Si Hawkins features - page 43
First Gig, Worst Gig: Carl Donnelly
Thursday 28th July 2016
Delving into the dark recesses of his career, Carl Donnelly ponders a cacky hand, corporate shame and an absolute pillock.
Sam Campbell interview
Thursday 21st July 2016
Fresh from mesmerising Latitude, award-winning Aussie oddball Sam Campbell unleashes his full hour upon the Soho Theatre, then the Edinburgh Fringe. Prepare to be mind-boggled.
First Gig, Worst Gig: Eleanor Tiernan
Thursday 21st July 2016
Newly installed in London, Eleanor Tiernan recalls Manila mania, phone shop fun and a darts disaster.
First Gig, Worst Gig: Joe DeRosa
Thursday 14th July 2016
Better Call Saul, Inside Amy Schumer and Louis alumni Joe DeRosa prepares for his first Fringe by recalling Gravity-style laugh vacuums and NSFW songs.
Jen Kirkman interview
Thursday 14th July 2016
All set for a new Soho Theatre run, top acclaimed comic and best-selling author Jen Kirkman talks life on Netflix, bad joke advice and a fictional brother.
First Gig, Worst Gig: Jamali Maddix
Thursday 7th July 2016
The award-laden newcomer recalls dodgy dentistry, poetry dicks and bigotry protocols.
Liam Williams interview
Tuesday 5th July 2016
Liam Williams is the budding bard of this year's Latitude Festival, putting on Twelfth Night and his own first play, Travesty. But can you do a fest with smashed-up feet?
Pajama Men interview
Monday 4th July 2016
An interview with Shenoah Allen and Mark Chavez, aka The Pajama Men.
First Gig, Worst Gig: Glenn Moore
Thursday 30th June 2016
All set for his first solo Edinburgh hour, Glenn Moore recalls compere traumas, Megabus ups and downs, and a great lost MILF joke.
First Gig, Worst Gig: Felicity Ward
Thursday 23rd June 2016
The well-reviewed Felicity Ward talks pegs, pineapples and broken jaws.
First Gig, Worst Gig: David Morgan
Thursday 16th June 2016
The Solihul stand-up David Morgan is all over ITV these days - well, ITV2 - and recalls at least one gig that had him pleading 'Get Me Outta Here...'
First Gig, Worst Gig: Elis James
Thursday 9th June 2016
Elis James is touring with radio mucker John Robins soon, but we asked about solo weirdness.
Introducing Ron Funches
Monday 6th June 2016
The wonderfully unique Ron Funches has appeared in Undateable, Bob's Burgers and Bojack Horseman, and on the big scary talk shows - and now he's appearing in London.
First Gig, Worst Gig: Bec Hill
Thursday 2nd June 2016
The hyper-busy Aussie reveals the worst/best DVD record ever, double golf anguish and a super-handy wi-fi coffee hack.
First Gig, Worst Gig: James Acaster
Wednesday 1st June 2016
Kilkenny. Kettering. Somewhere called Lahnstein: James Acaster sure gets around. But let's find out where he's been.
Mark Watson interview
Monday 30th May 2016
What happens when your gig clashes with a massive football match? Mark Watson reveals all - plus technology moans, MySpace-founded graphic novels and misleading fun-runs.
Preview: Cat Laughs Comedy Festival
Thursday 26th May 2016
A preview of The Cat Laughs Comedy Festival 2016, which is due to take place in Kilkenny in Ireland from the 2nd to 6th June.
First Gig, Worst Gig: Tiernan Douieb
Thursday 19th May 2016
What connects Frankie Boyle, a sinister Albanian and Rogue One: A Star Wars Story? The career of Tiernan Douieb, to date.
First Gig, Worst Gig: Sara Pascoe
Thursday 12th May 2016
Fresh from being (near) John Malkovich, Sara Pascoe recalls Hugh Grant's birthday do, sweet-smiling punters and inappropriate teenage boys.
Lou Sanders interview
Saturday 7th May 2016
The brilliant, sometimes baffling Lou Sanders explains why we all take criticism so seriously, why she was axed by Stewart Lee's people, and reveals an extraordinary secret about film posters.