David Mitchell
The Upstart Crow opened at the Gielgud Theatre in February 2020 to an array of glowing reviews and sold out performances. The Daily Telegraph described the show as “just the hey nonny-nonny nonsense the doctor ordered with much to crow about." Then Covid hit and theatres were forced to close for the first lockdown.
Probably of little interest to anyone but me, here is a run-down of Beyond The Joke’s Top Ten features in 2021.
1. Why David Mitchell Said No to Taskmaster. Read here.
2. Comedy Clubs Cancel Andrew Lawrence Gigs After Euros Tweet. Read here.
Rob Brydon, Lee Mack & David Mitchell will tour the UK for the first time since 2019. Brydon, Mack & Mitchell: Town To Town will see an evening of chat, comedy, and general messing about as they play selected theatres around the UK, with dates announced in Torquay, Halifax, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Ipswich, Oxford and Woking.
Veteran comic Barry Cryer, children’s TV favourite Andy Day, satirist Armando Iannucci and the comedians/actors David Mitchell, Sally Phillips and Tim Vine are among the latest celebrities to join the line-up for the 2022 edition of the UK’s biggest festival of silent and classic screen comedy, Slapstick.
David Mitchell says that he has turned down appearing on Taskmaster.
Mitchell's wife Victoria Coren Mitchell made a splash in the series on C4 but in an interview with Richard Herring for Richard Herring's Leicester Square Theatre Podcast Mitchell explained that he had turned down the opportunity to take part in the award-winning programme.
Herring pointed out that Mitchell's name comes up a lot when people are asked who they would like to see on Taskmaster.
Where did the idea for Outsiders come from?
Now this is more like it. At the risk of sounding like a fogeyish version of the David Mitchell character in Peep Show/real life this is a proper good old grown up comedy. Not really a sitcom at all though judging by the first episode of the second series, but hang around, there is definitely humour to be sniffed out here.
I've been working on a feature about upcoming things you can watch at home that will make you smile. I didn't have room to include this. I know that great comedy is all about truth but maybe this is a bit too close to the bone at the moment. It'll certainly make you laugh - whether it'll take your mind off things is another matter. I guess this is what you call relatable comedy.
Audible, the world’s leading provider of spoken-word entertainment, has secured worldwide English language audio rights to David Mitchell’s new book Dishonesty Is The Second-Best Policy: And Other Rules To Live By, narrated by Mitchell himself.
Steve Coogan and David Mitchell are to co-star in a satirical film about the super-rich, to be directed by the director of The Trip, Michael Winterbottom.
Accrding to Deadline. Sony and C4 are behind the film and shooting will start this autumn. The project previously had the working title of Greed.
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