Tag Archives: Katherine Ryan

KathBum: The Troubling

Posted on 03/03/2017 by

It’s been just over a year now since I went to see “TV’s Katherine Ryan” performing at our local fleapit theatre, as part of her nationwide stand-up tour… and someone (specifically Netflix) has finally had the good sense to film … Continue reading →

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Find The Lady

Posted on 30/09/2016 by

Taskmaster, the comedy gameshow in which celebrities compete against each other to complete bizarre and confounding blind-challenges, returns for a third outing next week… and while I’m a fan of this very funny series overall, I can’t help raging against … Continue reading →

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A Quote About Quotas…

Posted on 25/01/2016 by

The topic of “affirmative action” is trending again at the moment, as a storm brews over this year’s all-white Oscar nominations… so I thought I’d share this tidbit I read while “researching” my post about Katherine Ryan yesterday. To block-quote … Continue reading →

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“Euchhh… White People!”

Posted on 24/01/2016 by

It isn’t very often that a name comedian visits our tiny, end-of-the-line town, so God bless “TV’s Katherine Ryan” for gracing us with her dazzling presence, along with up-and-coming support act Harriet Kemsley. Our volunteer-run pavilion theatre was jam-packed for … Continue reading →

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Plausible Lies

Posted on 22/09/2015 by

[Contains a ream of onion-skin paper and SPOILERS!!!] This week’s episode of Radio 4’s The Unbelievable Truth (#15.4) was a rather remarkable one… aside from the fact that all four competing panellists were female, one of said ladies also happened … Continue reading →

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