Pleasance Dome, EdinburghStarting out with a deliciously bumptious persona, Doherty’s show trips itself up with a subplot about arts funding Gay Witch Sex Cult was quite the solo debut las…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:36AMUnderbelly Cowgate, EdinburghJessica Barton sets about cleaning up the domestic acts of the men in her audience with comically strict discipline We’ve all felt the urge to impose order on …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:54AMPleasance Dome, EdinburghIn an impressive show, Sami Abu Wardeh delivers a collage of historical storytelling, jokes about colonialism and clowning When Sami Abu Wardeh performed his hit sho…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:18AMOrchard at the Gilded Balloon, EdinburghThe US star’s engaging set is largely an earnest love letter to her non-binary child and newly adopted home of Ireland A month ago, Donald Trump bra…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:48PMMonkey Barrel, EdinburghThe charismatic standup rails against middle age with inventive and sometimes lurid material about the perimenopause Desiree Burch is 46. For most comedians, this is …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:42AMOrchard at Gilded Balloon, EdinburghPerforming standup after a decade away, Davies rawly discusses his abuse by his father and delivers big laughs with other material It’s been 10 years si…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:48PMIt started in a strip joint and ended up bringing alternative comedy to our TV screens. Ahead of a new Edinburgh show, Peter Richardson tells us why his riotous creation still makes audience…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:18AMArtsdepot, LondonThe comedian staggers from the soft play area to deliver a sharp set about Sisyphus, capitalism and motherhood Her last tour, Success Story, found Sara Pascoe in the loved-u…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:12AMThe foppish comic underwent a drugs trial to fund his Edinburgh show – and caught malaria. The next year he almost died on stage with an exploded appendix. Why is he going back? ‘In retr…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:32AMHammersmith Apollo, LondonMinchin embraces his oddball status – is he musician, comedian, auteur or clown? – in this three-hour show It’s 20 years since Tim Minchin’s life-changing E…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:18PMDesiree Burch returns, Bridget Christie drops in and Toussaint Douglass flies while Joe Kent-Walters goes beyond the grave and Jazz Emu has a midlife crisis It’s six years since Desiree Bu…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:06AMSoho theatre, LondonThe comic’s tale of his lifelong love affair with the US – and a doomed bid to make it big in Hollywood – is a great platform for his vocal and mimicry talent ‘I …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:48AMHow has Motherland writer Helen Serafinowicz followed up her TV hits? With a rollicking, sub-Game of Thrones epic based on a Liverpudlian legend. Will the happy couple go and see it? The ben…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:18AMRoyal Albert Hall, LondonDavies uses his ostentatiously puerile sense of humour to fine comic effect, with a series of stories capturing his long struggle to get over himself Hold forth for …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:48AMIn a riotous show, Garry Starr dons a tailcoat, flippers and little else to re-enact a bookshelf full of classics. Would you help him bring The Jungle Book to life? Comedy smash-hits come in…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:54PMCliffs Pavilion, SouthendIn a show of two halves, the caustic standup is at her best when rolling her eyes at the weaker sex, but her post-interval crowd-counselling doesn’t quite cut it H…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:42PMAssembly Rooms, EdinburghThe impressionist mixes modern politics with blasts from the past in a witty show that sticks to familiar ground Topical comedy meets a trip down memory lane at Rory…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:54AMSoho theatre, LondonChatty waiters, visiting the loo in company and overinvesting in sexual role-play are uproariously discussed alongside covers of Madonna, Britney and Dolly Parton For fan…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:02AMSoho theatre, LondonIt’s not as big-hitting as her debut but this sophomore comedy show proves Gray is a brilliant entertainer and wind-up merchant To say that Jordan Gray made an eye-cat…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:48AMUnderbelly Boulevard, LondonDylan MarcAurele’s musical comedy couldn’t be trashier but there’s fun to be had mixing twerking with 1400s Tuscany The Pope vapes, Michelangelo uses Zoom, …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:42AMRichmond theatre, London Ted Lasso star’s return as his camp and bumptious northern know-it-all alter ego also makes room for more of the real Mohammed The last time …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:12AMSoho Theatre, LondonWhether singing or crawling cleavage-first over the shoulders of her crowd, the eccentric diva asks what an artist should do in such ominous times ‘I do think in 90 min…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:54PMRiverside Studios, LondonHumour abounds in this Star Wars-themed cabaret, as Boba Fett bumps and grinds while Han Solo and Chewbacca share a Backstreet Boys number Might there be an overlap …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:42AMDropping the droll, self-obsessed character from his early standup shows, the comic and TV star is swapping millennial irony for the sincerity of song There was a time when comedians weren�…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:06PMSoho theatre, LondonThe drag queen’s latest intermingling of Annie Lennox covers, southern gothic literature, Judy Garland and family anecdotes is a bravura feat of idiosyncratic connectio…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:03PMUnderbelly Boulevard, London Eschewing the customary conjuror’s hype, Frayne’s new show follows traumatic illness and delivers high excitement in an unusually low key What do you get whe…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:06AMIt’s got sex jokes, Hitler gags and endless gallows humour. The comedian once famed for being ‘ignorant-arrogant’ reveals why she’s written a show about the deaths of her stepmother …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:12AMBrighton DomeUnderpinned by standup craftsmanship as effortless as it is meticulous, Gilligan continues to prove his gift for bringing everyday scenarios to life There are shaggy dog stories…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:03AMQueen Elizabeth Hall, LondonAt 65, Eclair has faced down adversity, her own ego, sexism and the menopause – and always found a way to keep cheerfully telling the tales Standup show or book…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:06AMLafayette, LondonAn irreverent mix of erotic trapeze, penis tricks and audience participation won’t disappoint groups out for a laugh – and a gasp If anything needs its own word, surely …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:18AMGlee Club, GlasgowThe hugely popular ‘King of the Povvos’ is a charismatic host, but is yet to prove that he can make his online material strong enough for the stage ‘Does anyone not k…
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