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Kate Copstick and special guests tackle taboos in comedy. NB Not for the easily offended.

Why can we no longer just laugh? Kate Copstick and special guests form a comic offensive on the rise and rise of taboos in comedy. NB: Not for the easily offended.

Kate Copstick and special guests Desiree Birch, Scott Capurro, Tanyalee Davies, Jordan Gray, Roger Mahony, Tim Renkow and Kate Smurthwaite tackle the tricky subject of taboo in comedy, exploring what's wrong with woke, who can say what to whom, where and when, and asking why can't we all just lighten up and laugh. Unless you object to the use of the word lighten... which is not meant in any sense of lighter being better... 

Written and Presented by Kate Copstick
With Special Guests: Desiree Burch, Scott Capurro, Tanyalee Davis, Jordan Gray, Roger Mahony, Tim Renkow and Kate Smurthwaite
Studio Engineer and Editor: Gerry O'Riordan
Produced by Gordon Kennedy

Recorded at The Soundhouse Studios

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