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Pippa Evans is an expert in saying 'Yes' - and 'No'. She's a master of thinking on her feet but has also had to learn how to go with the flow. In this book she's passing on everything she's learnt from her award-winning improv career, as both a performer and teacher, so you can take centre stage in your own life.

Are you auditioning, and want something fresh to recite? These monologues are character-driven, and full of the opportunity to really show your ability to take on a role, in your own way. They cover a variety of topics, and they are interesting to listen to. Display your abilities in a new light. These speakers are in assorted situations, and trying to make sense of the world.They are NOT ONLY FOR AUDITIONS, they are for anyone who would like to understand people attempting to decipher the world around them. Share as others look at their confusions and their options in life. When someone is...

Good girls don’t get together with bad boys. When Jules meets Roman Verona at an exclusive Vegas party, she doesn’t suspect the bad blood that runs so deep between Roman and her boyfriend, Ty, until the two men have it out in front of her. Even worse, Jules finds out that Ty has never loved her. She storms away, only to have her ex’s sworn enemy offer her a ride into town... as well as a shocking proposal. A nice girl wouldn’t even consider making her ex jealous with a sham marriage, so why does she chance it with Roman? Acting the role of devoted husband, Roman soon becomes ...

Kami Sherwood has always been an intelligent, happy-go, lucky person. She is happy with who she is and okay with being single. She has parents, siblings, and friends who love and adore her. What more does she need in life? However, everything changes when Kami encounters a guy at the club, and sparks fly between them. When Kami leaves before getting the guy’s name, she figures it’s a one-time meeting. What happens when Kami finds out the guy from the club is the new employee at work? Will she maintain a professional demeanor or pursue the spark? Trigger warning: stalking and potential ...

品川の花魁お染が心中の相手に選んだのは、貸本屋の金蔵というさえない男。惚れたお染のためにと張り切った金蔵は長屋を引き払い、親方にも暇乞いを告げてお染の元へと駆けつけるが… 昭和58年に“東京落語会”(イイノホール)で収録され、NHK「夜の指定席」で放送された音源。当時、一門の総帥として乗りに乗っていた絶好調の圓楽節が堪能できる一席。

落語界随一の人気者、桂歌丸がいよいよiTunesに登場！平成16年1月のＮＨＫ「初笑い東西寄席」からの放送音源。正月ならではの寄席の明るい雰囲気と、快調な語り口が心地よい“歌丸落語”を存分に味わえる。巧みなくすぐりが一杯に詰まった楽しい一席。　(C)NHK（日本放送協会）

好評発売中!快調な語り口が心地よい“歌丸落語”の魅力を存分に味わえる名演集、CD「至芸桂歌丸特選落語名演集」(発行:NHKサービスセンター)から、歌丸本人もナットクの快演を厳選!平成6年11月NHK「日本の話芸」の放送音源。

好評発売中!圓楽全盛期の熱演が聴ける落語好き必聴の名演集、CD「至芸五代目三遊亭圓楽特選落語名演集」(発行:NHKサービスセンター)から、圓楽節が冴え渡る人情噺の名作を厳選!平成8年12月NHK「日本の話芸」の放送音源。

好評発売中!快調な語り口が心地よい“歌丸落語”の魅力を存分に味わえる名演集、CD「至芸桂歌丸特選落語名演集」(発行:NHKサービスセンター)から、歌丸本人もナットクの快演を厳選!平成18年5月NHK「シブヤらいぶ館」の放送音源。

落語界随一の人気者、桂歌丸がいよいよiTunesに登場！昭和58年1月のＮＨＫ「新春寄席中継」からの放送音源。正月ならではの寄席の明るい雰囲気と、快調な語り口が心地よい“歌丸落語”を存分に味わえる。短い中にも笑いどころ満載！の快演。　(C)NHK（日本放送協会）

Mit genügend Humor wird alles leichter. Bastian Bielendorfer dokumentiert deshalb vom ersten Tag an, durch welche Absurditäten sich unser Leben seit dem Beginn des Corona-Wahnsinns verändert hat. Innerhalb weniger Stunden wird die Hausärztin zur Seuchenexpertin, der Postbote zum Hochrisikoarbeiter. Und Bastis Zuhause mutiert zur Zwangs-WG mit Frau, Mops und Schwiegermutter. Nach ein paar Tagen im Hausarrest erklärt Basti der Corona-Angst den Krieg und beginnt mit seinen schriftstellerischen Aufräumarbeiten in einer Welt, die nie wieder so sein wird wie zuvor.

Jack Dee is here to help. Too often today the emphasis in psychotherapy is on providing clients with a metaphorical hug when what they so clearly need is good slap, so Jack Dee took the matter into his own hands, and whilst everyone else was baking bread and clearing out their cupboards during lockdown, he retrained online as a psychotherapist. After an incredibly gruelling four hours of study, he got his certificate of completion from The Ruislip College of Advansed Learning (sic).

Billy Brooks is turning 50 and his life is a mess. His wife is leaving him, his kids think he's a total dork, and COVID forced him to close down his once lucrative business. Where did it all go wrong?

Jaysinghrao, the village head, is a happily married man living with his wife and two kids. But because of his flamboyant nature, he falls in love with a stage dancer Sundara. Her mother asks him to first marry Sundara and then think about love. His friend Haripant comes up with the idea of Jaysingh and Sundaras fake marriage. But what will be the outcome?

Acclaimed biographer Jem Roberts narrates his brilliant new biography of the Beatles and their relationship with comedy. Includes a foreword written and narrated by Kevin Eldon, who also voices George Martin throughout the audiobook. Fab Fools is the full, hilarious story of how John, Paul, George, and Ringo laughed their way to the toppermost of the poppermost in their classic films, cartoons, and even pantomime, not to mention their experimentations with audio comedy through Sir George Martin's Parlophone comedy classics series.

By rights, Ozzy Osbourne should not be alive. He spent forty years on a hell-raising, bat-biting, ant-snorting*, drink and drug-fuelled bender. He broke his neck going two miles an hour on a quad bike and died twice in a chemically induced coma. And yet - at 62 years old - he is healthier and happier than ever. He is a walking medical miracle. So who better to offer the public medical advice and support?

Nicholas Parsons was the host of the Just a Minute for nearly 52 years - from its first broadcast on 22nd December 1967 until his last show on 23rd September 2019, aged 96. He was a comedy 'straight man', West End actor, radio personality, game-show presenter, chat-show host, quiz master supreme and larger-than-life stage superstar. Here we celebrate his life and work with a series of programmes compered by Paul Merton, plus Series 85 of Just a Minute - his final series.

Carrington Carrington Jones grew up with seven brothers and sisters. He has a happy-go-lucky nature with a tender heart, which sets him apart from his siblings with their personalities. He meets a woman who captures his heart. The only problem is she has a husband. Carrington’s brothers advised him against pursuing it, especially Mason and Charles, understanding it’s a terrible idea. Carrington can’t stay away from the woman. What happens with romance blossoms? Will Carrington discover his happiness, or will his heart get broken? A forbidden romance is enticing but arises in tragedy. ...

In The Man Who Made Mark Twain Famous, Cappy McGarr shares how he became an Emmy-nominated co-creator/executive producer of the Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, and got involved in national politics - all with charming southern style and a self-deprecating sense of humor.

In this musical romantic comedy, with actors, singers, and full orchestra, meet Emily who may or may not be with the right guy. She gets plenty of time to wonder about him as he haunts the pub where she works. Meet Ben, a twenty-something teacher who may one day find the courage to approach the miraculous beauty studying at the back of that pub. And meet Pablo, the handsome and awkward Spaniard, an unlikely hero who puts the pub back in post-puberty-based musical romantic comedies.