Sketch show

Olivia Lee looked 'disgusting' for Dirty Sexy Funny

TV Gossip

29 Jul 2011

Olivia Lee had to look "really, really disgusting" in the new series of 'Dirty Sexy Funny'. The actress plays an array of characters in the comedy sketch show and says she and producers wanted to push the boundaries in the latest run because they…

JLS and Louis Spence to star in Miranda Hart sketch show

TV Gossip

17 Mar 2011

Miranda Hart has joined forces with JLS and Louis Spence to create a comedy sketch show for Comic Relief. The 'Miranda' star will show off her skills as a "dance teacher extraordinaire" when she attempts to instruct the four-piece boyband - made up…

Pros from Dover

Sketch comedy from accomplished trio inject form with inovation

9 Aug 2010

Critical reaction to sketch groups is an all-too predictable business. ‘Hit and miss’ comes the cry from the press box. So, when the likes of Pros from Dover come along and attempt to inject the form with a bit of curveball innovation, that should be…

Sugaring-Off Cabin and How Do I Get Up There?

30 Apr 2009

SKETCH SHOWS The stock of the TV sketch show couldn’t be lower right now after the vastly-hyped airing and subsequent critical mauling of Horne and Corden. And this monstrosity dribbled our way not too long after similar BBC3 calamities such as…

Daddy fool - Pappy’s Fun Club

Edinburgh Festival Fringe

22 Jul 2008

With the spirit of The Monkees and Monty Python coursing through their comedic veins, sketch troupe Pappy’s Fun Club tell Marissa Burgess that cash worries have fuelled their success

Will & Greg: A Sketch Show

3 Jul 2008

SKETCH SHOW The Stand, Glasgow, Sun 6 Jul Before the Fringe kicks in along with the attendant confusion of flyers, here’s your chance to take a sneak peak at one of its prime sketch shows. Fresh from some of the minds who brought you last year’s…

Pegabovine

23 Aug 2007

This is a sketch show based around different generations of the same aristocratic family with a time-travelling coat thrown in for good measure. Whilst you can’t fault the foppish enthusiasm of its trio, you can fault just about everything else.

School of Comedy

16 Aug 2007

In this age of Asbos, hoodies and teenage gang warfare it’s probably illegal to encourage youngsters to swear and be rude in front of adults, but this is exactly what the grown-ups behind School of Comedy plan to do. The show is billed as ‘an adult…

We Are Klang

16 Aug 2007

So, you think sketch shows are all a bit similar? You believe them to be self-indulgent posturing at worst and wholly inconsistent at best? Probably never seen the Klang then? After their massively successful 2006 Fringe which brought them a…

We Are Klang

Tron Theatre, Glasgow, Thu 15 Mar

27 Feb 2007

SKETCH SHOW We Are Klang, proud owners of the most obscure name in a genre of obscure names, are doing rather well. Winner of countless awards, it seems that people are really getting their ridiculous humour, so childish it’s bloomin’ intelligent.