Sunday, September 24, 2017
Leicester Square theatre, LondonFrom his long process, after coming out, of self-acceptance to his newfound romantic happiness, this is classic, neurotic, angst-ridden Amstell If there were …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:24AMThursday, September 21, 2017
Soho theatre, LondonI Could Have Been an Astronaut is an amusing ramble through Brand’s childhood obsessions, fate and the factors that make us who we areSome comics have extraordinary sto…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:18AMWednesday, September 20, 2017
The wig-wearing comic’s new show about humdrum heroism is his best yet. But as his act strives for knockout poignancy, does the goofy get-up help or hinder?When John Kearns corpses, is he …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:54AMMonday, September 18, 2017
O2 Arena, LondonIf you've got a taste for straight-up 1970s nostalgia comedy, you'll take a lot away from comedy stalwart Micky Flanagan's latest setYou may have seen Micky Flanagan on …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:24PMThe UK’s most popular comic is taking his cockney shtick on tour but he’s more than a cheeky caricature – his democratic brand of humour is smart and generousI’m not sure whether to …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:24PMSunday, September 17, 2017
The stars of the Greenwich comedy festival had to concertina their standup routines. But can the likes of Dylan Moran and Bridget Christie ruminate and rage against the clock?What is the bas…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:06AMSaturday, September 16, 2017
Leicester Square theatre, LondonCasting himself as a social misfit in his new show To Be Free, Amstell turns his fire, sometimes embarrassingly, on all of usWhat becomes of the neurotic come…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:36AMTuesday, September 12, 2017
Hamilton hits London, Bryan Cranston’s news anchor goes berserk, Wayne McGregor turns his DNA into dance, Mae Martin revisits her teen addictions and Toyah Willcox is a time-travelling que…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:12AMTuesday, September 5, 2017
The Daily Express blasts Lee Mack for his views on female comedians, a bunch of comedians take part in skirmishes, and Hello Ladies gets lacklustre reviewsYou know you're in trouble when the…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:04PMMonday, August 28, 2017
Now the fringe is over, comics from Desiree Burch to John Bishop are hitting the road with jokes about fertility anxiety, political correctness and life as a ‘virgin dominatrix’Maybe you…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:42PMSaturday, August 26, 2017
Relationship breakdown and homophobia in Australia pick up a prize – or two – for John Robins and Hannah GadsbyThe longest ever shortlist. The first ever joint winners. And clearly, the …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:18PMFriday, August 25, 2017
Heroes @ Monkey Barrel, EdinburghThe laughs keep coming in The Audition, a ramshackle tale of Steven Spielberg, talking robots and a bank-robbing fishThere aren’t many ways that a Spencer …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:48AMA new wave of comedians probing faults in leftwing politics provoke a crucial debate, but does their exaggerated antagonism hamper the cause?Identity politics has gone too far. PC has gone m…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:48AMUnderbelly Med Quad, EdinburghWith a parrot costume, Jacques Brel songs and silly set pieces, Lyons dreams up an almost aggressively winsome hour of complete nonsenseIs it comedy, or a spiri…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:33AMThursday, August 24, 2017
Some people are angry that Channel 4 is developing Hungry, a comedy set in one of Ireland’s darkest times. But don’t judge a script before it’s writtenThe idea dies hard that comedy au…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:18PMPleasance Courtyard, EdinburghYou seldom know exactly what’s happening in this set as our host prowls the room, eyeballs the audience and wreaks confusionIs the comedy world big enough for…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:54PMLaughing Horse @ City Cafe, EdinburghIn a likable and thoughtful set, the Canadian standup revisits her adolescence and explores the affinities between relationships and recreational drugsYo…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:42AMWednesday, August 23, 2017
Pleasance Courtyard, EdinburghIn a cracking show, Branded, Willan has an easy rapport with the audience as she interrogates her identity as a northern, female, working-class comedian Norther…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:48AMTuesday, August 22, 2017
Laughing Horse @ Cabaret Voltaire, EdinburghThe astute standup drills into the divided, dysfunctional state of our world in a combative hour of coruscating comedy “I’m left, I’m libera…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:18AMMonday, August 21, 2017
Pleasance Courtyard, EdinburghFans have flocked to hear him spill the beans on the islanders, but instead we get some sharply expressed though extremely familiar standup materialEdinburgh na…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:06AMPleasance Courtyard, EdinburghEthnicity and empire are tricky subjects, but not for someone living the immigrant dream and riffing on race with a childlike glee‘I finally became a man this…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:48AMSaturday, August 19, 2017
Assembly George Square, EdinburghComedy proves inadequate consolation for battling the patriarchy in the Tasmanian standup’s uncomfortable but indelible swansong Hannah Gadsby’s extraord…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:36AMFriday, August 18, 2017
Heroes @ Monkey BarrelThe comedian’s inspired mashup of Evil Dead 2 and Elvis songs is much juicier than an ironic stunt‘This was only ever supposed to amuse me and my mates,” says Rob…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:18AMThursday, August 17, 2017
Pleasance Courtyard, Edinburgh Pointing’s egocentric creep Cayden Hunter and his spoof acting masterclass is mesmerisingly ghastly and deliciously daft Towards the end of last summer’s E…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:42AMTrygve Wakenshaw has brought his one-year-old son as a sidekick, Flo and Joan search for love and Giants present the old disintegrating duo routineFor as long as there’s been comedy, there…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:48AMWednesday, August 16, 2017
She may be one of the favourites for this year’s Edinburgh Comedy awards, but Hannah Gadsby is about to call time on her career. Here, Gadsby, Patrick Marber, Natalie Haynes and Simon Fans…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:06AMTuesday, August 15, 2017
Pleasance Courtyard, EdinburghThe standup provides near-constant laughs in a startlingly honest, high-powered show that spares no one – least of all himselfCan things get any worse for Joh…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:12AMSix of the best from Edinburgh including Mat Ewins’ barrage of one-liners, a German teacher placement at a secondary school and a transgender journey Pleasance Courtyard Building on the su…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:12AMMonday, August 14, 2017
Summerhall, Edinburgh The political comic mixes debate about Britain’s future with confessional memoir in an odd hybrid that solicits contributions from the crowdMark Thomas has called thi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:04PMScott Gibson returns to the fringe after winning the best newcomer award in 2016. Can Scotland’s comedians triumph again this time?Fringe history was made last year when, for the first tim…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:48AMPleasance Courtyard, EdinburghThe trio play depressed, maladroit losers with absolutely straight faces, and give an object lesson in offbeat humourMaking a virtue out of necessity, I’d cal…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:18AM 
