You Should've Been Here Last Week

Steve Gribbin and Paul Ricketts send reports from the Christmas comedy gigs front line. Interviews with UK comedy favourites Tom Wrigglesworth (BBC Radio 4), Alan Francis (BBC Radio 4), Cerys Nelmes (BBC), Abigoliah Schamaun (Comedy Central), Steve N. Allen (BBC One), Neil McFarlane (Channel 4), Mat Reed (BBC) and Chris Kearns. Watch interviews on our YouTube channel . Support our show! Contributi...

Christmas comedy gigs - sounds like a lovely experience, but is it? Steve Gribbin and Paul Ricketts talk about pitfalls and joys of performing stand-up and spreading yuletide ho! ho! ho! Answering the questions: What are Christmas gig like? How do you survive them? And who the hell enjoys them? Watch interviews on our YouTube channel . Support our show! Contributions can be made to Steve Gribbin's...

Interview with Rob Riley of Comedy In A Van promotions - a comedy institution in North-West England. Rob's a stand up performer, booker and promoter. Lefty. Veggie. Passionate about overuse of the word 'passionate'. Plus Steve Gribbin and Paul Ricketts explain the comedic meaning of 'Millican's Law'. Watch interviews on our YouTube channel . Support our show! Contributions can be made to Steve Gri...

People think they know what's 'black comedy', but what's 'alternative black comedy'? Che Burnley explains the ideas behind his showcase for black and minority acts that he promotes in Liverpool, across the North West and the Edinburgh Fringe since 2017. Plus Steve Gribbin and Paul Ricketts discuss comedian's car sharing etiquette. Watch interviews on our YouTube channel . Support our show! Contrib...

Comedy for parents with their babies or shows involving hilarious tarot readings - all new live comedy formats invented by comedian and promoter Carly Smallman over several bottles of wine! Carly tells us the whys and the wherefores on this and the safety of female comics on the UK circuit. Plus Steve Gribbin and Paul Ricketts talk about a crucial talent all comics must master - getting to the gig...

On this show Steve Gribbin and Paul Ricketts interview Maureen Younger, pioneering promoter of Laughing Cows - the UK's first all women comedy night. Plus sought after performer on the mainstream, urban, Asian and gay/lesbian circuits! Steve and Paul also talk about the ways of getting paid the 'wages of sin' in comedy. Watch interviews on our YouTube channel . Support our show! Contributions can...

The stand-up comedy year starts post Edinburgh Fringe every September! So, in this first episode of a new season, Steve Gribbin and Paul Ricketts interview Joss Jones, who's worked in the UK comedy industry since 1987 as a renown booker, agent, consultant and director of Cosmic Comedy Management. Plus Steve and Paul define a 'comedy death'. If you're interested in getting involved or finding out m...

Last interview in our Edinburgh Fringe season. We talk to Karen Koren, founder of Gilded Balloon, the only Edinburgh based comedy promoter among the 'Big Four' ticketed venues. Plus, Steve Gribbin and Paul Ricketts discuss what is an "Edinburgh Fringe Act"? If you're interested in getting involved or finding out more about live promotion or performance, then this show irreverently pulls back the c...

Second interview in our Edinburgh Fringe season with Kate Copstick, chief reviewer at The Scotsman newspaper and known as the UK's scariest comedy critic. A position cemented after her appearance on ITV's short-lived stand-up talent competition - Show Me The Funny! Plus, Steve Gribbin and Paul Ricketts explain how useful is a "three stars... reads like a four" Edinburgh show review. Watch intervie...

We're back after our holidays! Steve Gribbin and Paul Ricketts interview Peter Buckley Hill, performer and the main man behind PBH Free Fringe - which is now the biggest producer at the Edinburgh Festival. Plus Paul and Steve discuss the Edinburgh Fringe terms '50 minute hour' and '40 minute dip'. If you're interested in getting involved or finding out more about live promotion or performance, the...

They say doing stand-up is the hardest job - so how hard is promoting a comedy show? In this episode, Steve Gribbin and Paul Ricketts interview performer, writer and promoter Stephen Grant, a Brighton institution with his Krater Comedy Club - now relaunched as the Forge Comedy Club. Plus Paul and Steve discuss the term 'comedy literate' and what the heck does it mean? If you're interested in getti...

They say doing stand-up is the hardest job - so how hard is promoting a comedy show? In this episode, Steve Gribbin and Paul Ricketts interview semi-retired performer, but fully active promoter, booker and agent Adam Rushton, proprietor of A Rush Of Laughter Comedy Management & Co-owner/Director of Rum Tab Media. Adam talks candidly about how it feels when another booker competes to get a gig...

They say doing stand-up is the hardest job - so how hard is promoting a comedy show? In this episode, Steve Gribbin and Paul Ricketts interview performer and promoter, Kevin Precious, proprietor of Barnstormers Comedy, who have nights in Art Centres and venues across England - from the South Coast, the Home Counties, the Midlands and Hull and back. If you're interested in getting involved or findi...

They say doing stand-up is the hardest job - so how hard is promoting a comedy show? In this episode, Steve Gribbin and Paul Ricketts interview the 'esteemed' promoter, Peter Grahame Walsingham, proprietor of the legendary Downstairs At The Kings Head Comedy Club, Crouch End, London - which could be the UK's longest running club. If you're interested in getting involved or finding out more about l...

They say doing stand-up is the hardest job - so how hard is promoting a comedy show? Every fortnight respected comedians, Steve Gribbin and Paul Ricketts interview esteemed figures in the industry from the UK and beyond. If you're interested in getting involved or finding out more about live promotion or performance, then this show irreverently pulls back the curtain on the world of professional c...

They say doing stand-up is the hardest job - so how hard is promoting a comedy show? Every fortnight respected comedians, Steve Gribbin and Paul Ricketts interview esteemed figures in the industry from the UK and beyond. If you're interested in getting involved or finding out more about live promotion or performance, then this show irreverently pulls back the curtain on the world of professional c...