Bridget Christie
BBC Radio has unveiled its Christmas comedy specials and Bridget Christie is one of the major highlights.
The award-winning comedian* will be fronting Bridget Christie’s Christmas List in which she enlists Father Christmas to bring about a feminist Christmas for 2015, "whether he wants to or not." Guests include Miles Jupp, Robin Ince, Jon Culshaw and Leo Wan. The one-off will go out on R4 on Christmas Eve at 6.15pm.
Here’s a trade secret about book reviewers. I don’t think they always read every sentence of every book they write about. I wanted to make a point of reading Bridget Christie’s first book from intro to outro just in case she had mentioned me. I'd look like a clown if she did and I didn't mention this in my review. There was, infuriatingly, no index to do a quick sneaky check*.
Today’s Edinburgh preview is a bit of a no-brainer. Bridget Christie has become a must-see Fringe attraction in the last two years. She won the Foster’s Comedy Award in 2013 with A Bic For Her and followed it up last year with the equally acclaimed An Ungrateful Woman. Unfortunately you can’t win the Edinburgh Comedy Award more than once. Christie has come a long way from the first time I saw her at the Holyrood Tavern when I only went to her show because free cheese rolls were promised.
Occupy Democracy is holding its first Festival of Democracy, a ten-day event celebrating British democracy and the right to protest, featuring workshops, speakers and entertainment, on the front lawn of the establishment, Parliament Square opposite Westminster.
During the festival they will be presenting three nights of live comedy on May 5, 7 and 9 featuring some of the country’s finest alternative and politically-engaged acts.
The fire at Battersea Arts Centre on Friday, March 13 may have been devastating, but you can rely on comedians to find the funny side. Last night’s sold out benefit at the Royal Festival Hall kicked off with Stewart Lee, who came on to a live rendition of Burning Down The House played by Kneehigh Theatre’s band.
It has been a big night for comedy awards. As well as Dave's Leicester Comedy Festival Awards being handed out in Leicester, the Chortle Awards have been handed out in London in a ceremony hosted by Clive Anderson. Among those presenting awards were Nancy Dell'Olio, Richard Herring and Matt Berry. See here for the nominees.
Tickets are now available for two recordings of the second run of Bridget Christie's Radio 4 series Bridget Christie Minds The Gap.
Raphael has worked across BBC Radio for three decades and is currently responsible for commissioning Radio 4’s Comedy and Fiction programmes as well as Book At Bedtime and Short Stories.
As well as being a formidable stand-up comedian Hannah Gadsby is also an expert on classical art. She brings these two skills together in her latest show, The Exhibitionist, which opens at the Soho Theatre tonight. Gadsby is Australia-based, but expect to be hearing more of her in the UK in the near future.
The 2014 Foster's Edinburgh Comedy Award winner John Kearns will be playing an extended run of his prize-winning show Shtick in London this autumn. Kearns will be at the Soho Theatre from September 24 to October 18. Last year's Foster's Award winner Bridget Christie broke box office records when she brought her acclaimed show, A Bic For Her, to the same venue. Foster's Best Newcomer Alex Edelman is also expected to announce dates at the Soho Theatre for his show, Millennial.
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