News

HEADLINES:

RSS

Josie Long

Related pictures

Latest articles

Rocket science in Night of 400 Billion Stars

30.06.09

Robin Ince may not be the most mainstream comedian in the country but he is certainly the most intellectually audacious. ... more

Udderbelly will have us laughing all the way to Southbank

27.05.09

A new comedy festival in a cow-shaped tent by the Thames aims to bring some Edinburgh spirit to London.... more

Light-headed laughs at the N2O Comedy Festival

02.02.09

Battersea Arts Centre offers a headrush of giggles at its annual N2O Comedy Festival.... more

Gervais and Dawkins' alternative Christmas

19.12.08

What next, Stephen Hawking at Jongleurs? Surprise guest Ricky Gervais got a warm welcome but writer Richard Dawkins was the real star. ... more

Ben Moor's upside-down world

03.11.08

Ben Moor is obsessed with the past and future. In his latest intriguing monologue, Not Everything Is Significant, he unites his fixations.... more

Josie Long's thirst for knowledge

22.09.08

Grinning like a toddler running through the British Museum on too many E numbers, Josie Long rattles through comedy ideas.... more

Literature Festival is Making Hay in the metropolis

04.07.08

Surely if Hay-on-Wye can rig up a worldclass literary festival, our bustling metropolis can rouse itself for a couple of weeks of book chat? ... more

Special subjects at School for gifted children

26.06.08

The School For Gifted Children is a stimulating, innovative alternative to the stag-and-hen hells that numerous stand-up clubs have become. ... more

Mighty impressive line-up for Boosh

25.06.08

While most comics are happy to hit the stage armed solely with some choice quips, The Mighty Boosh are going one step further.... more

Spaced star swamped by talent

19.06.08

A charity benefit night that was already packed with extremely funny people may not have been the ideal launchpad for Jessica Hynes' stand-up career, says Bruce Dessau.... more

Bearded wonder in a league of his own

16.06.08

If Daniel Kitson has a fault, it's his awareness of his own brilliance - a quality that was very much to the fore at the comedian's hilarious summer blow-out. ... more

A little world of grand gestures

30.11.07

What Josie Long's show lacks in gags it more than makes up for in skilfully delivered cute insights.... more

Tonight in London, the reformed Take That take their new tour to the O2 Arena, Lethal Bizzle showcases his new album at the Islington Academy and comedian Josie Long appears at the Soho Theatre.... more

Comics answer the call to arms

24.09.07

Satirist Mark Thomas assembled a formidable supporting cast for a charity fundraising event at the Carling Apollo.... more

Critic's Choice: Top 5 Comedy

20.09.07

There's top class laughs this week, including Al Murray, Rhona Cameron, Jason Byrne and Russel Brand to name a few.... more

Critic's choice: top five comedy shows

06.09.07

Hard-hitting American Joe Regan, Dave Johns and Stephen K Amos, the underrated Milton Jones, Lawrence Leung and the king of antipodean kitsch, Bob Downe, are this weekend's comedy picks.... more

Daft gag ragbag

10.08.07

Josie Long puts together a collection of daft gags, dialogues and pithy anecdotes in her show 'Trying is Good' at the Edinburgh fringe.... more

Edinburgh Festival highlights

24.07.07

From theatre to comedy, music and film, our critics pick the best of the Edinburgh Festival.... more

Iranian jokes are hostage to fortune

18.07.07

Omid Djalili wowed the crowd with some edgy humour light years away from Little Britain's fancy dress frivolity at the Comedy Hayday in Hackney.... more

Wit and wisecracks by the sea

16.07.07

With stars like Bill Bailey, Phill Jupitus, Michael McIntyre, Robin Ince and Alan Carr performing, there was laughter all round at Suffolk's Latitude Festival.... more

Critic's choice: top five comedy shows

05.07.07

There's a comedy adventure at the Museum of London, a plethora of Edinburgh Festival previews, Sean Lock and Mark Thomas all trying to make you laugh in the capital this weekend.... more

Charm to burn

21.06.07

'Floating' at the Barbican pit proves to be a small but perfectly formed gem of a shaggy dog story about Anglesey sailing off into the Atlantic.... more

Critic's choice: top comedy shows

29.03.07

Frenetic sketches from Laurence & Gus, Nick Doody putting the boot in on organised religion, and magic tricks from Ross Noble look-a-like Pete Firman are all among Bruce Dessau's comedy picks.... more

Critic's choice: top comedy shows

08.03.07

Ex-wrestler Wil Hodgson, Lee Mack and Marcus Brigstocke ranting about his pet hates are all among Bruce Dessau's comedy picks.... more

Critic's choice: Best comedy shows

01.03.07

Josie Long brings her wit and exuberance to the Soho Theatre, it's the last chance to see nimble Irishman Jimeoin and the Hackney Empire search for the New Act of the Year.... more

Bringing Christmas to Book

15.12.06

... more

Critic's Choice: Top Five Comedy Shows

28.09.06

This week's best comedy bits include wiry Irishman Ed Byrne and compatriot Dara O'Briain, while deadpan Norman Lovett makes a return to the live comedy circuit.... more

The Long way round

27.09.06

Josie Long's Kindness and Exuberance is the most upbeat, quirky comedy show you'll ever encounter. Long might look shambolic but this is a smart and endearing hour celebrating life's bright side.... more

Top 5 comedy shows

21.09.06

Josie Long will be charming the audience at the Soho Theatre, it's the opening night for a season of graveyard shift gigs fronted by Andrew Maxwell and Will Smith stands in for Harry Hill.... more

Top 5 comedy shows

21.09.06

Josie Long will be charming the audience at the Soho Theatre, it's the opening night for a season of graveyard shift gigs fronted by Andrew Maxwell and Will Smith stands in for Harry Hill.... more