No matter the romantic torment on display, Spangled have launched themselves into the big time with another life-affirming arms aloft anthem. For fans of Blur, James, Supergrass, The Lightning Seeds, Inspiral Carpets, Rosellas Words: Michael Adams (Travellers Tunes) Photo: Jon Mo…
Jonathan is the co-founder and programmer for the LOCO London Comedy Film Festival. He dropped by the office to chat to Niki Alexandrou about the festival, comedy films and how to get your submissions in for the 2016 LOCO festival….
If you’re going to blank and forget your lines three times in a stand-up set, you really want to hope that your audience like you. Thankfully, Sara Pascoe had nothing to worry about there, and while it may seem unfair…
For his first ever hour long set, Phil Jerrod could be in worse places than his home town of Brighton, where an appreciative and supportive audience packs out the Komedia Studio Bar. Having only been performing stand-up since 2012, Jerrod…
Katherine Ryan doesn’t give a fuck. Or a shit. I know this because she told us more than once during her set, as another punchline tore through the room and registered on startled faces and in gasping gales of laughter,…
“With material this accessible it’s a wonder I’m not playing the bigger rooms”, Robert Newman self deprecatingly quips, about 20 minutes into his New Theory Of Evolution show. But while it may not be an arena, The Old Market is…
Fuelling a stand up show purely by crowd suggested topics might seem like a risky proposition but it’s a task Andy Zaltzman is up to in what was an epic two hour gig. The concept of Satirist for Hire was…
Starting an hour late (due to a stuck train) Tony Law arrived in an insanely festooned onesie to a rapturous reception and rode that energy with his trademark verve. While other performers have been labelled ‘surreal’ often this seems arch…
After a sing and clap along to Cher’s evergreen Walking in Memphis – a part of the show that that is apparently not part of the show – we get into the meat: the set up here is that Parris…
David O’Doherty is looking for happiness. He’s doing this by following his whims of what he thinks will get him there; from buying a new jacket to getting a girlfriend. Each one of these brings inevitably only temporary relief from…