Radio Active - British Comedy Guide (original) (raw)

Featuring

• Angus Deayton
• Steve Pemberton
• Michael Fenton Stevens
• Philip Pope

Reviews

• Edinburgh Guide
• British Theatre Guide
• Spiked
• The Telegraph
• The Chocolate Ocelot's Pouch
• The Edinburgh Reporter
• Daily Mail
• The Guardian
• Fringe Biscuit
• The Skinny
• Voice Magazine
• The Scotsman
• Broadway Baby
• ScotsGay
• Chortle
• The List

Press articles

Angus Deayton on turning 60 and his new passion

Angus Deayton turned 60 this year. He threw an "enormous" birthday party in Florence though he had to postpone it by a few weeks when he decided to take part in the ITV reality television show, Drive, which saw him racing buggies and Formula 4 cars against celebrities such as Louis Walsh, Mariella Frostrup and Colin Jackson.

Alice Jones, i Newspaper, 9th August 2016

Edinburgh festival 2016: the shows we recommend

Plan your Edinburgh schedule with this digest of our tips and reviews. Shows are listed by start time. This page will be updated daily throughout the festival.

The Guardian, 9th August 2016

Comedy is still king, but with less attendants

The Edinburgh Fringe Festival is with us and this year, more than ever comedy is king. Yet, this year, more than ever, stand-up comedy rules supreme, and it's to be expected. Not only is the nation on the search for post-Brexit referendum, negative interest rates, pre-President Trump laughs, it's on the search for cheap laughs. That is, recession laughs, shows which are relatively cheap to stage.

Brian Beacom, The Herald, 3rd August 2016

10 Fringe comedians aged over 60

Edinburgh's often very focussed on the young and the new. But forget those whipper-snappers, complaining about the weight of turning 30, what about those with real experience of the world? Here's our round-up of just some of the over-60s hitting the festival. In ascending order of age.

Chortle, 21st July 2016

Performances