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  • Review TV Review: Last One Laughing UK – All of comedy is here
    27 March 2025

    TV Review: Last One Laughing UK – All of comedy is here

    by Tom Beasley Editor

    The simple act of telling stand-up comedians not to laugh at each other creates absolute magic in this Amazon Prime Video series, starring the likes of Bob Mortimer, Richard Ayoade, and Judi Love.

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  • Interview In This Climate: Stuart Goldsmith is trying to make the climate crisis funny
    26 November 2024

    In This Climate: Stuart Goldsmith is trying to make the climate crisis funny

    by Tom Beasley Editor

    Stand-up comedian Stuart Goldsmith recently wrote an entire show about the climate crisis. Here, he tells us about trying to get laughs out of the most serious subject imaginable.

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  • Interview Kick Some Class: Liam Pape on supporting working class comedy
    4 October 2024

    Kick Some Class: Liam Pape on supporting working class comedy

    by Tom Beasley Editor

    Liam Pape is the man behind the West End Comedy Club's working class bursary, helping comedians with the hefty costs of the Edinburgh Fringe. He spoke to Voice about the importance of supporting working class voices in stand-up.

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  • Interview Kick Some Class: Alexandra Haddow on life as a working class comedian
    1 October 2024

    Kick Some Class: Alexandra Haddow on life as a working class comedian

    by Tom Beasley Editor

    Alexandra Haddow is a stand-up comedian and previous winner of the West End Comedy Club's working class bursary. She discusses how the support of others helped her get to Edinburgh and smash the class ceiling.

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  • Review Review: Rambunctious Scallywag
    21 May 2023

    Review: Rambunctious Scallywag

    by Amy-Louise Tilley Local Reporter

    A stand up comedian determined to find the silly in hard times!  

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  • Review Brown Sauce at The Bill Murray
    18 May 2023

    Brown Sauce at The Bill Murray

    by Maya Willcocks Voice Reviewers

    Brown Sauce is a comedy night by South Asian, Brown and Asian comedians. Hosted and set up by Sharlin Jahan, I went to go see the most recent show on 16th May at The Bill Murray in Angel, London. 

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  • Review Lost, Anxious, In your Twenties?
    16 May 2023

    Lost, Anxious, In your Twenties?

    by Amy-Louise Tilley Local Reporter

    Your twenties are such an odd time, full of high expectations and confusion. You feel like you should have it all figured out, but you don’t. Anya tells stories from her twenties that are relatable and funny in this piece of spoken word theatre!

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  • Review Sophie Duker: Hag
    8 August 2022

    Sophie Duker: Hag

    by Flo Cornall Kickstart

    Hag is a chaotic cruiseship of a show captained by the sensation that is Sophie Duker

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  • Review Eme Essien: Flat Shoes In The Club
    8 August 2022

    Eme Essien: Flat Shoes In The Club

    by Saskia Calliste Voice Team

    There’s a lot to like about Eme Essien…

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  • Review Review: Isabelle Farah’s Ellipsis
    1 September 2021

    Review: Isabelle Farah’s Ellipsis

    by Hamish Gray Kickstart

    Deeply personal and conscious of its own format, Farah’s Ellipsis opens up the symbiotic relationship between audience and comic in this stand-up show that uses her own experiences to criticise British society’s grief culture

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  • Event Comedy Without Borders
    14 May 2020

    Comedy Without Borders

    by Voice Magazine

    Ten comedians from across the world participate in a free comedy live stream 

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  • News Komedia’s Krater Comedy Club Goes Online to Raise Dontions
    9 April 2020

    Komedia’s Krater Comedy Club Goes Online to Raise Dontions

    by Tom Inniss Voice Team

    Keeping the laughter alive while working towards a good cause

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  • Interview It's hard to make Brexit funny without slagging someone off, says comedian Laura Lexx
    3 December 2019

    It's hard to make Brexit funny without slagging someone off, says comedian Laura Lexx

    by Sienna James Voice Team

    "We’re all environmental hypocrites, none of us completely understand what it is to be someone else and we’re all scared of saying the wrong thing. The best way to burst that awkward bubble is to show your flaws and still try."

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  • Interview Milton Jones on Mock the Week, a career in comedy, and potatoes
    28 November 2019

    Milton Jones on Mock the Week, a career in comedy, and potatoes

    by Sienna James Voice Team

    Comedian Milton Jones is embarking on a top secret mission next year, but takes the time to spill all the details to us first...

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  • Blog Are comedians actually being censored?
    27 August 2019

    Are comedians actually being censored?

    by Oluwatayo Adewole Contributor

    Comedians often talk about being censored, but how much is it actually happening?

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  • Review Maria Shehata: Hero
    9 August 2019

    Maria Shehata: Hero

    by Oluwatayo Adewole Contributor

    Maria Shehata talks about her life, her parents and her 83-year-old landlady.

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  • Review Darius Davies: Persian of Interest
    8 August 2019

    Darius Davies: Persian of Interest

    by Oluwatayo Adewole Contributor

    In the midst of our digital age, Darius Davies asks us to question everything.

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  • Review Louisa Fitzhardinge - Comma Sutra
    8 August 2019

    Louisa Fitzhardinge - Comma Sutra

    by Lucy Dyson Contributor

    Australian comic, Louisa Fitzhardinge, along with her pianist John, presents Comma Sutra, a comical show discussing the use of improper grammar and punctuation.

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