Comedy
Julian Clary on fame, finding a husband and Big Brother
Julian Clary has marriage on his brain. Not to his partner Ian, mind you. But to someone from the audience on his latest tour. The new show from the veteran gay comic – not to mention [...]
Greg Burns: ‘I kept my stand-up passion a secret’
Can comedy schools teach people to be funny, or does it have to be in the blood? Comics give us the low-down on being a stand-up [...]
Get money off laughs
Get money off The Comedy School's Funny Festival - a special one-day course in London featuring advice from performers such as Sean Lock and Red Dwarf writer Rob Grant [...]
Don’t mention the war: German comic Michael Mittermeier is in London to defeat THAT stereotype
It’s a drizzly Wednesday evening and Michael Mittermeier is doing his deadpan best to woo a midweek crowd at the Soho Theatre. “When people introduce me they say, ’This is Michael – he’s German’, in that [...]
Scout Reader Offer: Buy one ticket to Foster’s Comedy Live and we’ll give you second ticket and a meal absolutely free!
We’ve teamed up with the generous folk at highlight to give you the gift of laughter! That’s right: highlight is giving all Scout London readers 2 for 1 tickets plus a free meal and free entry [...]
Pappy’s interview
Matthew Crosby, of celebrated sketch troupe Pappy's, gives us the lowdown on their new show [...]
Rhys Darby: This is the best show I’ve done
Did someone call a band meeting? Flight of The Conchords star Rhys Darby tells Chris Beanland about his new show [...]
Isy Suttie – why I quit Facebook
She may have played an IT geek in Peep Show, but it’s the creepy side of Facebook that made Isy Suttie leave the site, despite it inspiring her latest show. By Chris Beanland [...]
Catch comedy duo Trodd en Bratt in previews
Comedy duo Trodd en Bratt are off to the Edinburgh Festival in August, so catch their preview shows before they head up north [...]
Richard Herring’s comedy has a second coming
“Love is something we think we all know about,” muses Richard Herring. “But if you think about it for 30 seconds you realise that you can’t define it at all. That’s perfect territory for inquisitive comedy.” [...]
Sounding-out the man of 1,000 sound effects
Maybe we were being a bit ambitious thinking that a chat with Michael Winslow could ever translate into a salient magazine interview. The Motormouth comic ducks almost all of Scout’s obdurate questioning, and spends much of [...]
Hear about the adventure of an unusual Frenchman
London comedy poet John Hegley got his start performing his songs outside a shoe shop in Hull in the 70s. Fortunately, he has come a long way since then. [...]
