British Comedy Guide
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Si Hawkins
Si Hawkins

Si Hawkins

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Si Hawkins features - page 29

The WareFringe Pro

The Road to The WareFringe

Tuesday 11th June 2019

Si Hawkins discovers that launching a little comedy festival - The WareFringe - involves a lot more decision-making than he'd bargained for.

Sukh Ojla. Copyright: Polly Bycroft-Brown Live

Random 8: Sukh Ojla

Tuesday 11th June 2019

A first full Edinburgh Fringe run awaits Sukh Ojla, but will it be more memorable than that meaty mission to Marrakech?

Lloyd Griffith Live

Lloyd Griffith interview

Monday 10th June 2019

The last time Circuit Training bumped into Lloyd Griffith he was embarking on a new job with Soccer AM. Now - as he limbers up for a 3pm kick-off at Richmond's Big Funny Fest - the busy Sky, Netflix and net-minding comic is going international.

Michael Brunström Live

First Gig, Worst Gig: Michael Brunström

Friday 7th June 2019

Malcolm Hardee Award winner Michael Brunström harks back to bus pain, Constable chants and a parsley sage.

Asperger's Are Us Live

Random 8: Asperger's Are Us

Tuesday 4th June 2019

Making a welcome state visit to the UK, Asperger's Are Us talk supermarket love and bad jellybean decisions.

Si Hawkins Features

Strong Characters and Classic Strips at Comic-Con

Friday 31st May 2019

Classic comics, alien editors and scary characters: Rogue Pun beams down at MCM London Comic-Con.

Image shows from L to R: Carlo Ritchie, Steen Raskopoulos Live

First Gig, Worst Gig: The Bear Pack

Friday 31st May 2019

On the cusp of a Soho Theatre run, improv duo The Bear Pack give us the big ups and big downs of shouty audiences.

Ian Smith Live

Random 8: Ian Smith

Tuesday 28th May 2019

If you're origami-barmy, Ian Smith's upcoming Soho run might well float your boat. But which spaceship rocked his childhood world?

Lee Ridley Live

First Gig, Worst Gig: Lee Ridley

Friday 24th May 2019

BGT winner Lee Ridley - AKA Lost Voice Guy - has his first book out now, a big Scope gig coming up, and some bad strip-club memories.

Laura Davis. Copyright: James Penlidis Live

Random 8: Laura Davis

Tuesday 21st May 2019

With two different shows heading for UK stages, Laura Davis talks motivational phrases and achieving her creative and athletic peaks at five and six.

Lucy Beaumont Live

First Gig, Worst Gig: Lucy Beaumont

Friday 17th May 2019

Revitalised after a four-year break, Lucy Beaumont is back with a new Fringe show, a fundraising gala and a grim old festival story.

Ahir Shah. Copyright: Avalon Television Live

Random 8: Ahir Shah

Tuesday 14th May 2019

He's playing an ideas festival next weekend, so what does Ahir Shah reckon about the comedy/philosophy conundrum? And Reading?

Kevin Smith Live

Kevin Smith interview

Friday 10th May 2019

Yikes! This month it's ten years since the first Circuit Training dropped, and so to celebrate we go deep with the UK-bound, also-celebrating Kevin Smith. It's 25 years since he inspired a generation of budding directors with Clerks, then inadvertently became a stand-up, a job that nearly proved terminal last year. He's in splendid form about that, his Springsteen-like live shows, podcast wives, Marvel vs Mallrats, and - unexpectedly - Ian Cognito.

Daniel Muggleton Live

First Gig, Worst Gig: Daniel Muggleton

Friday 10th May 2019

Aussie comic Daniel Muggleton has a new special on Amazon Prime, an underappreciated Street Fighter gag and a lot of coach miles since moving here.

Ed Gamble Live

Random 8: Ed Gamble

Tuesday 7th May 2019

On the cusp of his first special, Ed Gamble talks awkward doctor doors and kids falling through floors.

Dane Baptiste. Copyright: Steve Ullathorne Live

Random 8: Dane Baptiste

Tuesday 30th April 2019

Gigging for Women and Children First, Dane Baptiste gets us thinking about karate awkwardness and vampire issues.

Comedy Fortress Festival Live

Fortress Comedy Festival: Rollicking in the Ramparts

Friday 26th April 2019

Croatia's Fortress Comedy Festival brings global stand-up stars to a historic setting.

Joanna Neary. Copyright: Steve Ullathorne Live

First Gig, Worst Gig: Joanna Neary

Friday 26th April 2019

Fringe favourite Joanna Neary on creative kids, character tips and her least favourite peach-faced star.

Rob Auton Live

Random 8: Rob Auton

Tuesday 23rd April 2019

Theme-loving wordsmith Rob Auton reveals his fishing tackle fixation and flying carpet let-down.

Ciarán Dowd Live

First Gig, Worst Gig: Ciarán Dowd

Friday 19th April 2019

Ciarán Dowd's Don Rodolfo is back at the Soho Theatre - and taking a bold new path. But will that Crufts extravaganza ever see the light of day?

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