Nic Wright

Play: September’s Giggle Beats Comedy Quiz

Play: September’s Giggle Beats Comedy Quiz

On Sunday our comedy quiz night returned to The Stand Comedy Club in Newcastle. How would you have fared?

 Nic Wright

September’s Giggle Beats Comedy Quiz – The Answers

September’s Giggle Beats Comedy Quiz – The Answers

On Sunday our comedy quiz night returned to The Stand Comedy Club in Newcastle. Here are the answers.

 Nic Wright

Edinburgh Fringe review: Ian D Montfort’s Midday Séance

Edinburgh Fringe review: Ian D Montfort’s Midday Séance

Sunderland’s leading medium Ian D Montfort returns to the Fringe this year with his Midday Séance – a timeslot considerably less spooky than his preferred midnight interval, but evidently even psychics aren’t immune to administrative hiccups.

 Nic Wright

Edinburgh Fringe review: Tony Law, Enter The Tonezone

Edinburgh Fringe review: Tony Law, Enter The Tonezone

The fact that Tony Law – cultivator of the ridiculous, master of the non-sequitur – has admitted things have gone off the boil a bit, should go some way to describing how bizarre and shambolic his set at The Stand tonight really is.

 Nic Wright

Edinburgh Fringe review: Josie Long, Cara Josephine

Edinburgh Fringe review: Josie Long, Cara Josephine

After making a name for herself with her line of fiery political outrage, and cheerful whimsy, Josie Long places herself under the microscope for her new show, Cara Josephine.

 Nic Wright

Radio 1 to broadcast live comedy from the Edinburgh Fringe

Radio 1 to broadcast live comedy from the Edinburgh Fringe

BBC Radio 1 is to stream a comedy gig live from the Edinburgh Fringe.

 Nic Wright

Entries open for Laughing Horse New Act Of The Year 2014

Entries open for Laughing Horse New Act Of The Year 2014

Entries for the Laughing Horse New Act of the Year 2014 competition are now open.

Entries for the Laughing Horse New Act of the Year 2014 competition are now open.

 Nic Wright

Five Edinburgh shows Stewart Lee could do next (but probably won’t)

Five Edinburgh shows Stewart Lee could do next (but probably won’t)

In light of Lee’s growing fondness for wordplay-based titles, we’ve done a bit of speculating, and come up with five Stewart Lee shows we may (…or may not) see in the future.

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