Review: Trapdoor Comedy, Joshua Brooks, Manchester
The wonderful, original and phenomenally talented Simon Munnery headlined Trapdoor Comedy Club’s debutant show at Joshua Brooks last week, as one of three wildly different acts.
Ben Tonge interview
The host and founder of Manchester’s most inexhaustibly cool monthly comedy club Sham Bodie answers our questions.
Gary Delaney interview
The one-liner comic answers our questions on Twitter, touring and telling jokes.
Review: David O’Doherty Has Checked Everything
“David O’Doherty is an impossibly fun comedian to see live, as well as a wonderfully low-key and modest performer.”
Review: Matchbox Comedy, Lantern Theatre, Liverpool
Liverpool’s new alternative comedy club night Matchbox Comedy kicked off with a fantastic February show featuring a wonderfully diverse platter of acts: one-liners, storytelling – even clowning.
Review: Brendon Burns, Outside The Box
“Outside The Box centres on the idea that comedy shouldn’t have to be wholly relatable for an audience.”
Mae Martin interview
“There are so many types of comedy that I wish I could do. I wish I could write better one-liners, I think that’s a real art. And it gets a bad rap, like it’s tacky or something.”
Review: Sham Bodie, Kraak, Manchester
Sham Bodie returned this month to an inexplicably cool new venue with a fabulous line-up that included Foster’s Comedy Award nominees Gein’s Family Giftshop, character comedian Jayne Edwards and the incomparable Spencer Jones, who made his Sham Bodie debut.
