In 2001, after over a decade in the business, Stewart Lee quit stand-up, disillusioned and drained, and went off to direct a loss-making opera about Jerry Springer. This book details his return to live performance, and the journey that took him from an early retirement to his po…
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: FILM, TELEVISION, MUSIC, THEATRE. Experience how it feels to be the subject of a blasphemy prosecution! Find out why 'wool' is a funny word! See how jokes work, their inner mechanisms revealed, before your astonished face! In 2001, after over a decade …
You know when you find yourself approaching thirty and your dreams are broken? Luisa Omielan is a stand-up comedian who turned her life around after she answered the mantra every person needs in their life: What would Beyonce do? This memoir shows us all that there is no situati…
You know when you find yourself approaching 30 and you have a temp career going nowhere, student debt that's somehow not getting any smaller, an ex who's 'not ready' and left you heartbroken, and to top it all off you have to move back home to your mum's house! Then here, at you…
You know when you find yourself approaching thirty and your dreams are broken? You've got a temping career going nowhere, a student debt that's mounting and you've just had to move back into your mum's house. Then to top it all off, you get absolutely annihilated with heartbreak…
You know when you find yourself approaching 30 and you have a temp career going nowhere, student debt that's somehow not getting any smaller, an ex who's 'not ready' and left you heartbroken, and to top it all off you have to move back home to your mum's house! Then here, at you…
"At the age of 9, Romesh Ranganathan delivered his first ever stand-up set at a Pontin's Holiday Camp talent competition, smashing the only other competitor, a young girl playing the kazoo. The gig went so well that Romesh retired his comic genius for twenty two years, hiding be…
Alternative Comedy Now and Then: Critical Perspectives is the first academic collection focusing on the history and legacy of the alternative comedy movement in Britain that began in 1979 and continues to influence contemporary stand-up comedy. The collection examines the contex…
Alternative Comedy Now and Then: Critical Perspectives is the first academic collection focusing on the history and legacy of the alternative comedy movement in Britain that began in 1979 and continues to influence contemporary stand-up comedy. The collection examines the contex…
