ALT CAB

Alternative comedy archive, exhibition and live programme ALT CAB or Where Did It Go Wrong? explores the alternative comedy scene of the 1980s and early 1990s in London, using archive material from the period, as well as a series of performances and discussions by practitioners from then and now.

The exhibition (12 February - 14 March) is curated by Monika Bobinska and comedy producer Dec Munro. ALT CAB brings an informal archival record of the beginnings of 'alternative comedy' into the space of the art gallery. The exhibition - containing artefacts, film footage and ephemera - explores the aesthetic, innovativeness and political concerns of a performative live movement which was born out

Operating as usual

07/07/2021

ALT CAB updated their address.

10/07/2020

Comedy isn't classified as an art form by the government in the UK so won't receive any funding promised to the arts. It will all go to already subsidised forms.

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19/02/2015

Ivor Dembina's experimental collaborative live installation tomorrow (Saturday) viewable between 2.30-3.15 & 4-4.30pm

17/02/2015

11/02/2015, Robert Elms - BBC London 94.9

Everything you need to know about London from architecture to accents and great music.

11/02/2015

Alt Cab exhibition at Canal

Alt Cab at Canal

11/02/2015

Alt Cab or Where Did it Go Wrong? gallery

http://www.timeout.com/london/comedy/alt-cab-or-where-did-it-go-wrong-gallery

See exclusive photographs from the exhibition about the ’80s and ’90s alternative comedy circuit. Plus read more comedy features and interviews and see stand-up comedians in London.

http://londonist.com/2015/02/photos-capture-glory-days-of-alternative-comedy.php?showpage=3#gallery-1

03/02/2015

Chairman Hughes (Teatro d’Existentiale): photo courtesy of Canal Chairman Hughes (Teatro... - Exhibi

http://londonist.com/2015/02/photos-capture-glory-days-of-alternative-comedy.php?showpage=3#gallery-1

Canal gallery goes behind the 80s scene.

15/01/2015

Live programme at ALT CAB shaping up to feature some of alternative comedy's most iconic names!

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