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The beginning of alternative comedy is commonly associated with the opening of the Comedy Store club in London on 19 May 1979, initially a weekly gong show-style comedy night in a room above a strip club in Soho.
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 ...
If these reviews celebrate 1980s alternative comedy for being sharp, cutting edge, passionate, Thatcher-bashing, biting, angry and edgy, it wasn’t always seen so positively at the time.
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
Aug 13, 2021 · A love letter to the groundbreaking British comedy of the mid-90s to the late 00s discussing why this period was the golden age of alternative comedy.
Alternative Comedy Now and Then: Critical Perspectives is the first academic collection focusing on the history and legacy of the alternative comedy movement in Britain that began in 1979 and continues to influence contemporary stand-up comedy.
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The emergence of (what became known as) ‘alternative comedy’ is widely regarded as an important critical moment in the history of British comedy, where comedians began to break with the idea that their craft was ‘just for laughs’ (Giappone, 2017).
