Mike Wozniak

Golden Lizard give us one of the most impressive boards

Board Meeting: Golden Lizard

19 Aug 2010

Their lizard may not be entirely golden in this shot, but it has a nosebleed. Random bits of blood is, we believe, the new thing in comedy. Especially when you give comedians the option of a red board marker. Nice funny boys doing characters and…

Mike Wozniak set for Edinburgh Stand gig

24 Jun 2010

The man with the finest moustache in comedy opted to shave off that facial fuzz round about the time he got wed. And then, possibly for stand-up’s sake, he grew the thing straight back onto his face again. In anticipation of another stab at the Fringe…

Five comedy shows worth watching on TV

16 Apr 2010

1: Outnumbered This superb celebration of parental incompetence continues with mum (Claire Skinner) finding an inappropriate image on the family computer and launching an investigation to discover the dodgy downloader’s identity. BBC1, Thu 15 Apr…

Mike Wozniak

Strained face-pulling and intentionally bad impersonations

18 Aug 2009

Having provided one of the sleeper hits of last year’s Fringe, the Portsmouth Pole upsettingly fails to live up to that promise. Given that erudite subtlety was his watchword in 2008, he makes the odd mistake of going mic-less with the audience losing…

Mike Wozniak

Portsmouth Pole ponders perspective, pressure, penis pain

29 Jul 2009

Whether you happened to be members of Mike Wozniak’s family or complete strangers, there’s a chance that on viewing his debut solo set last August, much of your time would have been spent clenching or crossing some part of your body. The Wozniaks would…

If.comedy shortlist long on quality

Little to argue with over judges award selection

21 Aug 2008

The rant was already prepared. How could they possibly let A on there when B has put together a far more impressive hour? C was absolutely hilarious: why have they let D & E in when they were funnier three years ago? And yet the good people sitting…

Edinburgh Festival If.comedy award shortlist announced

If.comedy nominees 2008 announced

20 Aug 2008

The Intelligent Finance Comedy Awards are the UK's premier comedy awards now in its 28th year. It is given for the most outstanding up-and-coming, funny, original comedy show at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. The nominees for the 2008 Intelligent…