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ALTERNATIVE TO ALTERNATIVE COMEDY!—FUNNY’ (1987). The charge of unfunniness was just one of a number of myths that became attached to alternative comedy. Closely related was the idea that it was humourlessly politically correct. Bob Monkhouse—a distinctly more traditional comic—referred to alternative comedy’s non-sexist non-racist
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...
This chapter challenges narratives that have grown up around alternative comedy in the 40+ years of its existence, by showing that 1980s alternative comedy—or ‘alternative cabaret’, as it was often known—was more diverse than is often remembered.
achievements of alternative comedy. In 2016, Gavin Schaff er wrote an article in which he challenges ‘the idea of 1979 as a new dawn for British comedy’ (397), arguing that ‘the impacts of radical alternative material were limited and ambiguous’ (374) and that alternative comedy could even be seen as ‘a
The volume begins with Chapter 1, “Alternative comedy now and then: Critical perspectives” by Oliver Double and Sharon Lockyer. The chapter presents the origins of alternative comedy, from its birth in 1979, considering the sociopolitical context of that time.
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.
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.
