John Boorman: interview - Telegraph.co.uk

John Boorman: interview - Telegraph.co.uk

Telegraph.co.ukJohn Boorman: interviewTelegraph.co.ukPeople started sending me scripts and offers from America. She could just as easily ... Boorman has often needed his robust sense of dark, absurd comedy (shown in films like The Tailor of Panama, 2001, based on Le Carré). “I am drawn to black comedy ...

A killer is still out there in Broadchurch - Express.co.uk

A killer is still out there in BroadchurchExpress.co.ukAfter film roles in Iron Lady, Hot Fuzz and Hyde Park On Hudson the versatile actress, who met her comedy cohorts David Mitchell and Robert Webb at Cambridge, is now one of a clutch of new TV detectives in ITV's Broadchurch. The drama appealed ...and more »

Pittsburgh's budding screenwriters make their pitches at Steeltown Film Factory - Pittsburgh Post Gazette

Pittsburgh's budding screenwriters make their pitches at Steeltown Film FactoryPittsburgh Post GazetteFilmmakers submitted more than 250 scripts to Steeltown that script readers in Los Angeles, Pittsburgh and New York City cut down to 12 quarterfinalists. The dozen hopefuls had to pitch their scripts to three panelists ... This year's crop of stories ...and more »

'Revolution': Wilmington filming requires L.A. connection - Winston-Salem Journal

'Revolution': Wilmington filming requires L.A. connectionWinston-Salem JournalBut we're so jammed getting scripts out and in post-production — all of which happens in Los Angeles — that, unfortunately, I haven't been able to make the trip yet. ... Also new Tuesday on DVD: “The Carol Burnett Show: This Time Together,” a six ...and more »

Ryan Landry ups his game on a new stage - Bostonglobe

BostonglobeRyan Landry ups his game on a new stageBostonglobeBut this is also Landry's surreal and sometimes anachronistic world, where, as the script puts it, “life is cheap and parking is 45 dollars,” where a cuckoo clock turns out to be an ingenue, and where the fourth wall is not just broken but trampled and ...and more »

A comedy of human desperation in 'Split' - Boston Globe

Boston GlobeA comedy of human desperation in 'Split'Boston GlobeShe's on a screenwriting fellowship from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, and she hopes to direct a film based on a script of hers this summer. 'A lot of my plays do center on themes of identity and survival. That's what makes our ...

A Look At The 2013 Brit List, The UK Answer To The Black List - Indie Wire (blog)

A Look At The 2013 Brit List, The UK Answer To The Black ListIndie Wire (blog)It's not the same immediate signifier of success as the Black List, but scripts like "Best Exotic Marigold Hotel," "Salmon Fishing In The Yemen" and "Lawless" all got their start on the list, and it's always a useful thing to see what's coming down the ...

London Stand Up And Sketch Comedy: 24-30 March

Where to find funny this week Sunday 24 March: Phill Jupitus joins the Comedy Store Players regular crew of Josie Lawrence, Neil Mullarkey, Andy Smart, Lee Simpson and Richard Vranch at the piano (7.30pm, £17 / £12). Monday 25 March: Doctor Brown’s run of his Edinburgh winning show Befrdfgth (pictured) sold out its previous Soho Theatre run, so there’s a new, mammoth run this spring (on until 20 ...

Theatre Review: A Guide To Second Date Sex @ Soho Theatre

Thomas O'Connell and Amy Butterworth. Photo by Dan Patrick Londonist went to see a sex show in Soho at 9.45pm. (TIM: Oh lordy, now they think I’m a perv, I started that all wrong — try again.) Londonist went to review late night comedy A Guide to Second Date Sex at Soho Theatre. (TIM: Still sounds a bit trashy, don’t think much of that title, the readers probably won’t either…) Despite its off ...

Great Science Fiction and Fantasy Creators Who Started Out Writing Comedy - io9

Great Science Fiction and Fantasy Creators Who Started Out Writing Comedyio9Spooner's Who scripts tend to be silly, and he was the one who decided the show's regular historical adventures could be played for laughs -- so it's perhaps not surprising that he started as a stand-up comedian who moved into comedy writing, including ...and more »

Comedy Writers Casey Johnson And David Windsor Sign Overall Deal With ABC ... - Deadline.com

Deadline.comComedy Writers Casey Johnson And David Windsor Sign Overall Deal With ABC ...Deadline.com(Johnson separately worked as a consultant on NBC's Guys With Kids). The pact also brings Johnson and Windsor back to ABC Studios where they developed and wrote four comedy scripts for ABC with studio-based Mark Gordon Co — one of which, It Takes ...

Del Close: Dueling scripts detail improv pioneer - Chicago Tribune

Del Close: Dueling scripts detail improv pioneerChicago Tribune"Del changed the face of comedy more than any person alive," Stern said. "Del was where the river started. Del's story is largely unknown to the general public, and it would be great to change that." Said Teitel: "We finally got the right script ...

VIDEO: Viewers stand up for Red Nose Day

BBC London viewers took to the stage to try make people laugh in aid of Red Nose Day.

London Stand Up And Sketch Comedy: 10-16 March

Where to find funny this week Sunday 10 March: Sandi Toksvig is in charge of Mirth Control at the Southbank Centre , with Fascinating Aida and the utterly brilliant Sue Perkins (pictured; have you been watching Heading Out? Isn’t it wonderful?) for a night of comedy and music (7.30pm, £40-£10). Monday 11 March: Andrew Lawrence deserves to be better known. Make a start on that at the Soho Theatre ...

Steve Coogan is the King of Comedy in The Look of Love

Never mind the King of Soho, Steve Coogan shows himself to be the King of Comedy in his new biopic of the strip club baron Paul Raymond.

Funniest female comics on a Norwich stage

The ever popular Lady HaHa returns to Norwich this week offering a unique chance to catch a line-up of the UK’s funniest upcoming female comedians. HOLLY HAYMAN reports.

London Stand Up And Sketch Comedy: 3-9 March

Where to find funny this week Sunday 3 March: Lewis Schaffer (pictured) has been doing free gigs in London for, like, ever, and you can still see those if you want. But he’s also doing his American guide to England at the Leicester Square Theatre every Sunday for the next couple of months, and we think the guy probably deserves some cash (6pm, £10). Monday 4 March: Mark Thomas is taking his ...

Kris Jenner Is Filmed As She Leaves The Exclusive Soho House Private Member's Club

Reality star Kim Kardashian's mother Kris Jenner is snapped leaving the private member's club for associates of film and media, Soho House, in...

Soho Comedy Club

With most comedy clubs ramping up their prices at weekends to cash in on the off-the-clock laughter-seeking Londoners, Soho Comedy Club offers just as good line-ups at incredibly good value for money – plus bring along a copy of Time Out, and it's only a tenner!

Amused Moose Soho

Hils Jago's award-winning comedy club, right in the heart of Soho, always has top-notch line-ups. Tonight you can catch the comedy stylings of Charlie Baker, Irish charmer Jarlarth Regan, Mark Dolan, suave Scot Stephen Carlin and Kishore Nayar.