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The collection examines the contexts, performances and reception of alternative comedy in order to provide a holistic approach to examining the socio-political impact and significance of alternative comedy from its historical roots through to present day performances.
Jan 3, 2014 · This article details the importance of the group, its techniques and the lasting influence of character-led sketch and ‘imrov’ comedy that shaped a distinctive brand of ‘alternative comedy’ in the 1970s and 1980s and that would soon dominate the comedy mainstream.
- Lloyd Peters
- 2013
This article offers a history of British alternative comedy as a case study of political challenge and opposition in the 1980s and considers the role of humor in political campaigning more...
We begin with a detailed and original Alternative Comedy Timeline (Chap. 2) which traces the development of alternative comedy across history, from 1965. It situates alternative comedy’s roots in alternative theatre of the 1960s and 1970s, traces its beginnings with the opening of the Comedy Store and Comic Strip and the formation of ...
Oct 6, 2022 · This chapter takes the form of a timeline that charts the development of alternative comedy from its precursors in 1960s and 1970s fringe theatre, to its beginnings in 1979–1980 with the opening of the Comedy Store in Soho, London, and the formation of Alternative Cabaret and the Comic Strip.
- Oliver Double
- o.j.double@kent.ac.uk
Oct 5, 2022 · The collection examines the contexts, performances and reception of alternative comedy in order to provide a holistic approach to examining the socio-political impact and significance of...
ALTERNATIVE COMEDY. CULTURAL HISTORIES OF THEATRE AND PERFORMANCE. Th e Bloomsbury series of Cultural Histories of Th eatre and Performance recognizes that historical knowledge has always been contested and revised.
