Malcolm Hardee was arguably the greatest influence on British comedy over the last 25 years. Almost every significant new comedian was agented, managed or promoted by him, or passed through one of ...

Comedian and promoter Malcolm Hardee, whose body was found in the River Thames at Rotherhithe in south east London on Wednesday, February 2, two days after he was reported missing by friends, was ...

The winners of The Malcolm Hardee Awards 2024 have been revealed. The trophies - handed out in the memory of comic, agent, manager, club-owner and prankster Malcolm Hardee - celebrate and promote the ...

Malcolm Hardee was never diligent in wiring material, preferring an armoury of catchphrases to the tyranny of disciplined writing. ‘could be good, could be shit,’ was one of them, his way of ...

Malcolm Hardee’s legendary comedy nights. It was a free-for-all with every kind of act welcome, so long as they could take the heat once they got up on stage.

Image caption, Stewart Lee won the Malcolm Hardee Cunning Stunt award Comedian Stewart Lee has won the award for the best publicity stunt at the Edinburgh Fringe. Lee won the Malcolm Hardee ...

Malcolm Hardee, who ran it, relished the chaos and encouraged the audience to heckle and shout from the moment an act got on stage so the act had very little chance. It was aggression on steroids. We ...

All publicity is good publicity, especially if it’s extraordinarily surreal. We announced the Malcolm Hardee Award shortlist yesterday and, today, there was a very funny report on the nominees in The ...

She doted on Malcolm and, when he drowned in 2005, it - as you would expect - affected her greatly for the rest of her life. She died from pneumonia, peacefully, in a nursing home near Deal in Kent.

The winners of The Malcolm Hardee Awards 2011 have been announced in an anarchic late night ceremony featuring, amongst other things, a spot of naked crowd surfing, alternative comedy performances ...