Comedy

On 2 January 2013, just a day before Jim Davidson was due to enter the Celebrity Big Brother house, he found himself behind far more serious locked doors when he was arrested by the Yewtree detectives over alleged sex offences. Twelve months later, the...

This accessible and engaging text covering sketch, sitcom and comedy drama, alongside improvisation and stand-up, brings together a panoply of tools and techniques for creating short and long-form comedy narratives for live performance, TV and online. ...

The Stand-Up while Sitting Down Years...Jo Brand tells the story of how she crawled to fame and fortune, managed to persuade someone to marry her and had some children at an age when she should have been in a bath chair on the seafront. In this second...

150 essential rules from the award-winning co-writer of Yes Minster and Yes Prime Minister, Hollywood movie director, producer, novelist and actor. A host of hugely enjoyable examples drawn from Lynn's varied and successful career bring these rules to...

An escaped lion roams the streets of Essex; a lonely pensioner holds a tower block fete; and a young woman dreams of leaving home. Travel the unfashionable A-roads and commuter lines of England -'where industry meets marsh'- with poet Luke Wright. In his...

**Winner of Best Sports Entertainment book at the British Sports Book Awards 2022**'Hard-hitting and hilarious' - James Acaster'Funny, moving and compelling' - Mike CostelloA heart-warming, hilarious true story about fighting and family, based on the...

In Inside Studio 54, the former owner takes you behind the scenes of the most famous nightclub in the world, through the crowd, to a place where celebrities, friends, and the beautiful people sip champagne and share lines of cocaine using rolled-up...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781399940894Author J.S. MortonFormat PaperbackPage Count 282Imprint Dystopic Publishing LimitedPublisher Dystopic Publishing Limited

Ground-breaking in its departure from its predecessors, When Harry Met Sally (1989) established classic romantic comedy themes and tropes still being employed today. Placing the film in its historical, social and generic contexts, Tamar Jeffers-McDonald...

'A beautiful and clever book about being human' Russell BrandCOMEDY. TRAGEDY. THERAPY. Simon Amstell did his first stand-up gig at the age of thirteen. His parents had just divorced and puberty was confusing. Trying to be funny solved everything. HELP is...

To consider comedy in its many incarnations is to raise diverse but related questions: what, for instance, is humour, and how may it be used (or abused)? When do we laugh, and why? What is it that writers and speakers enjoy - and risk - when they tell a...

The best of the best from the Comedians' Comedian 2020'If you loved Jeremy Hardy, or if you know anyone who did, this is the most brilliant present because it's got every part of his voice in it' DAWN FRENCH'Well good evening, my name is Jeremy Hardy and...

Between 1995 and 1999, Patton Oswalt lived with an unshakable addiction. It wasn't drugs, alcohol, or sex: it was film. After moving to Los Angeles, Oswalt became a huge film buff (or as he calls it, a sprocket fiend), absorbing classics, cult hits, and...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781559365611Author Christopher BayesFormat PaperbackPage Count 168Imprint Theatre Communications Group Inc.,U.S.Publisher Theatre Communications Group Inc.,U.S.

Good news, Russell Howard fans!It's time to take a butcher's into the mad, rib-tickling, insane yet lovable world of the one of the UK's favourite comedians.Abi Smith heads deep into the West Country to discover how people from as far as Midsomer Norton,...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780525533924Author Craig FergusonFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Blue Rider PressPublisher Penguin Putnam Inc

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781909360242Author Mick MiddlesFormat HardbackPage Count 416Imprint Empire Publications LtdPublisher Empire Publications LtdWeight(grams) 476g

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780573100055Author Michael GreenFormat PaperbackPage Count 84Imprint Samuel French LtdPublisher Samuel French LtdSeries Acting Edition S.

Truly the voice of a generation, George Carlin gave the world some of the most hysterical and iconic comedy routines of the last fifty years. From the "Seven Dirty Words" to "A Place for My Stuff," he perfected the art of making audiences double over...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781735328669Author David ThorneFormat PaperbackPage Count 360Imprint 27bslash6Publisher 27bslash6Weight(grams) 408gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 133mm * 20mm

A smart, witty and accessible guide to the rewarding and joyful practice of improvisation. Classic improv games and variations Telling stories and creating characters Using improv to make theatre and comedy, from monologues to full-scale...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780982625729Author Will HinesFormat PaperbackPage Count 232Imprint Pretty Great PublishingPublisher Pretty Great PublishingWeight(grams) 318gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143123781Author Mike SacksFormat PaperbackPage Count 480Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 442gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 137mm * 46mm

This is the story of little me, from pudgy, awkward child to pudgy, slightly less awkward adult - via school musicals, adolescent angst, stand-up, Shooting Stars, Little Britain, Doctor Who, love, loss, wigs and giant pink babygros. And, in case your...

'A heart-warming, joyous and assured debut novel about friendship that put me in mind of Kay Mellor at her funnies' RICHARD HERRING'Takes you inside the minds of a brilliant group of characters at very different stages of life. A gripping, witty, very...

Written in French and first performed at the Theatre du Bablyone in Paris, in 1953, En attendant Godot was subsequently translated by Samuel Beckett into English as Waiting for Godot. It was performed at the Arts Theatre in London in 1955, and first...

'An absolutely brilliant read' Patrick Kielty, Late Late Show, RTE'Blisteringly honest . . . hilarious, traumatic, joyful and terrifying. Fasten your seatbelts, it's going to be a bumpy read!' Liz Nugent'Gloriously unabashed . . . vibrant, poignant and...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780062309549Author Martin ShortFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint CollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 272gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 135mm...

Jokes change from generation to generation, but the experience of the comedian transcends the ages: the drive, jealousy, heartbreak, and triumph. From the Marx Brothers to Milton Berle to George Carlin to Eddie Murphy to Louis CK--comedy historian Kliph...

The hilarious guide to the countryside you never knew you needed, from up-and-coming TikTok-and Instagram-hit comedian Killian Sundermann.Welcome to the countryside! A place of rolling hills, winding rivers and natural beauty. Or is it? Killian...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781399947862Author Jimmy CricketFormat PaperbackPage Count 300Imprint Nielsen UK StorePublisher Nielsen UK StoreWeight(grams) 404gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm *...

For the first time, author Sophie Johnson reveals the story behind Miranda's rise to fame. The comedian was born in Torquay in 1972, yet despite graduating with a degree in politics, she always wanted to be a comedian. In 2002 she performed at the...

Obie-award-winning performer and writer Peggy Shaw has been playing her gender-bending performances on Off Broadway, regional, and international stages for three decades. Co-founder of the renowned troupe Split Britches, Shaw has gone on to create...

The first definitive biography of tragicomic sex symbol Jayne Mansfield, one of the most colorful and eccentric movie stars of the 1950s-60s. The book examines both her life and her career, detailing her movie, TV and stage work, as well as her drive to...

Confidence is essential for any stand-up comic and having confidence in your material is the first step to having greater confidence on stage. It is said that proper preparation makes for professional performance and this book provides the tools to...

Unparalleled insights from some of the world's foremost practitioners of clowning.The Origins/Influences/Technique/Philosophy structure allows direct comparisons between varied figures.An opening history of clowning puts the interviews and their findings...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781781963586Author David RenwickFormat HardbackImprint Fantom Films LimitedPublisher Fantom Films Limited

In this lively work, Beatrice K. Otto takes us around the world in search of one of the most colorful characters in history - the court jester. These quick-witted, quirky characters crop up everywhere, from the courts of ancient China and Mughal India to...

"You are Black; you are female," Leslie Jones' father once said. "But if you work harder and you're better than everybody else, they can't f*cking deny you." Leslie Jones is a warrior. Raised by a tough dad and a loving but often sick mom, her...

Young Frankenstein was made with deep respect for the craft and history of cinema-and for the power of a good schwanzstucker joke. This picture-driven book, written by one of the greatest comedy geniuses of all time, takes readers inside the classic...