Join Robin Ince (broadcaster, author & former host of Radio 4’s Infinite Monkey Cage) for a retrospective of the best of The Comic Strip films – plus live on stage interviews and an audience question and answer session with Peter Richardson and Alexei Sayle.
Films: Best of Rik
The best of Rik Mayall: Highlights of Rik Mayall’s scene stealing sketches from across the Comic Strip. 10 mins of belly laughs.
Fistfull of Travellers Cheques, Gino & The Supergrass
Please note that the artists appearing may be subject to change
Featuring
Alexei Sayle
Actor and scriptwriting for hit TV comedies such as 'The Comic Strip Presents' and
'Stuff'. He was a central part of the alternative comedy circuit in the early 1980s and the first ever MC at The Comedy Store.
Now a highly regarded and unique writer across a range of topics and styles from the comic to the disturbing. He was voted the 18th greatest stand-up comic on Channel 4's 100 Greatest Stand-ups in 2007.
'Modern Comedy? We owe it all to one man' (Chortle)
'Fearlessly funny... thrills and surprises at every turn' (Metro)
'Splenetic and splendid' (Guardian)
'Still gobby and engagingly self-deprecating' (Evening Standard)
'It's good to have the old Liverpudlian loudmouth back' (The Daily Telegraph)
'A true legend goes back to his roots' (Time Out).
This versatile comedy veteran delivers a highly improvised set which can cover a vast range of subjects and material. As seen on Mock The Week, Never Mind The Buzzcocks, The Now Show, The News Quiz and Loose Ends.
Chortle Award Winner 2009 and Winner of the Time Out Outstanding Comedy Achievement Award.
'Robin Ince is thoughtful, provocative and very funny' (The Times)
'When someone writes a history of modern comedy, they should make room for Robin Ince' (The Guardian).