Homepage News Reviews - Acts - Shows - Screen - Radio - Books - Clubs Interviews Awards 2006 Edinburgh 2005 - Reviews - Blog - Previews Features Archive Awards 2005 Edinburgh 2004: - Previews - Shows - Diary Guestbook Forum © Emporium Of Mirth 2004 Editor: Lauren Murphy Reporters: Fiona Wilkie Natalie Joanne	Emporium of Mirth If we get excited about a bit of comedy news, it'll appear here within minutes... well, hours. Emporium of Mirth: LIVE! Posted at 17:51 - 09 Apr 2006 Thanks to all that came to the inaugural Emporium of Mirth Live on Monday 3rd April. The introductory meeting of mirth saw much fun being had by all, with episodes of classic sitcoms being recreated 21st Century styleeee, tales of cut arses, time travel and walruses, so that by the end of the night, we wondered why there was ever any doubt that we’d do it again. By the day of the event, we were being recommended by such luminaries as the BBC, Chortle and generally anyone that had heard about it, and as such, we had a really friendly crowd that made all the acts feel happy and loved. Aaaw. So, when will there be more? I hear you cry. And the answer is… stay tuned! We’ll do at least three more this year, one in the summer (hopefully), autumn and winter, and some of them will have twists….ooooh! For now, we’ll just tease you with photos of the first one, cause we’re cruel like that, and anyway, it’s your own fault for not being there!!! Unfortunately, as we were so busy flapping and trying to figure out the sound desk at the beginning, we don’t appear to have any photos of our delightful opener Lisa Egan, or in fact, of dirty stripper Danielle Ward with her baps of glory ;) Master of Ceremonies Tom Meeten waxes lyrical about walruses. Honest. Robin Ince loses his centre of gravity while getting angry about something. The Trap are free. Time traveller Tony Law torments our great great great great great great grandchildren. Radio Trapped Posted at 15:10 - 23 Jun 2005 Dedicated Tri-Dem riders and general hilarious boys the Trap are coming to a radio near you! Jeremy Limb, Dan Mersh and Paul Litchfield are embarking on teir first audio ride this summer, with recordings beginning during Radio 4's visit to the Fringe this year. So, to say that august is going to be a busy time for those boys would be an understatement, with their Trap show, Bad Play and the radio recordings, they couldn't possibly fit telly in as well... could they? Comedy Lab Returns Triumphant! Posted at 18:14 - 11 May 2005 Channel Four's longstanding breeder of mirth is back again this summer with another set of Next-Big-Things in waiting. The series starts off with "Modern Toss" a show about an innapporpriate Sign Writer which has been produced by Adam and Joe's Joe Cornish. Other installments that promise to be highlights are "Whatever" the story of what would happen if we let the youth of today run telly, Blackout, in which Katherine Jakeaways turns into Lucienne Porter, played by Reginald D Hunter and Skin Deep, in which the fantabulous Oram and Meeten play bickering Ink Artists. We can't wait... can you?? Mark Watson is at it again Posted at 18:03 - 05 Apr 2005 Over-ambitious welshman Mark Watson is set to Hit Edinburgh in his tried and tested only by him manner this year by only doing one performance. For 2005 Minutes. Inspired by Rohan Acharya's brainchildren 60 Acts in 60 Minutes and the recent TV adaptation 28 acts in 28 minutes, of whih Mark was a star, Mark is going to attempt to cover world history from the birth of Christ to the present day in 2005 acts in 2005 minutes, clocking up over 33 hours of stage time all in one go, breaking last year's record 24 hour gig by over 11 hours. Obviously a glutton for punishment, Mark last year chose the final moments of his mammouth 24 hour stage stint to propose to his girlfriend, Emily. Thankfully, she said yes so expect to see her a little on edge during the performance, wondering what's in store for her this time... Funny Women Stand Up Posted at 13:39 - 06 Feb 2005 On Tuesday 8th February, many of the country's funniest women take to the stage at the Cafe de Paris to raise awareness of violence against women. Jo Caulfield, Lucy Porter and Sarah Kendall, among others, perform a stand-up show with the proceeds going straight to the charity V-Day: Until the Violence Stops, aiming to protect women from domestic violence. Tickets are £16.50, and it's for a good cause. So, if you've got a free night, why not go along, have a laugh and support women nationwide? The direct booking line is: 0870 534 4444, or book online at the Funny Women website or Ticketmaster. Nathan Barley News Posted at 17:15 - 21 Jan 2005 Details are finally starting to come in regarding the until recently very cloak and dagger project from Chris Morris and Charlie Brooker. Originally known as Box of Slice, the show is now named Nathan Barley. The eponymous Barley is a character which originated on Brooker's site TV go home and it a pretentious wannabe media mogul. Trailers have recently started on Chanel four, ready for it's broadcast in February and stars, alongside some new faces, Emporium favorites Kevin Eldon, Noel Fielding and Julian Barratt. Julian's Character Dan, according to Noel is "a bit mental... actually, all the characters have some sort of screw loose" Fielding plays a DJ who is enjoying inexplicable succes despite being completely off his tree. In fact, he's so obsessed with the art of spinning discs that he even takes his turntables to the bus stop with him. Channel Four have this to say about the lead character, Barley "He's a complete fucking Tool" Stay tuned for more info and reviews as we get our mitts on it Last Call for Nominations... Posted at 03:21 - 19 Jan 2005 I'll fess up - I'm late. I should have announced the Emporium of Mirth Awards nominations days ago.. But due to broken leg issues etc, my mind hasn't exactly been on the game, as it were, so, in order to finalise it all, i'll re-throw it back to the floor... ...If you want to ADD (not vote for, that'll start when all categories and nominees have been finalised) nominees or even whole categories to the list, either comment or e-mail votevotevote@emporiumofmirth.co.uk The deadline for this is tomorrow afternoon, when Voting begins in good time for the awards ceremony being held as part of our emporium Of Mirth Day on April 1st, which will feature some top acts doing turns for your pleasure. Clue: some of them are nominated here.... Here are the nominations for the first annual Emporium Of Mirthday Awards so far: The Good Shoes Award for Best Stand Up: Marcus Brigstocke Simon Munnery Stewart Lee Noel Fielding Rob Rouse Shoppi Khorsandi Andrew Maxwell Gina Yashere Rob Newman Peter Kay Dylan Moran The Square Eyes Award for Best TV Show The Mighty Boosh Kath and Kim (which will have been on bbc2 by ceremony time) Peep Show Garth Marenghi's Dark Place Little Britain The Smoking Room Nighty Night Shameless Coronation Street Catterick Black Books Green Wing (which, to be honest I can't belive one of our readers actually LIKED) The Slightly Pretentious Award For Best Live Show Simon Munnery's Buckethead Phenomenon and on anon Simon Farnaby's Lessons Learned While Driving a tractor Marcus Brigstocke's Planet Corderoy Andrew Maxwell: This is my hour The Trap Bad Play 2: Worser Play The Hiding Behind A Mask Award for Best Character Performer Simon Farnaby Gareth Tunley (for Sven Stacy) Waen Shepheard (for Gary Le Strange) Colin Hoult Fergus Craig Graham Fellows The I Can't Beleive He's Not Bummer Award For Most Delightfully Camp Robert Webb Richard Ayode David Walliams Noel Fielding Simon Pegg The Thouroughly Nice Chap Award for Niceness Marcus Brigstocke Paul Putner Kevin Eldon Simon Munnery Emma Kennedy The It Takes Two Baby Award For Best Double Act Julian Barratt and Noel Fielding Matt Lucas and David Walliams Colin Hoult and Fergus Craig David Mitchell and Robert Webb John Oliver and Andy Zaltsman The Kevin Eldon Award For Versatility Kevin Eldon Paul Putner Julia Davis Julian Barratt The Jill Tyrrell Award for best Comedy Accent - sponsored by F***ing Vimto) Julia Davis for Jill Tyrrell Simon Farnaby for Mighty Mouse and Max Ogilvy Noel Fielding for The Moon and the caveman Julian Barratt for the caveman and Ruudy Van Desaalio The I'M BLIND!!!!! Award For Best Radio Show The Now Show Nebuous Mitch Benn's Crimes against Music That Mitchell and Webb Sound Heresy The problem With Adam Bloom (Special Guest Starring our very own Editor, Lauren) The Bic Award for Best Writer Julia Davis Tom Jamieson and Nev Fountain Tiny Jon Holmes Noel Fielding and Julian Barratt Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright Richard Ayode and Matt Holness The Get Yer Groove Thang On Award For Best Song Electro Boy by Kraftwerk Orange I am a Robot by goldie Lookin' Chain Interactive song by Mitch Benn and the distractions The Jimmy Carr Award For Worst Thing Jimmy Carr Little Britain 2 Jimmy Carr Max and Paddy's road to nowhere Jimmy Carr The bbc's tratment of the mighty boosh Jimmy Carr the Catherine Tate show Jimmy Carr I'd Never Tire Of Slapping His Smug Face Award Jimmy Carr International Comedy Cumudgeon Larry David The Cellluloid Antics Award For Best Film Shaun of the dead Napoleon Dynamite We're thinking of adding a best line category.... but it might be opening a can of worms instead... New Comedy Awards winner Posted at 15:08 - 17 Dec 2004 2004's New Comedy Award for stand-up goes to Andrew Lawrence, who wins £2000 and a chance to write for a radio comedy show. So, keep you're eye on him, he's gonna be huge! Emporium Of Mirthday Posted at 14:22 - 17 Dec 2004 ***************************************** Dear reader, It is with great pleasure that we invite you to Emporium Of Mirthday, the celebration of an entire year of Emporium of Mirth.co.uk's comedy niceness. The event will take place on April 1st 2005 at a venue yet to be disclosed. The evening will include entertainments from some of the turns favoured by the Laydeez of the Emporium. Dress will be at the discression of the atendee. ****************************************** Yes, we know it's early, but we've been planning an event to blow your socks of on the anniversary of our official inception (don't forget folks, the Emporium didn't start on its own address with its own special design and 'ting there was much tedious testing going on for months before we became the well-oiled (yeah right) machine we are now!). Closer to the time we'll announce the acts, venue and time (though so say it's going to be a blinder would be putting it mildly) but in the meantime, we need your help. The event is going to double up as the first annual "Emporium of Mirth Awards" and, though we toyed with the idea of just giving the awards to people we wanted to give awards to, we thought we'd give you a say. We've only decided a few of the categories so far, so, to make it even more inter-active, we're going to leave it open for the time being. So, until January 15th, voting is an open playing field. Just e-mail us at votevotevote@emporiumofmirth.co.uk with who you think we should give an award to and why, and the nominations and categories will be announced on January 15th! Happy voting! Nebulous Posted at 12:57 - 03 Dec 2004 The League of Gentlemen's Mark Gatiss takes his obsession with science labs to worrying heights in the new radio sitcom "Nebulous". Professor Nebulous is an environmental campaigner with science on his side... money, however, is distinctly not on his side, so work in a laundrette is probably closer to Nebulous' real life. Gatiss teams up with, among others, Dr Terrible's House of Horrible writer Graham Duff, Dr Who writer and mad fan Nick Briggs, and all-round star Paul Putner to bring this new series to your ears. It starts on 6th January, 11pm, Radio 4. New Comedy Awards Finalists Posted at 17:19 - 28 Nov 2004 Britain's aspiring new comics battle for the BBC New Comedy Awards 2004 at the Comedy Store in London on 13th December. Host Robin Ince sorts through 550 audition tapes, takes us on a tour across the UK and Northern Ireland for the regional heats, and ends with presenting the grand final at The Comedy Store. The winner joins the likes of Marcus Brigstocke, Rhod Gilbert and Lee Mack in the New Comedy Awards Hall of Fame, and the chance to write for a radio comedy show. Judges on the night are Dara O'Briain, Chris Addison, Adam Hills; owner of The Comedy Store Don Ward; and head of BBC Radio Entertainment John Pidgeon. The recording will be at The Comedy Store, London on the 13th December at 7.30pm, and it will be broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on Thursday 30th December at 11pm. Punk Scientists Posted at 11:57 - 22 Nov 2004 Were you one of those people who dreaded chemistry lessons at school because you always seemed to end up mixing together the wrong things and causing small explosions? The Punk Scientists, Ben Samuels, Rufus Hound, Kat Nilsson, Jon Milton and Bradford Gross are on hand to put you right. Education in the form of comedy, and the tickets are free as well. What more could you ask for? Get down to the Science Museum’s Dana Centre, 165 Queens Gate, London, SW& 5HE pn 1st and 8th December, 7:30pm. Tickets are FREE but must be pre-booked on 020 7942 4040 Comedy Awards Nominations Posted at 17:39 - 20 Nov 2004 The nominations for the Comedy Awards are in, and nestled in amongst Ant & Dec and I'm A Celebrity Get Me out of Here (!?) are a surprising amount of EOM favorites, although there seems to be a glaring, Darkplace shaped omission. I don't think we need to tell you who we're rooting for for Best Newcomer.... Best TV Comedy: The Office, Little Britain, Nighty Night Best New TV Comedy: Doc Martin, Life Begins, Nighty Night Best Comedy Entertainment Personality: Jonathan Ross, Ant and Dec, Paul Merton. Best Comedy Entertainment Programme: Have I Got News For You?, Ant and Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway, I'm A Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here. Best TV comedy drama: Doc Martin, Jonathan Creek, Shameless Best Comedy Actor: Ricky Gervais, Matt Lucas and David Walliams, Martin Clunes. Best TV Comedy Actress: Julia Davis, Caroline Quentin, Catherine Tate. Best Comedy Newcomer: Catherine Tate, James McAvoy (Shameless), Julian Barratt and Noel Fielding (The Mighty Boosh) Best International Comedy Show: Curb Your Enthusiasm, Sex And The City, The Simpsons. Best Comedy Film: School Of Rock, Shrek 2, Shaun Of The Dead The winners will be announced at a glitzy, televised ceremony, probably hosted by Woss on December 22nd Mitch Benn and the Distractions - Too Late to Cancel Posted at 21:31 - 04 Nov 2004 Mitch Benn and his cohorts the distractions (Kirsty Newton on bass and keyboards and the very sassy Tash Bayliss on drums) have just released their first album together. Hot on the heels of Mitch's previous outings, Too Late to Cancel sees the band rocking out, doing show-stopping theatre tunes, all served with a healthy dose of piss-taking. It went on sale on Monday and word has it that it's going like warm cakes. Which is nice. Oh, and look at the liner notes.... ;) Ross Noble: Unrealtime Posted at 13:12 - 27 Oct 2004 In case you didn't know already, Ross Noble's most recent tour, Unrealtime, is available on DVD and video now. Always a master of value, the DVD is actually a double disk set with two seperate shows, filmed at each end of his 2003 tour. There is also a really rather amusing Trivia track which pops up at regular intervals to 'clarify' some of Ross' many points... Value AND education... that's Noble for you. Check out the monkey on the promotional pictures, it's almost as if he were one of Ross' many minions.   Next page >> RSS  Printable version	Visit our Siamese Twin Sister Site!