seat once again is the unflappable Jennifer Saunders as guest host. Even better, the great Armando Iannucci joins one of the teams, not least to offer a Scottish point of view, while excellent actress and stand-up Sara Pascoe makes her debut.
David Butcher, Radio Times, 3rd October 2014Eddie Izzard joins Stand-Up for Labour line-up
Eddie Izzard headlines a fundraiser for the Labour Party on September 21 at Manchester Opera House. The full bill for Stand Up With Labour has now been confirmed. Izzard is to be joined by Phill Jupitus, Ian Stone, Sara Pascoe and host Stephen K Amos. All proceeds from the event will go to the Labour Party.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 1st September 2014Sara Pascoe: "I hated comedy."
Sara Pascoe believed comedy was a boy's club until she split up with a comedian partner and took it up in revenge. Now she's tipped to win a top award in Edinburgh.
Alex Hardy, The Times, 22nd August 201410 questions for Sara Pascoe
The comic on making gags about your partner, artistic paranoia and whether comedy can ever be an agent of social change.
Alex Needham, The Guardian, 19th August 2014How female comics took over the Fringe
At this year's Edinburgh Fringe there are almost as many jokes about feminism as there are about cats on the internet. Which is to say, lots of them. Bridget Christie, fresh from winning the Fosters Edinburgh Comedy Award (formerly the Perrier) last year, is back with an hour that tackles female circumcision and the ridiculous sexualisation present even in yoghurt adverts. Sara Pascoe's tour of women in history includes a delightfully sharp debunking of Page 3. Luisa Omielan is packing out a ballroom each night with Am I Right Ladies?!, a raucous celebration in which she sticks her fingers up at issues such as body fascism.
Alex Hardy, The Times, 14th August 2014Sara Pascoe: anxious about love, but bang up for a swim
Inbetween lengths, Sara Pascoe off of the telly will be performing her show about history, free will and romantic love.
London Is Funny, 14th August 2014Edinburgh Fringe 2014 interview: Sara Pascoe
The Edinburgh Fringe has helped catapult Sara Pascoe to the very top of the UK's comedy talent with critics and audiences embracing her very personal, intricately constructed take on comedy.
Laugh Out London, 28th July 2014Sara Pascoe interview
The comedian on Darwin's marriage issues, tutting at old people and her mountain of unread books.
Adam Jacques, The Independent, 27th July 2014Sara Pascoe comes into her own at the Edinburgh Fringe
Something is troubling Sara Pascoe. An increasingly familiar face on television after guest-starring in acclaimed satires The Thick Of It and Twenty Twelve and stand-up showcases at Live At the Apollo and Stand Up For The Week, she now finds herself on the panel carousel of programmes like QI and Mock The Week. The niggle is that she benefited from positive discrimination on the latter two. Ever since the BBC's "one female comic per panel show" directive went public, women have risked looking like token bookings.
Jay Richardson, The Herald, 26th July 2014The Fest directory: Sara Pascoe
Comic Sara Pascoe talks about her favourite Fringe haunts.
Sara Pascoe, Fest Mag, 25th July 2014