Stephanie Merritt
- Journalist and reviewer
Press clippings Page 5
Edinburgh comedy notebook: Is this amateur night?
Spotlights crashing to the stage, unrehearsed comedians ... how much bungling can we bear when we're paying a tenner a ticket?
Stephanie Merritt, The Guardian, 10th August 2011How Edinburgh standups are dealing with the riots
Standups in Edinburgh are working the unrest into their routines. But is it too soon to use such material for laughs? Stephanie Merritt reports from the fringe.
Stephanie Merritt, The Guardian, 10th August 2011Why are chatshows so popular with audiences?
The Edinburgh fringe is renowned for craft and originality, so where's the allure of watching sofa surfers talk to each other?
Stephanie Merritt, The Guardian, 9th August 2011Why can't performers keep their clothes on?
In the first of our dispatches from the Edinburgh comedy frontline, we look at why standups are a lot like strippers.
Stephanie Merritt, The Guardian, 8th August 2011Edinburgh fringe comedy roundup
From Isy Suttie and Margaret Cho to Dave Gorman and Asher Treleaver, Stephanie Merritt on the best of this year's Edinburgh fringe comedy offerings.
Stephanie Merritt, The Observer, 7th August 2011A little conservative laughter, please
You may not approve of Jim Davidson, but his new play poses interesting questions about the dearth of rightwing standups.
Stephanie Merritt, The Observer, 6th March 2011Heathen's greetings
They thought it was a joke when Robin Ince said he was going to mix atheism, comedy and Christmas. But, reports Stephanie Merritt, he's having the last laugh.
Stephanie Merritt, New Humanist, 1st November 2010Amos: I don't want to be labelled "the black gay comic"
The standup talks about coming out, the shortage of black performers on TV and why he's playing his mum.
Stephanie Merritt, The Observer, 31st October 2010Steve Coogan: Two parts Partridge, one part genius
He is about to reprise his most famous role while also appearing as the Observer's restaurant critic on TV. But will we ever see the real man?
Stephanie Merritt, The Observer, 31st October 2010Stephen K. Amos Interview
The stand-up comedian talks about coming out, waiting for Lenny Henry to die and playing his mum on television.
Stephanie Merritt, The Observer, 24th October 2010