Laughter Lines, article about the comedy heritage of the Central Trains region. The Connect region can lay claim to some infamous comedy hotspots. The Independent’s comedy critic Julian Hall gives a run down of some of the best. Let’s start with Liverpool – in the north-west of the Central Trains network – long renowned for […]
Read MoreThe Sir Oswald Stoll Foundation, a charity for ex servicemen and women, asked me to compile a series of interviews for their 2011 Annual Review. The task was enjoyable and absorbing and resulted in a series of profile features that helped make the report an interesting read, as well as an informative one. [issuu viewMode=singlePage […]
Read MoreAs soon as the comedian Hal Cruttenden steps on stage you know that you are in safe hands. Safe, of course, doesn’t have to mean boring. Cruttenden, a comedian since 1996, has spent enough time on stage to make stand-up look easy. Working as the warm-up act for Rob Brydon, the star of Gavin and […]
Read MoreComedian Arthur Smith has been strutting his stuff at the Edinburgh Fringe for nearly 30 years. On the eve of the city’s festival season he talks Julian Hall about his long association with the Scottish capital-and offers some tips on how to make the most of your festival experience. Last year, 2.6 million people descended […]
Read MoreJerry Sadowitz : Talking through his hat Jerry Sadowitz wants to be billed as ‘the most offensive comedian in the world’. But offstage, he’s the very model of decorum, as Julian Hall discovers Tuesday, 11 May 2004 It’s a beautiful Sunday afternoon in Edinburgh and it seems that most of the city has gathered on the […]
Read MoreSpotlight: The New York Comedy Circuit By Julian Hall Friday, 19 March 2004 New York has had a cold winter. So cold that, according to the comedian Ben Bailey, everyone in the city looked as if they were homeless, wearing at least three coats and having permanently runny noses. Though the advent of spring on […]
Read MoreAlexei Sayle, one of the grandfathers of modern stand-up comedy, and now a successful writer, recently lamented that modern comedians perform as if they have graduated from the “university of comedy”. He could have been talking about Warwick University. Though offering no performance degrees as such, Warwick has an active drama and cabaret scene, an […]
Read MoreA synopsis for a book about all the Edinburgh Festivals (International, Fringe, Book, Film, TV etc). This is a shortened version, more samples are available on request. The Definitive Guide To The Edinburgh Festivals
Read MoreAn example of a TV treatment for a show based on the Jump the Shark internet phenomenon. Jump the Shark tracked the moment when viewers thought certain TV shows had “lost the plot”. Down The Tube would do the same with the aid of celebrity pundits. Down the Tube
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