After watching the glitziest pantomime in London, I had a night out at a hilarious ‘adult’ show. It was a good reminder that you don’t need big money to deliver big laughs They call th…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:24AMThe role of Charlotte ‘Big Jugs’ Hinchcliffe made her a star – then she spent years trying to get the respect and the roles she deserved. Now, at the age of 34, she’s been having the…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:12AMBarrino entered American Idol in 2004 as a young single mother who struggled to read, and won over the nation with her powerhouse voice and personality. Now she is starring in her first film…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:18AMComedians will say anything for a laugh – and I’ve given her years of material Two years ago, my sister was about to turn 50 and I called her spouse to see what he was getting her. He ra…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:54AMFor years the world saw Putin as almost a figure of fun – while in Russia he was already meting out brutality to dissidents and LGBTQ+ activists Last night I saw Pussy Riot, on the London …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:42PMAfter more than 40 years in film and TV, the star of Our Friends in the North is about to share the screen with Harry Styles. She talks about 90s sexism, her start in drama and playing the v…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:25AMThe actor, who has starred in everything from sitcoms to Shakespeare, talks about his family rows over Brexit, having his phone hacked – and why he did not want to be like Laurence Olivier…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:48AMThe Strictly Come Dancing star has left the show that made her name in the UK but her creative, competitive spirit loves a challenge – with three projects on the go, she’s not standing s…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:48AMThe prolific playwright behind the soaraway hit Dinner, Netflix’s The Dig and Harlots reflects on coming up in the 1990s, her new play Manor and putting her characters ‘through a grinder…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:36AMThe award-winning standup is known for his exuberance, but, as he writes in his memoir, he has had to dodge snobbery throughout his career. He discusses family, fame and being funny Rob Beck…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:12AMTrans actors, Palestine, Tony Blair, typecasting, socialists with multiple houses … as she stars in Rose, a play that covers everything from the Holocaust to the six-day war, the actor let…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:48AMThe first woman to win the UK’s biggest comedy prize has written a guide to the menopause. She discusses HRT, getting sacked and how much she liked her female comedy peers – until their …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:12AMWhose Line Is It Anyway? made her a household name. But, more than 30 years on, does the queen of improv also think it held her back? She talks about ambition, sexism and her lucky escape fr…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:54PMThe star of Father Ted and Death in Paradise on his ‘unstable’ personality, his revealing new standup show – and the terrifying bomb scare he endured as a child Ardal O’Hanlon is too…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:33AMHe was standing around, minding his own business, Julian Rhind-Tutt tells Zoe Williams, when he got 'very, very lucky' and became an actor. Couldn't talent, she asks, have had something to d…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:54PMThe world’s anxieties are bleeding into her personal life, but the comedian is done with political despair. Ahead of her new tour, she explains why it’s time to bring something new to th…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:56AMIt’s got a plane, a submarine and hair-frazzling explosions. As the Fast and Furious phenomenon spawns a live show, we go behind the scenes to meet the drivers and crew at the wheelThe Liv…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:00AMHe escaped from prison, fled to Russia and – unlike the posh Cambridge spies – didn’t end up a miserable alcoholic. The revival of Cell Mates, the play about George Blake’s betrayal …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:42AMIt’s hard to poke fun at politicians in an era when they’re held in contempt and every joke is policed for offence, say top television writersIt has become a commonplace to remark on the…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:12AMHe flies, he flips, he falls! Bear Grylls is going on tour – with Endeavour, an acrobatics spectacular celebrating great survivors. But first he gives our writer a crash course on his wall…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:45AMThe reaction to actor Rhys Ifans's joke at an anti-slavery benefit concert really irks me.Actor Rhys Ifans. Photograph: Dave Hogan/Getty ImagesRhys Ifans' joke at the anti-slavery benefit co…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:48PMDirector Sally Cookson says she loved the idea of a generous and sweet prince in the title role – but Zoe Williams’ daughter would have preferred a princessThe Bristol Old Vic’s dazzli…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:42PMPerforming on stage at 87, the comedian is still in it for the long haul. And with at least five hours of relentless japery to sit through, so is his audience I hadn’t sat down in Darlingt…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:37AMHe's a transvestite, heterosexual standup comic and actor who ran 43 marathons in 51 days - as a new DVD documentary makes clear, Eddie Izzard's life has been far from predictable
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:58PMThere is sadness on the streets about the closure of the landmark venue – but optimism about the future of the area Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:46PMNew play shows the divisive language of the miners' strike is still with us, says Zoe WilliamsThe miners' strike in culture is like a listed building: it's preserved, it can't be torn down, …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:28PMNicholas Crane is so enthusiastic a guide he seems about to hug a brick wall as historic as TescoYou know when you're at school, and one day they just dump you all in a shopping centre with …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:04PMAs the hit musical Dirty Dancing prepares to go on tour, our reporter joins young hopefuls at open auditions, and asks how a low-budget film became 'a cultural event that lasted decades'You …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:08PMHe's a transvestite, heterosexual standup comic and actor who ran 43 marathons in 51 days – as a new DVD documentary makes clear, Eddie Izzard's life has been far from predictableI notice…
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