Opinion

Contributions from journalists and site visitors.

Opinion: What comedy club owner Noel Faulkner really thinks of the comedy business.

Opinion: What comedy club owner Noel Faulkner really thinks of the comedy business.

Yesterday Noel Faulkner, Irish owner of London’s Comedy Cafe in London’s trendy Shoreditch, left for two weeks sailing off the west coast of Ireland. Before he left, he told me what he really thinks of the state of the current comedy business in the UK.…

Opinion: A deliciously dark Fringe is the Maine attraction…

Opinion: A deliciously dark Fringe is the Maine attraction…

James Barnett reviews and previews Loretta Maine’s show at the 2012 Fringe……

Opinion: Why Jimmy Carr is rich and I sleep in my living room.

Opinion: Why Jimmy Carr is rich and I sleep in my living room.

Lewis Schaffer offers some words on the Jimmy Carr tax avoidance row...…

Opinion: Lucy Watson asks, ‘Is The Comic Strip still fit for purpose?’

Opinion: Lucy Watson asks, ‘Is The Comic Strip still fit for purpose?’

This year sees Channel 4 hit its thirty year anniversary. Free from the restraints of political neutrality forced upon the BBC, Channel 4 began life promising a platform not only for ‘youth and entertainment’, but for the youths themselves.…

Opinion: Sean Mason on bringing new life to a sitcom institution.

Opinion: Sean Mason on bringing new life to a sitcom institution.

Two and a bit classic episodes of a much loved sitcom performed live. A North East institution in a small theatre above a North West pub. No pressure then.…

Opinion: It’s comedy, but not as we know it…

Opinion: It’s comedy, but not as we know it…

Steve Drayton talks about a night of music and comedy that actually works...…

Comics, treat disabled people normally…

Comics, treat disabled people normally…

Disabled comic Lee Ridley stands up for Ross Noble...…

Adam Riches talks Edinburgh.

Adam Riches talks Edinburgh.

Comedy Award winner Adam Riches offers his advice on creating a good Fringe show...…

What Bill Hicks means to me…

What Bill Hicks means to me…

Bill Hicks fan Kerry Dawes tells us what Hicks means to her. …

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