Thursday, March 24, 2022
Leicester Square theatre, LondonThe standup rallies from backstage illness to deliver a show about love, fear and roller skating
‘I’ve just been sick behind the curtain.” It’s an ina…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:36AMWednesday, March 23, 2022
Tate’s sweary grump went from TV to stage show to a misfiring film, proving how tricky it is to keep audiences on a lifelong journey with a comic creation
‘Brutally unfunny.” “Lackin…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:03AMTuesday, March 22, 2022
With rare footage and personal insights, the documentary Oxide Ghosts is a must-see for fans of Chris Morris’s satire, which is 25 years old
Its original broadcast was postponed by a nervo…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:42AMMonday, March 21, 2022
South Street, ReadingThe standup reflects on returning to her native Wales in a show that lacks the purposefulness of her earlier campaigning routines
Kiri Pritchard-McLean made her name wit…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:18AMThursday, March 17, 2022
Soho theatre, London In a serious-minded comedy show, with a splash of frivolity, the standup considers politics, class and racism
What do we have to do to be accepted? When will we have don…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:42PMTuesday, March 15, 2022
NetflixIn the TV version of her hit Edinburgh show, the standup’s charisma, songs and self-absorbed swagger are still sparkling
When Catherine Cohen’s The Twist …? She’s Gorgeous pla…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:24PMThursday, March 10, 2022
Brighton DomeAfter the serious shows that made her name, the comedian is in playful mood here, recounting her courtship with and marriage to her producer
Body of Work is “a feelgood show�…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:42AMWednesday, March 9, 2022
Available onlineTaylor revisits mother-in-law humour with a show on marriage and trying for a baby but the superficiality would be easier to love if it was funnier
After a series of shows te…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:37AMTuesday, March 8, 2022
Nerves nearly kept her from picking up the mic and then she discovered an industry hostile to women. As her hit TV show returns, the star reflects on the thrill and camaraderie of comedy –…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:48AMMonday, March 7, 2022
Bloomsbury theatre, LondonThe comic duo offer up another entertaining set as they track their journey through dating apps, heavy drinking and moments of mortification
Prompted by the much-di…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:12PMSunday, March 6, 2022
Royal & Derngate, NorthamptonJosie Lawrence, Niall Ashdown and Ruth Bratt’s joyful creation in action is a delight to watch
A favourite place, a word that makes your mouth happy, and a…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:33PMThursday, March 3, 2022
Soho theatre, LondonBohart’s shift from coupledom into pandemic isolation – and plotting revenge with a drill-happy dentist – is told with relatable warmth
Five years ago, Sara Pascoe …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:37PMFriday, February 25, 2022
Leicester Square theatre, LondonThe comic who hit it big as Uncle Roger is a zesty stage presence but coasts into a comfort zone of easy cross-cultural wisecracks
Nigel Ng’s comedy career …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:18PMMonday, February 21, 2022
NetflixThe terrific standup with the common touch remains an engaging everyman even as the material works in his adventures in showbiz
Mo Gilligan performed no fewer than 10 nights at the 3,…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:18AMFriday, February 11, 2022
Old Town Hall, Hemel HempsteadDonahoe tells the story of his partner, Josie Long’s pregnancy, and how approaching parenthood revived memories of abuse
It’s called Forgiveness but that’…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:06AMMonday, February 7, 2022
Available onlineWeaver chairs as Suzi Ruffell and Paul Sinha field questions from the crowd, Nathan Caton riffs on lockdown with a new girlfriend and Jessica Fostekew talks no-nonsense paren…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:24PMAvailable onlineThe American standup takes aim at anti-vaxxers and rightwingers but his contempt also erodes the fun
As high-wire openings to a standup show go, this will take some beating. …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:54AMSunday, February 6, 2022
De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill-on-Sea The twisty little lexical tricks just keep coming as Jones explores the infinite flexibilities of the English language
You thought of him as a big-haired,…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:12PMThursday, February 3, 2022
The Irish standup faced the Covid situation newly single, dealing with OCD and with her livelihood in tatters. Now she’s back on tour, making comedy from mental health and heartbreak
You t…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:54PMTuesday, February 1, 2022
Watermill theatre, NewburyFast-paced portrait of Spike Milligan hurls us between the comic’s anarchic Goon Show sketches, cartoonish clashes with the BBC and the trauma of war
Spike Millig…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:06AMSunday, January 30, 2022
Blackheath Halls, LondonThe After Life star invites us to join her as the butt of the joke in her clever, gag-filled observations on life in the internet age
Kerry Godliman’s show title, B…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:54AMThursday, January 27, 2022
He was the shellshocked genius who channelled his anarchic brilliance into The Goon Show. Ian Hislop and Nick Newman explain why they’ve written a play about Spike Milligan – while comed…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:48AMTuesday, January 25, 2022
NetflixIntercut with footage from 20 years ago, the US comic’s new show considers the pandemic, politics and allegations made against him
Aziz Ansari’s career has been dramatically carve…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:12PMSoho theatre, LondonAn account of a terrible gig opens ‘a silly window’ on the Mash Report comic’s mental health and the rise of nativism
Why is Nish Kumar such a bete noir for angry r…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:03AMMonday, January 24, 2022
King’s Head theatre, LondonSigmund Freud and CS Lewis have a debate about religion that applies the lost notion of civilised disagreement in Mark St Germain’s trenchant play
Give or tak…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:33AMWednesday, January 19, 2022
Living Record festival Noack’s attempts to compare comedy routines to evangelising would have been more persuasive with discernible jokes
Standup resembles biblical preaching, according to…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:33AMThursday, January 13, 2022
Old Red Lion, LondonThis revival of Hanoch Levin’s odd, over-long 1970s play has minor thrills but ultimately misfires
You might think, in our age of safe spaces and “cowering” from Co…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:36PMMonday, December 27, 2021
Amy Adams makes her West End debut, immersive dance confronts mental health and Steve Coogan’s alter ego embarks on a rare live UK tour
• Preview more cultural highlights of 2022 Continu…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:36AMSunday, December 19, 2021
Soho theatre, LondonHigh-camp songs and OTT costumes grab the attention in drag duo’s cheap-and-cheerful songs-from-the-shows extravaganza
Good luck generating festive cheer on the same d…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:42AMSaturday, December 18, 2021
It was a year of revivals in every sense, as venues threw open their doors again. From fresh takes on classics to blazing new talents and shows that captured the current moment, our critics …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:54AMWednesday, December 15, 2021
Bournemouth International CentreTree snails, Coldplay and the current cabinet all get the full Bailey treatment in a zinging performance
Sometime around the second curtain call, you begin to…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:33AM 
