Nottingham Comedy Festival Archive

  • Links Round-Up: Funny Friday

    First off, thanks to our commenter David, who yesterday rightly reminded me that I missed the Nottingham Comedy Festival in my festival round-up! I hang my head in shame… It starts TODAY, Friday 24th September, and runs right through to Monday 4th October. There are...

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  • Links round-up: reasons to be cheerful

    Links round-up: reasons to be cheerful

    So summer’s over.   This Thursday (16 September) you can hear about How to be happy – strategies for making a good living.  More details and how to book are available on the Creative Greenhouse website. Another cheering gathering (for those who meet the obvious entry criteria) is the...

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  • Guest Blog: Day Last

    Guest Blog: Day Last

    And so I come to the end of my guest blogging fortnight. It’s been very cool and I’ve enjoyed it a lot. Maybe if I’m good I’ll be able to come back and pester you all again. Sorry I haven’t blogged as much this week,...

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  • Guest Blog: Gaaargh Day Two

    Guest Blog: Gaaargh Day Two

    Ahoy there! It’s pirate and story writing week for me and so far progress is slow… that’s rather disappointing. Unfortunately it’s proving to be a busy week at work and the evenings are rather full, predictably, with MissImp related improv action. Captain Pigheart A tiny recap. I...

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  • Guest blog. Day Something- I've lost track of time

    Guest blog. Day Something- I've lost track of time

    Okay, so a day turned into two, but The Day After Improv confused me a bit about the days of the week. That was on Friday, when I filled you in on our show preparation and right up to just before the show started. The...

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  • Guest Blog: Day 3 – what is improvised comedy anyway?

    Guest Blog: Day 3 – what is improvised comedy anyway?

    Right then, yesterday I realised that I’d leaped into the whole ‘yo, we’re MissImp and we’re dope’ (I believe this is how the kids express themselves now), without explaining what improvised comedy is. That would be due to a lack of planning – that idea...

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  • Guest Blog – It's late, but I still want to start now

    Guest Blog – It's late, but I still want to start now

    Well hello everyone, this is an entirely delightful enterprise. I thought I’d spend my first evening giving you guys some idea of the kind of jabber likely to emerge over the next fortnight. Hopefully you’ve read the 10 questions thing, if not then all of this...

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  • Introducing Nick Tyler – Our new Guest Blogger

    Introducing Nick Tyler – Our new Guest Blogger

    A warm welcome to our new Guest Blogger Nick Tyler, we asked Nick 10 questions about himself to get to know him a little bit better :- Who are you? I’m one of the organisers of MissImp – Live Improvised Comedy (based at TAO Nottingham on Station...

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