June 2008 Archives

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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