It has long-since been a major gripe here at Quintessential Comedy that younger comics and amateur talent rarely gets any coverage in local papers.
Were I to point the finger of blame at anyone, it would of course be the editors of the self same local papers.
Why is this? Is there no way that we can instead promote grqassroots comedy and light entertainment?
The biggest names in British comedy have on the whole come to us via doing their time in clubs and pubs around the UK. Yet a future Peter Kaye or Les dawson seems ever more remote.
How would we feel if the age of real Saturday night standup came to an end in favour of big celebrity comics? As the World Wide Web opens doors for sketch and animation-based comedy, what does the future hold for British Comedy?