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June 2008 Archives

Hey, Rhona

Posted by Vicky Anderson on June 24, 2008 12:18 PM

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APOLOGIES, apologies and thrice apologies to Rhona Cameron, who came to town a couple of weeks ago and was goodly enough to begrudgingly let us interview her beforehand.

Liverpool Comedy Festival 2008: The Three Fellas

Posted by Vicky Anderson on June 16, 2008 11:31 AM

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AN Irishman, an Irishman and an Irishman walk into an arena and…

Liverpool Comedy Festival 2008: Daniel Kitson

Posted by Vicky Anderson on June 16, 2008 11:09 AM

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Beardy genius shines with The Impotent Fury of the Privileged at the Playhouse

Liverpool Comedy Festival 2008: Robin Ince

Posted by Vicky Anderson on June 9, 2008 6:53 PM

SOMETHING akin to what might have transpired if Woody Allen was raised by a family of British vicars (and the latter is actually true in this case), Robin Ince’s downbeat, machine gun fire delivery compacts literally life, the universe and everything into just over an hour. It is very hard to get him off stage once he’s started, as he’s desperate to cram so much in.

Liverpool Comedy Festival 2008: Silky

Posted by Vicky Anderson on June 9, 2008 10:01 AM

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ORMSKIRK-born, Crosby-raised and now Leeds-based comic Silky has most recently been seen in the city compering at the sadly missed, but hopefully soon to be reborn Capital of Comedy nights at the Slaughterhouse, so the chance to see what he’d do in an hour long show was promising.

Media whore in "overexposed" shock

Posted by Vicky Anderson on June 6, 2008 9:53 AM

No, dear reader, I don’t mean me.

It turns out that the two most high profile comedians taking part in the comedy festival, who both play two shows each at rather large venues over the weekend, are, we have been told, not allowing the press in to review their shows.

Liverpool Comedy Festival 2008: Hattie Hayridge and Norman Lovett

Posted by Vicky Anderson on June 3, 2008 11:50 AM

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Hattie Hayridge and Norman Lovett are both best known for the same role, having both played Holly the computer in Red Dwarf. They’ve pulled this show together to mark the 20th anniversary since the show started.

Liverpool Comedy Festival 2008: Simon Amstell

Posted by Vicky Anderson on June 2, 2008 10:19 AM

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SIMON Amstell’s first ever full length show in the city had been one of the most anticipated of the comedy festival.

This page contains an archive of all entries posted to Comedy Blog in the June 2008. They are listed from oldest to newest.

May 2008 is the previous archive.July 2008 is the next archive.

Many more can be found on the home page or by looking through the archives.