225 stories by "James Kettle"
Tom Rosenthal | Lucy Beaumont | Jason CookTom Rosenthal is a dream for TV execs: a smart, thoroughly personable young comic who finds the funny with elan and whose charisma bursts out of the…
Michael Che | Josie Long | Tom CraineFrom the very start, Josie Long has stuck to a consistent aesthetic that's won her a devoted following: a passion for ideas and creativity allied to an u…
Sara Pascoe | Cardinal Burns | Howard ReadSara Pascoe is the kind of comedian who invents her own rules. Rather than tailoring her comedy to jump through the hoops expected by the industry, …
Josh Widdicombe | Fern Brady | David ElmsFormer Guardian sports subeditor (yep, you'll never hear the end of that) Josh Widdicombe has staked out a comedy career for himself that's impossibl…
Alfie Moore | Knock2Bag 6th Birthday | Andrew Maxwell's London LovesBack at the dawn of alternative comedy, the police were a reliable target for anger and derision, like Thatcher and the Fr…
Toby | Tom Basden | Benjamin PartridgeThe unheralded market town of Machynlleth, mid Wales, seems like one of the most unlikely places for a comedy festival, but its eclectic selection of sh…
Pappy's Flatshare Meltdown | Glenn Wool | Justin MoorhouseGiven how hard it seems to be launch a successful sitcom these days, all plaudits go to quirky three-piece Pappy's, who've netted a …
Katherine Ryan | Manford's comedy club | SadwaveKatherine Ryan's mixture of sweetness and brutality has already managed to win her a regular spot on the panel show circuit, and her sharply h…
Jon Richardson | Political Animal | Gary DelaneyOn the face of it, Jon Richardson is an unlikely candidate to become a star of late-night telly. He's got a huge list of old-man gripes and in…
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Matt Richardson | David Sedaris | Joe WilkinsonMatt Richardson: Hometown Hero, On tourIf you're a fan of The X Factor, then you may have already come across Matt Richardson, thanks to his st…
Kerry Godliman | Al Lubel | Mat EwinsKerry Godliman: Face Time, On tourYou certainly can't accuse Kerry Godliman of being anything other than down-to-earth. She finds her (many) laughs among…
Glasgow International Comedy Festival | Paul Chowdhry | Angela BarnesGlasgow International Comedy FestivalIt must be a drag, being perpetually dubbed Scotland's second-biggest comedy festiva…
Austentatious | Bobby Mair | Brett GoldsteinAustentatious: An Improvised Jane Austen Novel, NorwichFrom Death Comes To Pemberley to Pride And Prejudice And Zombies, plenty of people have had…
WitTank Presents The School | Miranda Hart: My, What I Call, Live Show | Arthur Smith Sings Leonard Cohen (Vol 2)WitTank Presents The School, Millom & SalfordOh dear, you might well be think…
Jack Whitehall | Catriona Knox | Rob BeckettJack Whitehall: Work In Progress, Bolton & Oxford One of the sillier controversies to grip the tiny world of British comedy in recent months surro…
Mark Olver | Live At The RSC | Stand Up For The Felix Dexter FoundationMark Olver: Dancing About Architecture, Leicester, Nottingham & BirminghamThe title of Mark Olver's chatshow comes from…
Seann Walsh | David Trent | Leicester Comedy FestivalSeann Walsh: The Lie-In King, LondonWith his dishevelled mop of blond locks, bags under the eyes and permanent stubble, Seann Walsh looks…
No Pressure To Be Funny | John Robins | Andrew LawrenceNo Pressure To Be Funny, LondonWhen you're a long-established stand-up on the comedy circuit, there's a temptation to milk the same set…
Sean Hughes | Adam Riches | Jamie DemetriouSean Hughes: Penguins, On tourSean Hughes's last solo show saw him breaking with his traditional stand-up to try something altogether unexpected, a…
John Kearns | Holly Walsh | Boothby GraffoeJohn Kearns: Sight Gags For Perverts, LondonJohn Kearns's ambitious mix of surreal character comedy, idiosyncratic storytelling and audience partic…
Luisa Omielan | Tony Law | Isy SuttieLuisa Omielan: What Would Beyoncé Do?, LondonComedians spend a lot of time taking the piss out of celebrity culture; understandably, because there's a l…
Late Night Gimp Fight | The Santa Claus Science Experiment | NYE picksLate Night Gimp Fight, LondonIt's tempting to think that if you're not capable of falling in love with Late Night Gimp F…
Tim Key | Sarah Millican | Russell BrandTim Key: Father Slutmas, LondonInspired comic poet and all-round purveyor of nonsense Tim Key has been preparing his latest live show for what seems l…
Nine Lessons And Carols For Godless People | Mae Martin | British Radio new comedy awards 2013 finalNine Lessons And Carols For Godless People, LondonThe news that Robin Ince is calling time…
