Review: Mr Drayton’s Christmas Dinner Date – Newcastle Stand
Mr Drayton’s Dinner Date, The Stand’s culinary-based panel show, concluded its run in appetising form. Host Mr Drayton invited panellists Joe Heenan and Tiff Stevenson to discuss their ideal dinner guests from the living, the dead, and the fictional. For the uninitiated – and remember that previous episodes are available to watch here on Giggle […]
The Stand release charity comedy book
The Stand have released a book of Christmas-themed short stories written by local comedians to support a Newcastle-based addiction charity.
Team Pelham! Jonny prepares for BBC New Comedy Awards final
Newcastle’s Jonathan Pelham is gearing up for tonight’s final of the BBC New Comedy Awards. Pelham, who finished runner-up in So You Think You’re Funny? 2012, got through to the tonight’s London final following a semi-final at Birmingham’s Glee Club with judges including Miles Jupp and Gary Delaney. Pelham, who performed at May’s inaugural Giggle Beats […]
Panel show star helps launch Giggle Beats Comedy Quiz in 2014
Jo Caulfield will help launch the Giggle Beats Comedy Quiz in 2014.
Get Your Kazoos Out! I’m Sorry I Haven’t a Clue 2014 tour announced
I’m Sorry I Haven’t a Clue, Radio 4’s ‘antidote to panel games’, will tour the UK with a new stage show in 2014.
Review: Sarah Millican – The Biography of the Funniest Woman in Britain
Before the deluge of celeb autobiographies launched for the Christmas market, this unauthorised biography of Sarah Millican sneaked on to the market.
Auf Wiedersehen, Pet anniversary DVD released
A DVD commemorating the 30th anniversary of Auf Wiedersehen, Pet has been released, containing footage of September’s fan convention and the sketch which inspired the show’s revival.
Review: Alphabetti Theatre’s 3 Shorts – Dog and Parrot, Newcastle
Tucked above a city centre pub, the Alphabetti Spaghetti Theatre are doing some remarkable things to keep grass-roots culture alive and well in Newcastle.
