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Press clippings Page 53
Inside No. 9 review
Inside No. 9 is my favourite kind of comedy: dark, twisted and thought-provoking.
Becca Moody, Moody Comedy, 9th June 2014Nathan Cassidy interview
Two years ago Nathan Cassidy's Edinburgh show Free Pound and his feature documentary film, I am Orig were nominated for a Malcolm Hardee Award. Last year he gave every member of his audience a free bet. In 2014 Martin Walker discovers that this Edinburgh adventure is to be a Date With Death.
Martin Walker, Broadway Baby, 17th May 2014The Nathan Cassidy three minute interview
Two years ago Nathan Cassidy's Edinburgh show Free Pound and his feature documentary film, I am Orig were nominated for a Malcolm Hardee Award. Last year he gave every member of his audience a free bet. In 2014 Martin Walker discovers that this Edinburgh adventure is to be a Date With Deat.
Martin Walker, Broadway Baby, 17th May 2014How can rape have a funny side?
Online invective is not so much a war between men and women as between the civilised and the boorish.
Jenny McCartney, The Telegraph, 10th May 2014John Bishop sees funny side after crashing his bike
John Bishop goes down smiling as he tumbles off his bike during filming for his first ever one-man TV travel show in Australia.
Josh Layton, The Mirror, 9th May 2014Frank Sidebottom: enduring oddball
Chris Sievey's alter ego with the papier-maché head has inspired an upcoming film - not bad for a one-off character designed to promote a videogame, says David Quantick.
David Quantick, The Telegraph, 7th May 2014The stark truth of Peter Sellers' sidekick Graham Stark
As Max Clifford is jailed for indecent assaults, another celebrity has evaded justice: comic actor Graham Stark, whose abuse of children in the 1960s was hushed up - until now.
Roger Lewis, The Telegraph, 4th May 2014Shappi Khorsandi: Funny side of life as single mother
Shappi Khorsandi talks about life as a single mum and being a woman in comedy.
Roz Laws, Coventry Telegraph, 2nd May 2014Stephen Fry is the new President of Hay Festival
Stephen Fry has succeeded the late Eric Hobsbawm as the President of the Hay Festival.
Martin Chilton, The Telegraph, 30th April 2014Frank Sidebottom and the man behind the mask
Cult comic character Frank Sidebottom has inspired a film starring Michael Fassbender, while a documentary and biography are also in the works. Four years after his creator Chris Sievey died, why is Frank's legend growing and who was the man behind the mask?
Ian Youngs, BBC News, 24th April 2014