Rick Shapiro: King of Chaos
“It is hardly a surprise that even Rick Shapiro himself sometimes struggles to describe his own act,” writes Rachel Pronger…
Susan Calman: “Something deep within my soul said, ‘Just do it!’”
Rachel Pronger chats with feisty Glaswegian Susan Calman about her compulsive move into stand-up…
Lucy Porter: “Stand-up is my one remaining vice…”
Effervescent, whip smart and – at just under 5 ft – absolutely tiny, Lucy Porter is a distinctive presence on the crowded UK stand-up scene…
The Ten Best Edinburgh PR Stunts.
Tthe ten most memorable PR moves from Edinburgh over the past few decades, a motley gallery of shameless vulgarity, reckless self endangerment and flagrant immaturity.
Review: Latitude Festival 2012
Latitude doesn’t have the edgiest of images. As it enters its seventh year the Suffolk-based festival has gained a reputation for dyed sheep, Radio 4 friendly arts stages and mild mannered middleclass calm, perfectly likable but hardly cutting edge youth culture bait…
Tony Hawks: “I never had a plan. It’s been a hopelessly muddled approach to having a career”
“I never had a plan. It’s been a hopelessly muddled approach to having a career,” says Tony Hawks…
Review: Michael J Dolan – Dress to Depress
Dress to Depress, Michael J Dolan’s first live album, situates him firmly on the cordial misanthrope spectrum, which is unsurprising given that the track list includes titles such as “Hate Your Friends”, “Sheer Fucking Romance” and the pleasingly succinct “Dating/Breakups/Lying.”
