The Verse’s Louise Conway previews Felicity Ward’s ‘50% More Likely To Die’ show on the 12th October at Brighton’s Komedia (main photo credit: Claire Thomas). In a recent phone interview with Australian comedian Felicity Ward she told me that she comes up with the title and the image for […]
Comedy
How does time fly? When you’re having fun of course – and who would have more fun other than a comedian? Starting off in 2000, the bubbly and hilarious British Pakistani Shazia Mirza from Birmingham has been on the screen, around the world and in the papers for our entertainment […]
Last Friday, the Old Market was home to the well-known comedian Simon Munnery, who brought his new stand-up show ‘And Nothing But’ to town. The theatre room filled with people and finally the show started at 8pm. Firstly, Simon invited Jordan Brooks to the stage, a young comedian from Cardiff, who successfully warmed […]
Things are a little frantic for comedian Mark Daniels at the moment. Hosting a four-day extravaganza of his show, Acute Britishness, at the Hobgoblin, we can’t really blame his jitteriness as he single-handedly welcomes us into the venue. We’ve seen him once before – at Komedia’s Comic Boom (hosted by […]
Photo credit: IDIL SUKAN DRAW HQ Polite small talk about in-yer-face cousins and strawberry bonbons murmur from the rows behind as a delicate layer of dry ice lines the stage. A familiar voice comes over the loudspeaker introducing herself – the headline act: Josie Long. Long bounces onto the stage brimming […]
