Comic relief

Back in 2007, for this very site, I interviewed Chris Evans (not that one) of Go Faster Stripe, at the time a still relatively wet-behind-the-ears film production and distribution company specialising in stand-up comedy DVDs.

So it was a real pleasure to speak to him again in the course of putting together a preview of GFS' fourth comedy festival, which takes place this weekend at Chapter in Cardiff (their "spiritual home") and which just goes to prove they're still going strong 12 years on. (I should add that since the preview was written, they've added a sixth show, courtesy of John-Luke Roberts.)

Allow me to also take this opportunity to once again wax lyrical about Richard Herring's Leicester Square Theatre Podcast (or, as all the cool kids are referring to it, RHLSTP), in which Evans and GFS have a big hand. More than 200 episodes have now been recorded, so Herring's YouTube channel is real treasure trove. Tune in, be entertained and bung him and GFS a bit of cash for the pleasure.