Pappy’s Fun Club: NOF by Paul Savage
The author Ian Rankin, most famous for the Rebus novels, once snuck incognito into a university lecture about his debut novel The Flood. As he sat at the back he was surprised to find the lecturer espouse various themes that the author had put in there. He hadn’t, or at least hadn’t meant to.
Analysis is [...]
Teak Show
At the Leicester Comedy Festival there are many treats to behold and so many hidden gems it makes me wish I could split myself like a worm so I could see everything. With only a few days to go until the festival is all over I thought I would try and reccomend a show a [...]
Phil Nichol @ LCF
I don’t really know how to even begin to describe Phil Nichol.
So I’ll do the bits I can tell you. Phil is a Canadian comedian/actor/singer who has come to the Leicester Comedy Festival with his ‘Nearly Gay’ tour. Currently sporting a full beard and the ‘Castaway’ look, Phil has more energy than I thought possible [...]
LCF 09: The Gilded Balloon Launch!
Phew! That was a night!
The Gilded Balloon has landed in Leicester. Karen Koren, the Artistic Director of the Balloon welcomed us all and detailed her plans to invade Leicester! The City Rooms would not look out of place in Edinburgh and the Gilded Balloon have put their purple stamp on the whole venue! 3 performance [...]
Leicester Comedy Festival: The Preview Show
It’s back, the festival that turns a little nothing city into the nexus of funny for 10 days begins on Friday, 6 February and the build up has begun!
The yearly preview show acts as both festival launch for invited guests and media and a showcase for people who want to go but are a little [...]