Stuart Laws
- English
- Actor, writer, director, producer, editor and stand-up comedian
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Stuart Laws: What To Do If You Get Dumped
For Edinburgh 2018, stand-up comedian Stuart Laws has written a comic play. The Journey focuses on a couple who have just broken up... but are stuck on a spaceship together. We asked him for some advice on what one should do in real life after being dumped...
British Comedy Guide, 25th July 2018Stuart Laws interview
Islington-based stand-up comedian Stuart Laws on a playwright for the first time with his play about a break-up on a spaceship, which debuts at Edinburgh Festival Fringe next month.
London Theatre, 17th July 2018Edinburgh preview: The Journey
The exciting world premiere of The Journey, written and directed by critically acclaimed standup comedian Stuart Laws comes to Pleasance this summer.
Theatre Weekly, 12th June 2018Stuart Laws interview
The standup comic on the things that make him laugh the most.
Harriet Gibsone, The Guardian, 1st June 2018Is Facebook killing online comedy?
Earlier this year, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced major changes to the social network's algorithm. "You'll see less public content like posts from businesses, brands and media," he wrote in, predictably, a Facebook status. "The public content you see ... should encourage meaningful interactions between people."
Less than two weeks later, longstanding comedy video website Funny or Die made another round of redundancies, after laying off roughly 30% of its staff in 2016. The website's CEO, Mike Farah, vented his frustration, tweeting: "There is simply no money in making comedy online any more. Facebook has completely destroyed independent digital comedy."
Ben Williams, The Guardian, 8th March 2018Tone of Voice: Comedians Improve Advertising review
Advertising, ideally, finds a single message and pursues it relentlessly and efficiently. No such effectiveness with this new comedy night based on the business, however, which has a good central idea but is way too rough around the edges to pay off properly.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 16th January 2018Interview: 'The Journey' cast and writer
Break-ups on holiday are stressful. Break-ups on a spaceship would be astronomically more painful, with no way of leaving, hiding or escaping the conflict. The Journey, an upcoming play at Pleasance, presents a couple dealing with relationship issues while inconveniently trapped in space.
Laura Brown, The National Student, 21st November 2017Audible offers 12 free stand-up shows
Audible has released for free a collection of 12 shows of stand-up they recorded at the Edinburgh Fringe. Stars include Ed Gamble, Mark Watson and Angela Barnes.
British Comedy Guide, 3rd October 2017Short Com podcast: Stuart Laws
Stuart Laws interview.
Short Com, 21st August 2017Stuart Laws: Edinburgh Fringe 2017 interview
A favourite of Laugh Out London for several years now, Stuart Laws has a dynamism and energy that can get any audience on board with his often absurd streams of thought.
Laugh Out London, 5th August 2017