The Host
byMartin Firrell’s The Question Mark Inside (light-projection, St Paul’s Cathedral, 2008) was discussed during a recent symposium on Art in Sacred Spaces at London’s National Gallery….
Theology
Review: A Double Dose of Jesuit Humour
byJake Martin, SJ. What’s So Funny about Faith?: A Memoir from the Intersection of Hilarious and Holy. Chicago: Loyola Press, 2012, 161 pp., £11.50/$13.95 paper. James…
The Laughter that the World Cannot Give
byThe Good Book tells us that when the Lord comes, “The lame shall be humorous again!” Actually, it’s “leap like the deer” (Is. 35:6),…
Uncloaking the Proud: The Power of Comedy
by‘I do not like seriousness. I think it is irreligious. The man who takes everything seriously is the man who makes an idol of…
Two Humours Too Many
byIt was Saturday evening. I was set to perform a sketch at the Cambridge Inter-Collegiate Christian Union (CICCU) meeting straight after the visiting preacher…
…yes I said yes I will Yes
byIn improvisational comedy there are a set of unwritten rules which serve as guidelines for creating successful scene work. Some of these rules include:…
Introducing the Theology & Comedy Symposium
byToday is Red Nose Day in the UK—a 25-year-long tradition of using comedy to raise funds for a variety of charities both in the…