Category: Culture
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mishka catches up with some of Burlesque’s favourite stars
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Leave your political correctness at the door. Gloriously inappropriate and brilliantly subversive, Avenue Q shows no signs of ageing
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An irritating sojourn through the bowels of Southampton’s industrial sector, but worth the effort
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Strangely enough, video games are seemingly the only medium where sequels are routinely better than the original. It wasn’t going to be difficult for Valve to outstrip the first Portal in terms of length or story, but with such a unique game mechanic came the fear that any sequel would be hard pressed to match…
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Over the past few years the Nuffield has enjoyed putting on several of Douglas Post’s poignant, powerful plays. Audiences simply can’t get enough. Bloodshot, in which Post presents us with a one-man fifties’ murder mystery, returned at the end of March after a year’s run. The solo show may seem like a concept milked dry…
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Chris Brooks gets all bohemian in an experience with Andy Warhol
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A review of the BBC2 series ‘Wonders of the Universe’
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Was fashion in the 90s more than just sweatshirts and nylon tracksuits?
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Who likes modern sketch shows? With the drab and downright bigoted offerings of things like Frankie Boyle’s Tremadol Nights, or the funny-at-first antics of Little Britain, it’s easy to think that sketch shows are just at the bottom of the comedy pile. Satirical film, then stand up, then light hearted comedy flicks, then sitcoms, then…
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On October 13th, 1925, a comedian was born who would change the face of stand-up comedy. Lenny Bruce began his comedy career after a short stint in the American Navy, but soon found it hard to impose himself in the New York comedy scene. Famously portrayed by Dustin Hoffman in the biographical film Lenny, Bruce developed…
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Let the BBC take you on an incredible journey through the Human Planet. Narrated by John Hurt, this series will show you just how far man can adapt to his surroundings. And the extent of the extreme conditions he can live in.
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“I have too many sinks” sighs vulnerable TV-presenter-come-stand-up-comedian from Essex, Simon Amstell, in his latest live DVD.
