David Byrne has linked up with Australian pop artist Montaigne on her ebullient new song, “Always Be You.”
Based around heart-thumping percussion and dizzying synths, “Always Be You” captures the exhilarating throes of a new love. The track also arrives with a music video, directed Nick Ward, that stars Montaigne and her partner Pat, and features Byrne beaming in via an old school television set.
In a statement, Byrne said Montaigne approached him about collaborating, and after listening to her music, it was an easy decision to make. “How could...
Based around heart-thumping percussion and dizzying synths, “Always Be You” captures the exhilarating throes of a new love. The track also arrives with a music video, directed Nick Ward, that stars Montaigne and her partner Pat, and features Byrne beaming in via an old school television set.
In a statement, Byrne said Montaigne approached him about collaborating, and after listening to her music, it was an easy decision to make. “How could...
- 2/24/2022
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
Den Of Geek Oct 23, 2017
Mark Thomas, Daniel Kitson, Josie Long and now Alexei Sayle are heading to the stage to help raise money for a very good cause...
A brilliantly diverse bill has been pulled together Tonight in London, for a really good cause. Robin Ince has put together a show called A Night For Helen & Barry. And on the bill are:
Mark Thomas
Charlotte Church
James Acaster
Daniel Kitson
Josie Long
Hollie McNish
Grace Petrie
Chris Stokes
Alistair Barrie
And the might Mr Ince himself.
Update: Alexei Sayle has now been confirmed too!
The gig takes place on Monday 23rd October at7.30pm, and it’s to help fund Helen Crimmins’ fight against cancer, with money also going to chosen cancer charities.
Please support the gig if you can and spread the word. It promises to be a very special evening.
More details can be found here: http://cosmicshambles.
Mark Thomas, Daniel Kitson, Josie Long and now Alexei Sayle are heading to the stage to help raise money for a very good cause...
A brilliantly diverse bill has been pulled together Tonight in London, for a really good cause. Robin Ince has put together a show called A Night For Helen & Barry. And on the bill are:
Mark Thomas
Charlotte Church
James Acaster
Daniel Kitson
Josie Long
Hollie McNish
Grace Petrie
Chris Stokes
Alistair Barrie
And the might Mr Ince himself.
Update: Alexei Sayle has now been confirmed too!
The gig takes place on Monday 23rd October at7.30pm, and it’s to help fund Helen Crimmins’ fight against cancer, with money also going to chosen cancer charities.
Please support the gig if you can and spread the word. It promises to be a very special evening.
More details can be found here: http://cosmicshambles.
- 10/18/2017
- Den of Geek
Phoenix Nights star Toby Foster has downplayed rumours of a full Phoenix Nights reunion, claiming that he hasn't heard anything from Peter Kay about the show returning.
Foster, who played Les Campbell from the Phoenix Club backing band Les Alanos in the early '00s Channel 4 sitcom, revealed that he had been inundated with messages since Kay revealed that "big news" was coming very soon about the show.
The BBC radio presenter and comic said that he had spoken to Kay recently and he hadn't mentioned anything about the show. He also retweeted a comment from a follower, who suggested that if the show was coming back, he wasn't involved.
Bloody Hell. Loads of messages. Hand on heart, I have not heard a whisper about a new series of Pn. And I spoke to Peter last week.
— TobyFoster (@TobyFoster) November 19, 2014
@TobyFoster You're not in it then ?
— luke warm (@JimJimdavis...
Foster, who played Les Campbell from the Phoenix Club backing band Les Alanos in the early '00s Channel 4 sitcom, revealed that he had been inundated with messages since Kay revealed that "big news" was coming very soon about the show.
The BBC radio presenter and comic said that he had spoken to Kay recently and he hadn't mentioned anything about the show. He also retweeted a comment from a follower, who suggested that if the show was coming back, he wasn't involved.
Bloody Hell. Loads of messages. Hand on heart, I have not heard a whisper about a new series of Pn. And I spoke to Peter last week.
— TobyFoster (@TobyFoster) November 19, 2014
@TobyFoster You're not in it then ?
— luke warm (@JimJimdavis...
- 11/21/2014
- Digital Spy
Peter Kay is expected to announce the return of his classic TV sitcom Phoenix Nights very soon.
The comedian confirmed at a charity event at the weekend that fans of the comedy could look forward to an announcement about the show within the next 10 days.
It is rumoured that Kay is planning a stage show and third series for 2015.
"I am going to be making a big announcement about Phoenix Nights sometime in the next 10 days, so fans need to be watching out for that," Kay told the audience at Blackpool Opera House during a fundraiser for Salford Women's Aid Charity.
Phoenix Nights ran for two series between 2000 and 2001. Its spin-off Max and Paddy's Road To Nowhere had one series on Channel 4 in 2004.
The Bolton stand-up has previously spoken about his plans for a third series, claiming that he had always been jotting down ideas for more episodes.
"Over the years,...
The comedian confirmed at a charity event at the weekend that fans of the comedy could look forward to an announcement about the show within the next 10 days.
It is rumoured that Kay is planning a stage show and third series for 2015.
"I am going to be making a big announcement about Phoenix Nights sometime in the next 10 days, so fans need to be watching out for that," Kay told the audience at Blackpool Opera House during a fundraiser for Salford Women's Aid Charity.
Phoenix Nights ran for two series between 2000 and 2001. Its spin-off Max and Paddy's Road To Nowhere had one series on Channel 4 in 2004.
The Bolton stand-up has previously spoken about his plans for a third series, claiming that he had always been jotting down ideas for more episodes.
"Over the years,...
- 11/19/2014
- Digital Spy
Theatrical hell-raisers and the art world's enfants terribles take centre stage in our roundup of the biggest risk-takers of 2014
Theatre
Oh! What a Lovely War
Theatre-maker Joan Littlewood was a visionary, an iconoclast and a subversive. Her 1963 "documentary collage" about the bitter ironies of the first world war was way ahead of its time, using popular period song and hard-hitting testimony. Lyn Gardner Theatre Royal Stratford East, London E15 (020-8534 0310), 1 February to 15 May.
Macbeth
Shakespeare's dark tale as you've never seen it before, taking place in a secret location from dawn to dusk. Party with Duncan, bed down in Macbeth's castle on the 27th floor of a tower block, glimpse the witches in an underground car park, and join the feast at which Banquo will be an uninvited guest. The spectres will be bloody – but the food will be vegetarian. LG Secret location, London, 4 April to 31 May.
Grit
This...
Theatre
Oh! What a Lovely War
Theatre-maker Joan Littlewood was a visionary, an iconoclast and a subversive. Her 1963 "documentary collage" about the bitter ironies of the first world war was way ahead of its time, using popular period song and hard-hitting testimony. Lyn Gardner Theatre Royal Stratford East, London E15 (020-8534 0310), 1 February to 15 May.
Macbeth
Shakespeare's dark tale as you've never seen it before, taking place in a secret location from dawn to dusk. Party with Duncan, bed down in Macbeth's castle on the 27th floor of a tower block, glimpse the witches in an underground car park, and join the feast at which Banquo will be an uninvited guest. The spectres will be bloody – but the food will be vegetarian. LG Secret location, London, 4 April to 31 May.
Grit
This...
- 1/1/2014
- by Lyn Gardner, Andrew Dickson, Jonathan Jones, Adrian Searle, Imogen Tilden, Andrew Clements, Tom Service, Mark Lawson, Tim Jonze, Brian Logan, Oliver Wainwright, Ben Beaumont-Thomas, Henry Barnes, Judith Mackrell
- The Guardian - Film News
Total Film will be partnering with Latitude 2013, and the full line-up for the festival has been announced! Bloc Party, Kraftwerk and Foals will headline at the Obelisk Arena. Plus, there will be appearances from The Maccabees and Hot Chip. It’s a brimming line-up, with Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Alt-j, Beth Orton, Cat Power and plenty more besides. On the comedy front, you can catch Dylan Moran, Daniel Kitson, Tim Key, Seann Walsh among the various funny folk appearing. Total Film will be there, hosting some special events in the...
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- 3/20/2013
- by Total Film
- TotalFilm
Also this week, Ronnie Corbett couldn't make it in comedy now, Billy Connolly smoked the Bible and Marmite man Judd Apatow
In the week we lost Richard Briers, one of the all-time TV comedy greats, confirmation of a new – and intriguing – addition to the UK's sitcom pantheon. Jessica Hynes, star of Spaced and Twenty Twelve, has written and will star in a new BBC4 comedy series about the suffragette movement. "It's a kind of a character study," Hynes recently told an interviewer, "and hopefully, on a good day, it will be a kind of female Dad's Army." The sitcom is set in 1910, and traces the unlikely politicisation of the Banbury Intricate Craft Circle. "Margaret has been to London and discovered Women's Suffrage," runs the BBC's blurb, "so she decides [the Craft Circle] need to set up their own movement." Rebecca Front and Getting On's Vicki Pepperdine will also star.
From Dad's Army...
In the week we lost Richard Briers, one of the all-time TV comedy greats, confirmation of a new – and intriguing – addition to the UK's sitcom pantheon. Jessica Hynes, star of Spaced and Twenty Twelve, has written and will star in a new BBC4 comedy series about the suffragette movement. "It's a kind of a character study," Hynes recently told an interviewer, "and hopefully, on a good day, it will be a kind of female Dad's Army." The sitcom is set in 1910, and traces the unlikely politicisation of the Banbury Intricate Craft Circle. "Margaret has been to London and discovered Women's Suffrage," runs the BBC's blurb, "so she decides [the Craft Circle] need to set up their own movement." Rebecca Front and Getting On's Vicki Pepperdine will also star.
From Dad's Army...
- 2/19/2013
- by Brian Logan
- The Guardian - Film News
Also this week, Mrs Brown's Boys causes a heart attack and Harry Hill comes to the rescue
This week's comedy news
Johnny Vegas has claimed that Daniel Kitson made him quit standup – but is vowing to return and find "closure". "Kitson is the reason I stopped stand-up," the comedy website Chortle quotes Vegas as saying at the Leicester comedy festival. "I did three gigs with him. On the first, I thought, 'This is brilliant, I've got to pull my socks up and get my act together.' On the second, I felt I'd gone 15 rounds with the comedic Mike Tyson. And on the third, I felt I'd seen comedy take its next evolutionary step … I thought I would never have the talent to match that." Vegas also addressed his unease with fame, saying that "the most fun I had was with gigs where I was a complete unknown and...
This week's comedy news
Johnny Vegas has claimed that Daniel Kitson made him quit standup – but is vowing to return and find "closure". "Kitson is the reason I stopped stand-up," the comedy website Chortle quotes Vegas as saying at the Leicester comedy festival. "I did three gigs with him. On the first, I thought, 'This is brilliant, I've got to pull my socks up and get my act together.' On the second, I felt I'd gone 15 rounds with the comedic Mike Tyson. And on the third, I felt I'd seen comedy take its next evolutionary step … I thought I would never have the talent to match that." Vegas also addressed his unease with fame, saying that "the most fun I had was with gigs where I was a complete unknown and...
- 2/12/2013
- by Brian Logan
- The Guardian - Film News
Feature Louisa Mellor Jan 22, 2013
Louis Ck’s eclectic, funny, honest series Louie finally starts in the UK tonight. Here’s why it’s worth your time…
In 2010, stand-up and comedy writer Louis Ck told FX head John Landgraf that he didn’t want to be Charlie Sheen. This was in the pre-tiger blood days, when Sheen was the face of mainstream Us TV comedy and drawing $1.8million per episode of CBS’ Two and a Half Men. At that time, Ck was being wooed by the major networks and having $400 grand personal pay cheques waved under his nose to come up with a sitcom pilot.
The deal Ck reached with FX was for half that amount, a sum that wasn’t just to cover his fee, but the costs of the entire production: cast, crew, sets, helicopter stunts… the whole shebang. Ck’s proviso? He be given the money and left...
Louis Ck’s eclectic, funny, honest series Louie finally starts in the UK tonight. Here’s why it’s worth your time…
In 2010, stand-up and comedy writer Louis Ck told FX head John Landgraf that he didn’t want to be Charlie Sheen. This was in the pre-tiger blood days, when Sheen was the face of mainstream Us TV comedy and drawing $1.8million per episode of CBS’ Two and a Half Men. At that time, Ck was being wooed by the major networks and having $400 grand personal pay cheques waved under his nose to come up with a sitcom pilot.
The deal Ck reached with FX was for half that amount, a sum that wasn’t just to cover his fee, but the costs of the entire production: cast, crew, sets, helicopter stunts… the whole shebang. Ck’s proviso? He be given the money and left...
- 1/22/2013
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
Famed for his inspired nonsense, Ross Noble is now switching to 'real things'. The comic tells Brian Logan why
I've no sooner turned on my tape recorder than Geordie comic Ross Noble unleashes a routine about Jimmy Savile. "Funnily enough," it begins, "I told a joke about him at an awards ceremony years ago ..." On the story goes – it features necrophilia and an appearance by Paul Gambaccini – while Noble's publicist shifts uneasily in her seat. But what else should we expect? Noble's current tour marks 21 years in standup for the 36-year-old, during which he has rarely stuck to the script.
Noble is comedy's great free-associator. Give him a line and he'll show you a tangent. Give him a stage and he'll digress for hours. Yes, there are strands of scripted material – but they're launchpads for his loopy flights of fancy involving snooker-playing pirates, ballerinas blasted by giant fans, and Gerry Rafferty...
I've no sooner turned on my tape recorder than Geordie comic Ross Noble unleashes a routine about Jimmy Savile. "Funnily enough," it begins, "I told a joke about him at an awards ceremony years ago ..." On the story goes – it features necrophilia and an appearance by Paul Gambaccini – while Noble's publicist shifts uneasily in her seat. But what else should we expect? Noble's current tour marks 21 years in standup for the 36-year-old, during which he has rarely stuck to the script.
Noble is comedy's great free-associator. Give him a line and he'll show you a tangent. Give him a stage and he'll digress for hours. Yes, there are strands of scripted material – but they're launchpads for his loopy flights of fancy involving snooker-playing pirates, ballerinas blasted by giant fans, and Gerry Rafferty...
- 11/13/2012
- by Brian Logan
- The Guardian - Film News
The 'spirit of the fringe' is pitted against capitalism as awards director dismisses standup's complaints about commercialisation of Edinburgh comedy
Best of this week's news
Halfway through week one of the fringe, and the big story is – well, pretty much the same as last week's big story. Stewart Lee's broadside against the commercialisation of Edinburgh comedy (see below) set the agenda for the opening days of festival 2012, with Edinburgh comedy award director Nica Burns responding to it in her annual pep talk at the weekend. Burns dismissed Lee's grumble as part of "a bit of competition to create controversy", and set against his claims the argument that free shows are now as important to the fringe as ticketed events. Free events now number more than 800 in the fringe programme, compared with 177 free shows in 2006.
Elsewhere in Edinburgh, the promoter who last week had her charity comedy gig pulled at...
Best of this week's news
Halfway through week one of the fringe, and the big story is – well, pretty much the same as last week's big story. Stewart Lee's broadside against the commercialisation of Edinburgh comedy (see below) set the agenda for the opening days of festival 2012, with Edinburgh comedy award director Nica Burns responding to it in her annual pep talk at the weekend. Burns dismissed Lee's grumble as part of "a bit of competition to create controversy", and set against his claims the argument that free shows are now as important to the fringe as ticketed events. Free events now number more than 800 in the fringe programme, compared with 177 free shows in 2006.
Elsewhere in Edinburgh, the promoter who last week had her charity comedy gig pulled at...
- 8/9/2012
- by Brian Logan
- The Guardian - Film News
In this remarkable comeback gig, one of comedy's great survivors demonstrates her superbly polished style – and her fearless honesty
Title: Margaret Cho: I'm the One That I Want
Date: 1999
The setup: In 1994, it seemed obvious that Margaret Cho was going to be a star. Having honed her act from the age of 16, she was young, funny and fearless , the winner of an American Comedy Award, and doing warm-up gigs for Jerry Seinfeld. Being Korean-American also made her fresh and distinctive. And when the president of Disney called her personally one Sunday to tell her that she had got her own sitcom on ABC, that seemed to settle things.
And All-American Girl, as it was called, did indeed make her a star – but only eventually. Not only was the show a critical and commercial disaster, reviled by many Asian-Americans and cancelled after a single series, but Cho came under constant pressure over her weight,...
Title: Margaret Cho: I'm the One That I Want
Date: 1999
The setup: In 1994, it seemed obvious that Margaret Cho was going to be a star. Having honed her act from the age of 16, she was young, funny and fearless , the winner of an American Comedy Award, and doing warm-up gigs for Jerry Seinfeld. Being Korean-American also made her fresh and distinctive. And when the president of Disney called her personally one Sunday to tell her that she had got her own sitcom on ABC, that seemed to settle things.
And All-American Girl, as it was called, did indeed make her a star – but only eventually. Not only was the show a critical and commercial disaster, reviled by many Asian-Americans and cancelled after a single series, but Cho came under constant pressure over her weight,...
- 5/10/2012
- by Leo Benedictus
- The Guardian - Film News
Daniel Kitson has announced a new live run and the release of an album. In an email to fans, the comedian confirmed that tickets for the Manchester Royal Exchange run of It's Always Right Now, Until It's Later will go on sale this Monday, February 20 at 10am. They will be priced at £10/£12. "These will almost certainly be the last ever performances of this show," he said. "The plan is to film the show on the Saturday. So please bear that in mind when booking, there may be cameras around on the Saturday, if that annoys you (as it doubtless would me) then book for another night." Kitson also announced the release of The Ballad of Roger and Grace, an album recorded with Gavin Osborn in a Crystal Palace studio around five years ago after a performance at Regent's Park Open Air Theatre and an Australian (more)...
- 2/16/2012
- by By Mayer Nissim
- Digital Spy
Daniel Kitson's warm-up shows have sold out in less than half an hour. The Yorkshire-born stand-up had booked a number of work-in-progress dates at The Hob in Forest Hill, London. Priced at just £3, all 14 gigs for February and March 2012 sold out swiftly after going on general sale. All shows at the venue will start at 8pm and run for 90 minutes to two hours with no interval. "Over the next couple of months - I am going to be writing and previewing a new stand-up comedy show before taking it to Australia and then on to the Edinburgh Festival," Kitson told fans in an email to his mailing group. "It's called Where Once Was Wonder and I'm not (more)...
- 2/6/2012
- by By Mayer Nissim
- Digital Spy
Gleeks, Geeks, and dedicated fans of all sorts ruled the stage world this week. Glee star Darren Criss, the current lead of How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, outsold his predecessor Daniel Radcliffe—and caused quite a stir in Manhattan’s midtown. Star Trek icon William Shatner confirmed the dates and venue for his one-man Main Stem show, Shatner’s World: We Just Live In It. Newsies lovers finally got their Broadway lead, Jeremy Jordan. And our critics got back to being theater nerds after a short winter break. (The Harry Connick Jr.-led On a Clear Day You Can See Forever...
- 1/15/2012
- by Aubry D'Arminio
- EW.com - PopWatch
London - There's a Hollywood cast for Britain's Whatsonstage theater awards, with James Earl Jones, Jude Law and Kevin Spacey competing for best actor in a play.
Jones is nominated for "Driving Miss Daisy," Law for "Anna Christie" and Spacey for "Richard III," alongside Benedict Cumberbatch for "Frankenstein," James Corden for "One Man, Two Guvnors" and David Tennant for "Much Ado About Nothing."
The prizes, run by theater website whatonstage.com, are decided by public vote.
Best actress contenders announced Friday include Vanessa Redgrave for "Driving Miss Daisy" and Kristin Scott Thomas for "Betrayal."
In the musical categories, there are multiple nominations for the movie-inspired romance "Ghost" and Roald Dahl-based "Matilda."
Winners will be announced Feb. 19. See below for the full list of nominees.
Watch previews of some of the nominated plays:
The Full List Of 2011/12 Nominations
Best Actress in a Play
Eve Best – Much Ado About Nothing at...
Jones is nominated for "Driving Miss Daisy," Law for "Anna Christie" and Spacey for "Richard III," alongside Benedict Cumberbatch for "Frankenstein," James Corden for "One Man, Two Guvnors" and David Tennant for "Much Ado About Nothing."
The prizes, run by theater website whatonstage.com, are decided by public vote.
Best actress contenders announced Friday include Vanessa Redgrave for "Driving Miss Daisy" and Kristin Scott Thomas for "Betrayal."
In the musical categories, there are multiple nominations for the movie-inspired romance "Ghost" and Roald Dahl-based "Matilda."
Winners will be announced Feb. 19. See below for the full list of nominees.
Watch previews of some of the nominated plays:
The Full List Of 2011/12 Nominations
Best Actress in a Play
Eve Best – Much Ado About Nothing at...
- 12/2/2011
- by AP/The Huffington Post
- Huffington Post
Comedians have named Frankie Boyle as the nation's most offensive stand-up in a poll commissioned by television channel Dave. The comedian, who was recently cleared for his joke about Katie Price's disabled son Harvey, beat Us-born comic and magician Jerry Sadowitz into second place. Jim Davidson and Roy Chubby Brown were also on the list of controversial performers. Daniel Kitson, who rarely appears on TV, was named the favourite "comedian's comedian", just ahead of Billy Connolly, Eddie Izzard and Tommy (more)...
- 4/15/2011
- by By Sophie Hines
- Digital Spy
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