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The Invisible Dot: New Wave Tour preview

by J.Dean on February 20, 2012 in Gigs with No comments
Tim Key & Jonny Sweet

Camden-based comedy company The Invisible Dot is set to take its up-and-coming acts on the road in their “New Wave” tour of 2012. The company, which has previously worked with such luminaries as Mark Watson, Simon Amstell and Tim Key are giving the spotlight to acts who, while they may not be household names just yet, have already made their mark on the comedy landscape.

The tour features a revolving door of acts, with each show featuring three of the eight rising stars. Headlining the March dates of the show is 2009’s winner of the Best Newcomer award at the Edinburgh Fringe, Jonny Sweet, whose relentlessly nice, foppish charm has won him applause from across the comedy community – even the ones who saw him play David Cameron (boo, hiss, etc.) in More4’s “When Boris Met Dave”. Meanwhile character comedian and audience participation enthusiast Adam Riches, winner of 2011’s Best Show award at Edinburgh, takes over for the April ones.

Filling the roster in the various shows are combinations of the other stars of tomorrow. Character comic and star of CBBC’s “Sorry I’ve Got No Head” Will Andrews lends his bonkers style to proceedings, while 2007’s if.comedy newcomer award winner – musical comic Tom Basden mellows it out. More character comedy in Nick Mohammed, who regularly turns out several of his comic creations in a single show, while charismatic sketch trio Sheeps mix up the ‘one comic, one microphone’ format for the shows in which they appear. Rounding off the line-up are the madcap stunts and absurdist prop comedy of Ben Target, and sisterly double-act Toby embark on a sketch show made up of dark, inappropriate humour and a heavy dose of sibling rivalry.

The tour will be a real mixed bag of different comedic styles, featuring future stars of stage and screen comedy. The first show is at the University of Manchester’s John Thaw Studio, on Thursday, March 1st, and will feature Jonny Sweet, Nick Mohammed and Sheeps.

For more information on tour dates and performers, see: http://www.theinvisibledot.com/tour/

Winter Gig Guide #London

by s.watkins on November 21, 2011 in Gigs with No comments
Tim Key

All this week we will be telling you what’s on in London this winter in our Winter Gig Guide. First Up, it’s Tim Key and Stewart Lee!

TIM KEY – Edinburgh award winner and poet savant Tim Key brings his “Masterslut” show to London’s Soho theatre for a month long run from 8th December. Make sure you get your tickets quick as Tim is currently gaining some ‘monster hype’ from recent TV appearances.

http://www.sohotheatre.com/whats-on/tim-key-mgily/

STEWART LEE – Britain’s premier cynic starts the first of 48 dates of his “Carpet Remnant World” show from November 22nd at London’s Leicester Square theatre. Check out series one and two of ‘Stewart Lee’s Comedy Vehicle’ if you happen to be one of the few people left in the country trying to work out if he’s funny or not.

 http://leicestersquaretheatre.ticketsolve.com/shows/126516643/events

CCC Loves BBC FOUR!

by s.watkins on October 12, 2011 in News, TV with No comments
BBC FOUR

A little slow on the uptake but we at Crispy Comedy Cuts are still reeling from the proposed cuts to BBC FOUR output. Aside from the documentaries, new British drama and the pick of American imports, it’s also the original home to genuinely brilliant new comedy shows such as, The Thick of It, Lead Balloon, Screenwipe and the amazing, if far too short lived, Cowards.

Proof if ever it was needed that Britain needs BBC FOUR!