Karl Schultz: What you up to? Bob Slayer I was having a long, largely pointless but nonetheless very interesting discussion with a young Danish comic on ‘what is alternative comedy?’ KS: And how did ...

BCG's Sarah Slack recaps the first day of the Alternative Comedy Now conference at the University of Kent. It's 40 years since the summer of 1979, a date seen by many as the official start of the ...

A collaborative presentation with the Worldwide Short Film Festival and Toronto comedy collective Laugh Sabbath, A Loot Bag O' Laughs is a showcase of Torontonian comedic sketch talent. The shorts are ...

In a recent Guardian article – Stand Up Comics Hit The Boom Time – Eddie Izzard’s promoter, Mick Perrin, predicted: ‘There will be a reaction against the TV-slick professionalisation of comedy ...

Want to watch The Alternative Comedy Experience from the comfort of your couch? The Alternative Comedy Experience is currently available to stream via subscription, rental, or purchase on Apple TV ...

When comic T.J. Miller talks, you can’t be sure if he’s telling the truth. But when it comes to explaining what makes Canadians laugh, he appears to have a solid understanding. “Canadians, unlike some ...

Joz Norris, who performs regularly on the alternative comedy circuit, explains why he's never tried to encourage his family to stray from mainstream shows.... Roughly twice a year every single member ...

The Just For Laughs Alternative Comedy Tour raises a question: does alternative describe the comedy or the tour? JFL has sent a comedy caravan all across the country every fall. Is this just an extra ...

This comedy programme features alternative comedians with material that is too clever, thoughtful, radical or downright stupid to make it on contemporary TV. Stewart Lee serves as presenter for the ...

Many of the city’s better-known comedy venues are so stuck in the past, there might as well be a fake brick-wall backdrop in front of the ubiquitous wooden stool. Are you with me, people? Which makes ...

As he heads out on what could be called "The Mainstream Comedy Tour" or the "It Could Be Anything Tour," the hard-working comic reflects on moving to New York and the art of 'Transformers.' T.J.

Over thirty years ago, a new wave of stand-ups spearheaded the Alternative Comedy movement, marking themselves out as different from the safe television turns, the Oxbridge satirists, and the racist ...