comedy

Movie Kingdom – Interview with James Mullinger

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  If I mention the name James Mullinger, you will be forgiven for checking which section of the website you are in. No, you are not reading this in our Comedy section…James Mullinger  has now spread his wings even further, and alongside his stand-up, he is the presenter of a new film review show Movie [...]

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Can fetishism really be funny? – Interview with comedy troupe Late Night Gimp Fight

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 As an award winning sketch group, Late Night Gimp Fight certainly offer something new to the already saturated UK comedy scene, so I took some time out before their gig at the Firestation in Windsor to have a quick chat with two fifths of the group, David (aka Single Gimp) and Richard (aka Face Gimp). [...]

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Late Night Gimp Fight – The Review

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 “Gimps?” “Yes. They’re called Late Night Gimp Fight. Hhmmm. Not sure if that’s my kind of thing.” And so the conversation went, as I read the first few lines of a publicity poster. A masked gimp holding a baby urges me to read more about these supposed gimps, before making a decision as to whether [...]

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Taking comedy to the next level – an interview with Paul Foot

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Comedian Paul Foot may well have been working the professional stand-up circuit for over 15 years, but his comedy remains unprecedentedly innovative, and subsequently difficult to define.  In anticipation of his London show later this month, Beat decided it was about time that we got to know the man behind the comedy. Here we chat [...]

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Tim Quinn, comic book artist for everyone from Beano to Marvel – reviewed

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Whilst late night in a laboratory, Tim Quinn is reading his favourite comics, but after being exposed to deadly radiation the comic books fuse into his skin…. he becomes Super Tim, the entertainer and extraordinarily nice bloke!

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It’s Not What You Say, Joanna Neary

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Joanna seems to shine brightest when she is performing dance routines using literal translations of songs

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Hot Gear And Bear Woman

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the downside to this incessant delivery, of course, is the difficulty of getting your breath back having laughed solidly for an hour

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