http://www.comedyblog.merseyblogs.co.uk/ Previews, reviews, news and gossip from Merseyside's ever-growing comedy scene. en Copyright 2008 Tue, 24 Jun 2008 12:18:13 +0000 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss APOLOGIES, apologies and thrice apologies to Rhona Cameron, who came to town a couple of weeks ago and was goodly enough to begrudgingly let us interview her beforehand. ]]> http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ComedyBlog/~3/318952849/hey_rhona.html http://www.comedyblog.merseyblogs.co.uk/2008/06/hey_rhona.html Liverpool Comedy Festival 2008 Liverpool Comedy Festival 2008 Rhona Cameron Tue, 24 Jun 2008 12:18:13 +0000 http://www.comedyblog.merseyblogs.co.uk/2008/06/hey_rhona.html AN Irishman, an Irishman and an Irishman walk into an arena and…]]> http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ComedyBlog/~3/313023641/liverpool_comedy_festival_2008_9.html http://www.comedyblog.merseyblogs.co.uk/2008/06/liverpool_comedy_festival_2008_9.html Liverpool Comedy Festival 2008 Ardal O'Hanlon Dylan Moran The Three Fellas Tommy Tiernan Mon, 16 Jun 2008 11:31:30 +0000 http://www.comedyblog.merseyblogs.co.uk/2008/06/liverpool_comedy_festival_2008_9.html Beardy genius shines with The Impotent Fury of the Privileged at the Playhouse]]> http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ComedyBlog/~3/312927210/liverpool_comedy_festival_2008_7.html http://www.comedyblog.merseyblogs.co.uk/2008/06/liverpool_comedy_festival_2008_7.html Liverpool Comedy Festival 2008 Daniel Kitson Liverpool Comedy Festival 2008 Playhouse Mon, 16 Jun 2008 11:09:47 +0000 http://www.comedyblog.merseyblogs.co.uk/2008/06/liverpool_comedy_festival_2008_7.html SOMETHING akin to what might have transpired if Woody Allen was raised by a family of British vicars (and the latter is actually true in this case), Robin Ince’s downbeat, machine gun fire delivery compacts literally life, the universe and everything into just over an hour. It is very hard to get him off stage once he’s started, as he’s desperate to cram so much in. http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ComedyBlog/~3/308421210/liverpool_comedy_festival_2008_6.html http://www.comedyblog.merseyblogs.co.uk/2008/06/liverpool_comedy_festival_2008_6.html Liverpool Comedy Festival 2008 Liverpool Comedy Festival 2008 Robin Ince Mon, 09 Jun 2008 18:53:08 +0000 http://www.comedyblog.merseyblogs.co.uk/2008/06/liverpool_comedy_festival_2008_6.html ORMSKIRK-born, Crosby-raised and now Leeds-based comic Silky has most recently been seen in the city compering at the sadly missed, but hopefully soon to be reborn Capital of Comedy nights at the Slaughterhouse, so the chance to see what he’d do in an hour long show was promising.]]> http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ComedyBlog/~3/307905019/liverpool_comedy_festival_2008_5.html http://www.comedyblog.merseyblogs.co.uk/2008/06/liverpool_comedy_festival_2008_5.html Liverpool Comedy Festival 2008 Liverpool Comedy Festival 2008 Silky Mon, 09 Jun 2008 10:01:23 +0000 http://www.comedyblog.merseyblogs.co.uk/2008/06/liverpool_comedy_festival_2008_5.html No, dear reader, I don’t mean me. It turns out that the two most high profile comedians taking part in the comedy festival, who both play two shows each at rather large venues over the weekend, are, we have been told, not allowing the press in to review their shows. http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ComedyBlog/~3/306127361/attention_whore_in_overexposed.html http://www.comedyblog.merseyblogs.co.uk/2008/06/attention_whore_in_overexposed.html Misc Fri, 06 Jun 2008 09:53:09 +0000 http://www.comedyblog.merseyblogs.co.uk/2008/06/attention_whore_in_overexposed.html Hattie Hayridge and Norman Lovett are both best known for the same role, having both played Holly the computer in Red Dwarf. They’ve pulled this show together to mark the 20th anniversary since the show started.]]> http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ComedyBlog/~3/303699023/liverpool_comedy_festival_2008_4.html http://www.comedyblog.merseyblogs.co.uk/2008/06/liverpool_comedy_festival_2008_4.html Liverpool Comedy Festival 2008 Hattie Hayridge Liverpool Comedy Festival 2008 Norman Lovett Red Dwarf Unity Theatre Tue, 03 Jun 2008 11:50:01 +0000 http://www.comedyblog.merseyblogs.co.uk/2008/06/liverpool_comedy_festival_2008_4.html SIMON Amstell’s first ever full length show in the city had been one of the most anticipated of the comedy festival.]]> http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ComedyBlog/~3/302975040/liverpool_comedy_festival_2008_3.html http://www.comedyblog.merseyblogs.co.uk/2008/06/liverpool_comedy_festival_2008_3.html Liverpool Comedy Festival 2008 Liverpool Comedy Festival 2008 Royal Court Simon Amstell Mon, 02 Jun 2008 10:19:30 +0000 http://www.comedyblog.merseyblogs.co.uk/2008/06/liverpool_comedy_festival_2008_3.html COMPLETE and Utter Conti, the comedienne's first full length show at the Royal Court, flew the flag for female comics and ventriloquists everywhere. Well, not just flew the flag, but set the standard. If that’s not over-egging any existing enthusiasm for ventriloquism in the first place, that is.]]> http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ComedyBlog/~3/301320474/liverpool_comedy_festival_2008_2.html http://www.comedyblog.merseyblogs.co.uk/2008/05/liverpool_comedy_festival_2008_2.html Liverpool Comedy Festival 2008 Liverpool Comedy Festival 2008 Nina Conti Royal Court Fri, 30 May 2008 11:41:54 +0000 http://www.comedyblog.merseyblogs.co.uk/2008/05/liverpool_comedy_festival_2008_2.html The LA-based Londoner brings her Skinny Bitch tour to the Royal Court ]]> http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ComedyBlog/~3/301320475/liverpool_comedy_festival_2008_1.html http://www.comedyblog.merseyblogs.co.uk/2008/05/liverpool_comedy_festival_2008_1.html Liverpool Comedy Festival 2008 Gina Yashere Liverpool Comedy Festival 2008 Royal Court Fri, 30 May 2008 10:40:02 +0000 http://www.comedyblog.merseyblogs.co.uk/2008/05/liverpool_comedy_festival_2008_1.html Culture Company boss Phil Redmond always likes to compare the machinations of 2008 to a “Scouse wedding”. And if it were, last night the entertainment had arrived. http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ComedyBlog/~3/301320476/liverpool_comedy_festival_2008.html http://www.comedyblog.merseyblogs.co.uk/2008/05/liverpool_comedy_festival_2008.html Liverpool Comedy Festival 2008 Lindzi Germain Liverpool Comedy Festival 2008 Micky Finn Neil Fitzmaurice Royal Court Steve Gribbin Fri, 30 May 2008 10:34:27 +0000 http://www.comedyblog.merseyblogs.co.uk/2008/05/liverpool_comedy_festival_2008.html Question: Has anyone had any luck trying to track down the new Half Man Half Biscuit album?]]> http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ComedyBlog/~3/289453578/awol_csi.html http://www.comedyblog.merseyblogs.co.uk/2008/05/awol_csi.html Music CSI Ambleside Half Man Half Biscuit Probe Records Tue, 13 May 2008 10:29:07 +0000 http://www.comedyblog.merseyblogs.co.uk/2008/05/awol_csi.html TWO unexpected phone calls from '80s comedy legends have peppered my recent days. Although both would rather we dropped the ‘comedy’ prefix so they could both become more general legends, it isn’t going to happen. One was Baldrick and one was a Young One and it will be ever thus.]]> http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ComedyBlog/~3/284769922/hanging_on_the_telephone.html http://www.comedyblog.merseyblogs.co.uk/2008/05/hanging_on_the_telephone.html Misc Alexei Sayle Tony Robinson Tue, 06 May 2008 17:15:37 +0000 http://www.comedyblog.merseyblogs.co.uk/2008/05/hanging_on_the_telephone.html I had a run around Tate Liverpool with stand up Brendan Riley this week, as he prepared for a new role as temporary art expert.]]> http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ComedyBlog/~3/281098710/the_art_of_comedy_1.html http://www.comedyblog.merseyblogs.co.uk/2008/04/the_art_of_comedy_1.html Live Alexei Sayle Brendan Riley Tate Liverpool Wed, 30 Apr 2008 17:18:23 +0000 http://www.comedyblog.merseyblogs.co.uk/2008/04/the_art_of_comedy_1.html I REPORTED this week about Michael Palin coming to town to launch the latest special exhibition at the Walker Art Gallery. No hardship there - I like Michael Palin. Everybody likes Michael Palin. It’s practically the law.]]> http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ComedyBlog/~3/273702150/palin_to_insignificance_1.html http://www.comedyblog.merseyblogs.co.uk/2008/04/palin_to_insignificance_1.html Misc Michael Palin Monty Python Sat, 19 Apr 2008 19:35:53 +0000 http://www.comedyblog.merseyblogs.co.uk/2008/04/palin_to_insignificance_1.html