Two hundred-odd venues, a couple of thousand operating comedians, but not one website dedicated to the London comedy scene? Why not? Because the world’s a crazy, crazy place, my friends.
This where LondonisFunny comes in. Solely about comedy, solely about London. And in late noughties, if the bank manager doesn’t get you, the increasingly pissed off Mother Nature will – folks, we need some serious cheering up. (more…)
Ahoy there London comedy fans, happy new year to you all from London is Funny!Well crash bang wallop what an autumn for fans of big-name comedy. London’s arenas and theatres and apollos played host to, among others, Eddie Izzard, Bill Bailey, Sarah Silverman (for a few minutes), Dylan Moran, Lee Evans, Chris Rock and Steve Coogan. In all honesty, only Mssrs Izzard, Moran and, if he’s your cup of tea, Chris Rock really lived up to the hype, while the majority either jumped the shark (Bailey) or just made you want to cut off your ears (Coogan, Evans). (more…)
Snow snow snow, oh what fun, what a great laugh let’s all take the day off and not contribute to our crippled economy, right? WRONG. Snow is BAD and must be STOPPED. It kills old people and, worse still, London’s comedy nights.London is Funny will be keeping as up-to-date as possible with all the cancellations this week, butplease, for the love of god, call ahead to any comedy night you are planning to attend. If you do go, take tin cans and bottled water. TAKE NO CHANCES. And only tell a joke unless it isabsolutely necessary. (more…)
The Edinburgh festival looms over the comedy scene like a big loomy thing. It means lots of comedians have new shows to preview before August – where are they gonna do that? Errr, how about London, and how about for cheap cheap cheap?!
Edinburgh: big and loomyFor many comedians, the Edinburgh Festival is a love/hate figure. Can’t live with it, can’t live without it. On one hand, by gum they have fun. On the other hand it nicks all their cash, strips them of all morale, and, except for a lucky few, delivers liver cirrhosis and irritable bowel syndrome instead of fame and fortune. Mind you, some comics would take the liver cirrhosis and irritable bowel syndrome over the fame and fortune. (more…)
Twitter Comedy Club. Sounds ridiculous doesn’t it? Comedians tapping away at laptops, trying to make people laugh down the other end of cyberspace? So, did it work? (Live blog here by the way)
Was the Twitter Comedy Club any funnier than going to a normal comedy night? No, of course not. Was it a success? Yes.It was an experiment and should be treated as such. No one seriously imagines an unsteady stream of jokes, punctuated by buffoons and hecklers, will be a pearler, but Mitch Benn, Mark Watson, Terry Saunders and Gary Delaney in particular got some belly laughs from this follower.
The post-gig comments at #tcgig are almost unanimously positive as well (@markrs “Please definitely another one”, @CodingMonkey It was a great Comedy Set on #tcgig More events like this please! (more…)
Jack Whitehall and Holly Walsh’s TNT Show and Frankie Boyle were both censored this week for their Michael Jackson jokes. But they should have been kept unedited, as the mocking tells an important part of the Jackson story
In the days following Michael Jackson’s death, the BBC pulled an episode of Family Guy, Channel 4 hastily cut its topical TNT Show and Universal did the same to Sacha Baron Cohen’s Bruno film, all to avoid broadcasting any Jackson jokes that might be deemed distasteful. (more…)
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