“There’s a lot of personal material in the show that I do at regular gigs all the time. I tend to improvise and ‘banter’ a bit more at regular gigs, especially when MCing, but there’s not much time for it in my Edinburgh show and afternoon crowds are a little less drunk and a little…
This “In-Flight Entertainment” occurred on an Easyjet flight from Naples to London…
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The competition heated up this week as the comedians took on the challenge of humouring Watford General Hospital staff and patients, hoping that they wouldn’t find themselves in the SMTF emergency room. With the task of creating the most entertaining hospital radio show, Stu and Rudi seemed to impress Watford General the most and chose…
An audience of 12-14 year olds is probably one of the most unlikely demographics a comedian would face at a regular comedy gig but for Show Me The Funny competitors, there was no escape from the unexpected. An Olympic-esque sports class, a detective mystery and attempts to make history “hipper” were no match for Cole…
Stand-up comedy vs. “The X Factor” has reached our television screens in the form of “Show Me The Funny“. Hosted by Jason Manford the show sees 10 comics (8 male, 2 female) battle it out every week in the form of a 5-minute set of new material to a challenging audience. Alan Davies and Kate Copstick…
Written & Performed by Daniel Benoliel Directed by Tom Cornford “Waiting Like A Man’ was a brilliantly entertaining, witty and creative one-man comedy show – don’t wait to see this performance! Not to be missed!” Read the full Review: www.comedyblogedy.com/reviews or click here VENUE: Old Red Lion Theatre, 418 St John Street, London, EC1V 4NJ (nearest…
“I did one in Penzance where a woman stripped off into a swimsuit and started swimming around the stage, and when I asked her to explain herself she said ‘I want to be the mayor of Penzance’ before ‘swimming’ off.”Read the full interview at comedyblogedy.com/interviews or click here
Comedy Blogedy: Your love of magic seems to have started from your Paul Daniels magic set. Would you say that the tricks you performed when you were younger still influence the way you put your magic tricks together now?
Chris Cox: In some ways yes, the basics you learn of magic, are like the basics for anything, they underpin every thought you have after that. I think the thing which is more important than the tricks is the thinking behind them. A lot of my early inspiration came from Penn & Teller, I realise now loads of my thoughts and ideas come from their style. The simple fact a trick can just be a trick, that you’re job is to entertain and you don’t have to lie about that, or dress it up as something more. Magic is a fantastic form of entertainment, it’s unique in that it shows you the impossible, and that alone is enough to wow someone, you don’t then need to pretend you have any special powers on top of that.
June 2011 Comedy Blogedy: How did you get into comedy? James Acaster: It’s a long story but the short version is that my band split up and I decided I wanted to do something completely different so gave comedy a go. Itturned out to be a lot of fun. Comedy Blogedy: Do any specific people…
“When you do a gig and the audience laughs, you’re always thinking “What’s next? What’s next?” but when you do something on TV and you get a laugh, your brain just isn’t there.”
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