Wednesday, August 10, 2016
The Canadian comic is at the Edinburgh fringe with his protest show about a joke that saw him ordered to pay $42,000. It’s not a well-argued defenceMike Ward appears on his poster in a muz…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:46AMGilded Balloon, EdinburghWhether you’ve seen the TV show or not, there’s still plenty to enjoy in the brusque humour of this slapdash stage version“I’m just laughing,” a tittering …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:31AMTuesday, August 9, 2016
Underbelly Cowgate, EdinburghThe Australian standup’s sexist creation, Dave, is back in a multi-layered show that spoofs both chauvinism and clowning Zoë Coombs Marr made a splash last ye…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:09AMPleasance Courtyard, EdinburghThe Kettering standup delivers his unique brand of micro-observational comedy in an exquisitely written showMaybe it’s to do with Brexit, but comics seem preo…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:54AMMonday, August 8, 2016
Liquid Room, EdinburghIn an intimate and impressively confident show, the Danish comedian dissects the troubled feelings at play beneath her oddball exteriorThe Danish standup Sofie Hagen is…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:28PMTraverse, EdinburghIt’s easy to submit to Kitson’s playfully showy writing in this piece about the tiny moments on which life hingesDaniel Kitson does Sliding Doors? Even if his shows di…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:20AMSunday, August 7, 2016
Pleasance Courtyard, EdinburghIn her first solo standup show – I Was a Teenage Christian – Brand shares honest but shapeless stories about an adolescent fling with evangelical religionTh…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:52AMPleasance Courtyard, EdinburghThe Daily Show correspondent makes a supremely confident fringe debut with a punchy, winning setMichelle Wolf: ‘Four years of Donald Trump jokes will drive me…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:38AMSaturday, August 6, 2016
Pleasance Courtyard, EdinburghThe director of Gein’s Family Giftshop uses her debut solo show to examine the ‘women aren’t funny’ myth Related: Edinburgh festival 2016: what to see a…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:15AMPleasance Courtyard, EdinburghA revival of Deayton and Geoffrey Perkins’ spoof of commercial radio – first heard on Radio 4 in 1980 – offers a jolly hour of familiar material and nosta…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:03AMFriday, August 5, 2016
At the fringe but not sure which tickets to book? Try one, two or all three of these theatre and comedy picks from our critics11.30am, Assembly George Square (until 29 August) Continue readi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:37AMWednesday, August 3, 2016
Invisible Dot, LondonThe sly American standup toys with the audience, pretending to be a Trump disciple, a gun enthusiast and a pro-lifer in a set that is sharp and subversiveThere are some …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:49AMTuesday, August 2, 2016
Sacha Baron Cohen says he’s the funniest man he’s ever met and countless comics have learned from his ridicule. Brian Logan attends the classes of the legendary French teacherAn exercise…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:57AMSunday, July 24, 2016
He was the toast of Edinburgh, he's written a novel and he's had a play put on at the RSC. Yet, comedian Russell Kane is prone to rages and plagued by doubtTen years ago, before he'd even dr…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:39PMWednesday, July 20, 2016
The fringe is no longer centred around the ‘big four’ venues. Whether you’re a performer or punter, take it from an award-winning comic – and get out morePiecing together my reviews …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:43AMSoho theatre, LondonThe US comedian’s series of self-centred anecdotes are diverting enough, but she leaves it late to show that she’s wise to her personaAn anecdote late in Jen Kirkman�…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:46AMFriday, July 15, 2016
Just for Laughs festival, LondonComedian Colin Mochrie and mesmerist Asad Mecci pitch suggestible stooges into sleepy routines – but though the format is promising, the results are unevenI…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:43AMG Live, GuildfordThe ‘nicest man in comedy’ is soft-hearted to a fault, in a set of optimistic but entirely safe and familiar routines Adam Hills is “widely referred to as ‘the nices…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:31AMThursday, July 14, 2016
The Hawth, CrawleyThere's a strain of mathematical nerdiness to all one-liner specialists, of course; the remorseless wordplay, the dismantling of linguistic certainties brick by brick, sugg…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:39PMKaty Brand and Kieran Hodgson were intimidated at first by the idea of going it alone on stage. But plenty of comedians journey between sketch troupes and solo performance – taking refuge …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:00AMSaturday, July 9, 2016
The Invisible Dot, LondonThe Canadian comedian questions our rigid stereotypes of gender and sexuality, with the aid of some goofy anecdotes A review of Mae Martin’s first comedy gig, aged…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:21PMMonday, July 4, 2016
The comedian relives her teenage years as a fervent evangelical Christian in her new show. As she prepares for the Edinburgh festival, she talks about preaching in shopping centres and comic…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:03AMFriday, July 1, 2016
Soho theatre, LondonThe 24-year-old comedian is charming and verbally virtuosic sending up his own white privilege, but can’t bring himself to be profound“Nothing bad has ever happened t…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:31PMVoodoo Rooms, EdinburghHodgson draws on youthful memories, the rise and fall of Lance Armstrong and northern characters for plentiful laughs and bittersweet sentimentJust do it, cyclist Lanc…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:03AMTuesday, June 28, 2016
The Aussie comic on his YouTube hit, why teachers are using his video and how his 'police-related activity' means he won't be touring the US anytime soonLate last year, Aussie comic Aamer Ra…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:49PMFriday, June 24, 2016
Comedians tend to apologise for making any highbrow references in their material. I wish more felt at ease quoting poetry like Liam WilliamsI’ve been listening to Liam Williams’s recent …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:14AMThursday, June 23, 2016
Daniel Kitson doesn't do tours, interviews, TV or DVDs. So how did a reclusive enigma become the most sought after standup of his generation? As the comic prepares to appear at Edinburgh, Br…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:14AMTuesday, June 21, 2016
The Forum, LondonThe Arrested Development star is undoubtedly an adept comic but his political show lacks complexity and suffers from punchlines that strain to shockTrump is bad news, US gun…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:49AMThursday, June 16, 2016
Brighton Dome The emphasis is relentlessly below the waist in a frank show ostensibly about the comedian embracing rural lifeDo we have a new genre of standup? Just as Michael McIntyre did l…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:54AMTuesday, June 14, 2016
Soho theatre, LondonThe tittering US comedian finds his own jokes hilarious in a show that offers flashes of steel beneath the surface jollityAmerican comedians aren’t used to performing f…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:14AMFriday, June 10, 2016
The fringe lineup is out: try Robert Newman’s Brain Show, Josie Long’s investigations and Michelle Wolf, one of Chris Rock’s Oscars speechwritersSummer begins! Or at least that’s how…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:01AM 
