comedy
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Martha Casey Day / The Launch of Once&Future Festival
I’m currently reading Doppelgänger by Naomi Klein, a very interesting deep dive into paranoia, conspiracy, and the sinister nature of modern online existence, sparked by her being continually mistaken for Naomi Woolf during the pandemic. I knew exactly how she felt when walking into Presuming Ed’s on Friday night and finding Brighton comic Simon Harriyot… Read more
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Review: Sketch-Off 2025 Final, Leicester Square Theatre
Despite the crisis in the arts, the UK has a never ending supply of fresh weirdos. Some come straight from their university improv clubs, and some are doing their recovery in public after a year of being brutalised at infamous French clowning school Gaulier. And some are here because their anarchic spirit allows them to… Read more
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Gigs, songs, and David Bowie at Leslie Bloom’s 1983 live Christmas TV spectacular
Two more gigs to document, amid a busy week of singing, learning, and performing, in all senses of that most changeling of words. On Wednesday I cycled up a very big hill, through wind and hail, to sing alongside four wonderful humans in a practice for the recording of a song on Jo Burke’s forthcoming… Read more
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An interview with Bex Turner, producer of “Clogg Comedy”
Another week, another interview for the newsletter. Eventually I’ll move these over to a dedicated Indie Brighton website, but for now, they can live here. … Heya! Who are you and how did you get involved in the crazy world of independent comedy night promotion? Hi! I’m Bex Turner. I’m a stand-up but in recent… Read more
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