Hammersmith Apollo, LondonThe Coventry comic’s new show centres more on storytelling than polished quips but this is still a boisterous set In a world where big-name comics prep their tour…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:42AMLeicester Square theatre, LondonThe up-and-coming Scottish standup’s first UK tour finds him in Gervais-ish territory, and his performing flair can’t disguise the tired old chauvinism of…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:36AMSoho theatre, LondonAcross 75 haywire minutes, Zach Zucker’s variety show features fire-breathing, copious nudity and superb performances from acts including Natalie Palamides ‘It’s ta…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:32AMIn their new shows, anarchic theatre company Spymonkey and sketch duo Max and Ivan place the spotlight on their own lives more than ever before If you’re making comedy, or funny theatre, w…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:54AMSoho theatre, LondonThis quartet – familiar from Veep, SNL and Second City – respond well to audience suggestions but keep rebooting the process rather than delivering a full story As an…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:24AMHer midnight agony aunt clown show became the hot ticket of the fringe – despite the fact that the Estonian never regarded herself as a comic. In fact, she says, she much prefers making au…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:06AMThe new year’s hottest shows include stage versions of Minority Report, Spirited Away and La Strada, performances by Keeley Hawes and Ian McKellen – plus laughs from Julia Masli, Rhod Gi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:06AMOur critics’ highlights of the year include a 24-hour marathon, a standup welcoming hecklers, a reboot of The Matrix and a bus ride filled with emotion• More on the best culture of 2023 …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:18AMIndigo at the O2, LondonAlex Horne’s musical comedy band serve up peachy and puerile puns in an endearing, occasionally festive show The Horne Section. A Christmas show. You can see the lo…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:02AMIndhu Rubasingham has been named as the National’s new head. But elsewhere, theatres are ditching this once coveted role altogether. Can a theatre really manage without one? The king is de…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:24PMSoho theatre, LondonBoris Johnson and his successors Less Trust and Riches Sooner are satirised in a superb political pantomime directed by Patrick Marber Keenly anticipated since its summer…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:06AMShaftesbury theatre, LondonHi-vis hijinks are here aplenty as the Britain’s Got Talent winner revisits his triumphant routines It’s been quite the year for Viggo Venn. Twelve months ago,…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:36AMOld Fire Station, Oxford Alison Spittle’s story of three women who meet and reconvene annually for a Christmas Day dip is fun nonetheless There’s more to Christmas than Santa, Jesus and …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:02PMFestive variety show hosts Sanjeev Bhaskar and Jayde Adams are stodgier than Christmas dinner, with all the chemistry of a broken Bunsen burner To those of us of a certain age, few things a…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:24AMBloomsbury theatre, LondonThe Hull comic continues to riff brilliantly on her home city’s quirks but you wish she’d reveal more of the ‘small angry woman’ she describes herself as H…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:18AMTheatre Royal Stratford East, LondonIt may not attempt anything new but there are eye-catching costumes, catchy songs, some sparkling performances and a droll script by Anna Jordan Mud, glor…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:06AMRichmond theatre, LondonPausing her political campaigning to revisit routines that made her name, Izzard seems to be enjoying herself as much as we are Everyone wants rock stars to play thei…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:18AMO2 Arena, LondonRoutines about rude Parisians and airline seats should have passed their tell-by date long ago – but Noah’s skill reanimates the fun Trevor Noah opens with a joke about …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:48AMSoho theatre, LondonThis one-woman play aims to dramatise Wax’s globe-trotting spiritual quest but gets sidetracked into anecdote This isn’t what she usually does, Ruby Wax confides in t…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:32AMThe opening shows at London’s Underbelly Boulevard – Bernie Dieter’s Club Kabarett and Batsu! – are less edgy than you might expect, and more pricey, but there are some impressive tu…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:12PMSoho theatre, LondonIn this giddily inventive show, Minnitt plays a woman trying to bag a beau before her sentence to spinsterdom is declared ‘I’m starting to get hysterical,” says Ros…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:48AMRose Theatre, Kingston upon ThamesFrom a killer song about cosmetic surgery to ditties on doppelgangers and dogging, Dillie Keane, Adèle Anderson and Liza Pulman are still going strong How …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:42AMCan the surreal comedy superstar parlay comedy chops into political power? Izzard certainly wouldn’t be the first standup to pivot from telling jokes to canvassing for votes From Eddie Izz…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:36AMHampstead theatre, LondonRichard Bean’s new play touches on ageing and alienation, care and family love, but focuses on making us laugh You might guess what kind of night you’re in for b…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:54AMThe everyman standup delivers substantial comic payloads by itemising the oddity of human behaviour. A successful formula his new tour continues to exploit All the countries of the world hav…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:25AMTheatre Royal, BrightonThe comic brings an assured touch to tales of everyday humiliation, and even her terrible musicianship is endearing for a while Tig Notaro has never had an interval on…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:07AMKentish Town Forum, LondonThis is a big stage for a streaming star who’s still a rookie standup, and at times his show feels over-engineered and effortful – but he still has enough hones…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:13AMA mixed bill of standups, presented by the Nanette star and due to be recorded for the streamer, is a valuable response to its Dave Chappelle controversy When Dave Chappelle released his Net…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:04AMAs it fills the Royal Albert Hall on tour, the comedians’ ‘dream restaurant’ show questions what ingredients a live performance really needs ‘I can’t believe this many people like …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:04AMAssembly Hall theatre, Tunbridge Wells Heartfelt two-act show revels in the manic, painful and sometimes amusing fallout of recovering from alcoholism Has the advent of trauma-comedy been a…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:37AMSoho theatre, LondonThe comedian launches her campaign to become a national treasure with a show that has charm, smut, irony and laughs in equal measure Rosie Jones was going to write a gag-…
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