Thursday, March 31, 2016
Accusations of tax avoidance, the most influential people in comedy, Russells, and Alastair and Armando square upThe 8 Out of 10 Cats host, Jimmy Carr, finds himself strewn across the newspa…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:30PMMarlowe theatre, CanterburyThe Essex comic’s new dad routine wins no prizes for originality, but there is still more material in two hours than many fit into a decadeFour years ago, a broo…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:31AMWednesday, March 30, 2016
David Walliams has been cast in Stephen Poliakoff's new drama - but can comedians ever play it totally straight? By Brian Logan"They laughed when I said I was going to be a comedian," runs t…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:45PMOne-time Blackadder buffoon Hugh Laurie was on devilish form in The Night Manager but it’s a rare comedian who plays a convincing screen villainThe BBC’s adaptation of John le Carré’s…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:55AMThursday, March 24, 2016
Elsewhere in comedy this week: John Cleese targets BBC comedy chiefs, Tina Fey resurrects her Sarah Palin impression and Peter Kay's new sitcom gears up for an iPlayer premiereReading this o…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:40AMTuesday, March 22, 2016
Politics is fertile ground for comics, but there are pitfalls to jumping on particular bandwagons – not least when it questions their loyalty to the punchlineNot that long ago, Donald Trum…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:14AMSunday, March 20, 2016
Dane Baptiste packed in his dead-end job to change the world. Britain’s answer to Chris Rock talks about his new sitcom Sunny D – and laughing at his own jokesSpeak to some black standup…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:50AMFriday, March 11, 2016
The token opening of a comedy set – even in its postmodern guise – is becoming tired and uninspired. All hail the trad crowd-work of masters like Al MurrayIt’s an odd artform, standup …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:58AMWednesday, March 9, 2016
Brighton DomeThe chipper comedian deftly juggles jokes, anecdotes and harsh facts in a fund-raising tour for her new political partyIt’s been running for one year, 70 local branches have s…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:48AMFriday, March 4, 2016
Lee’s peevish reaction to being pipped to a Bafta unravels into a rant about James Corden in another set of brilliant routines that force us to puzzle out whether this self-pitying schtick…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:37AMWednesday, March 2, 2016
G 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 06:58AMTuesday, March 1, 2016
Criterion, LondonThe comedian chucks out the art form’s creepiness for a thrilling interactive set in which her most essential prop barely features“Most ventriloquists …” says Nina C…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:39AMThursday, February 25, 2016
Haymarket, BasingstokeOn his third solo tour, the standup retains his cynicism but there’s now light amid the shade and warmth underlying the weariness Related: Romesh Ranganathan and Sean…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:22AMWednesday, February 24, 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 09:27AMThursday, February 11, 2016
Vault festival, LondonDesiree Burch invites the audience to rebut racist cliches and face up to centuries of injustice in a show that loses some impact due to its scattershot approachThe US …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:50AMTuesday, February 9, 2016
There were plenty of laughs at the quick-fire punning contest hosted by Lee Nelson, but the maligned art of wordplay deserves more of a rap-battle format“Some comedians don’t take puns s…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:56AMMonday, February 8, 2016
The director reveals he is a 'great fan' of the US standup comic. Meanwhile, Geri Halliwell looks set to star in her own TV comedy show and London's Glee Club isn't happyWoody Allen has been…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:20PMLeicester Square theatre, LondonOutlandish non sequiturs stack up as the wild-eyed, broad-grinned Law works the myth of his own zaninessIt’s Tony Law’s ambition, he tells us, to make a s…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:51AMFriday, February 5, 2016
Cambridge JunctionThe ex-Peep Show star co-opts Roy the papier-mache penguin and her Slovenian flatmate Anya in a warm and wise show about her quest for loveWe’re not in unfamiliar territo…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:49AMWednesday, February 3, 2016
Soho theatre, LondonThe US comedian’s anecdotes are unstructured, overlong and underpowered, but he has ragged charm and there’s delight to be had in his throwaway asidesYou expect comed…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:55AMThursday, January 28, 2016
Leicester Square theatre, LondonThe chronicler of society’s oddest habits leads an endearing book reading-plus-debate about social media shaming – with a bonus appearance from Bridget Ch…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:49AMSoho theatre, LondonSloss tries to hide an uncertain stage persona in self-consciously provocative standup, but too often shoots himself in the footDaniel Sloss claims not to know what the t…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:58AMSunday, January 24, 2016
With The Brain Show, Robert Newman provides a welcome counter-argument to the many comedians hymning the virtues of rational inquiryComedy and science have been intimate bedfellows these pas…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:33AMThursday, January 21, 2016
Palace theatre, LondonThis erudite-magpie’s tour of human history yields vintage Izzard moments of delightful silliness, yet lacks in jeopardy over two-and-a-half hours “I didn’t want …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:22AMTuesday, January 19, 2016
Soho theatre, LondonDissing bad science, capitalists and Brian Cox, Newman’s low-octane cabinet of neuroscientific curiosities has nonconformist bite Related: Rob Newman: 'Bill Hicks wante…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:54AMMonday, January 18, 2016
The gangly New Zealander trained as a clown and spent 10 years in theatre before his masterclasses in mime set tongues wagging at Edinburgh. Where next for the new king of silent comedy?Come…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:46PMFriday, January 15, 2016
When we set out to make a show about the baroque horror of the capital’s property problem, it quickly became clear that the result would be tragicomicHow do you make theatre out of the hou…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:08AMSunday, January 10, 2016
Assembly RoomsAmerica's indie comedy scene has supplied some great fringe acts recently, including Perrier-winner Demetri Martin and Flight of the Conchords' Kristen Schaal. Kumail Nanjiani …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:01AMMonday, December 21, 2015
From newfound political awareness to a resurgence of clowning, 2015’s comedy landscape was bumpy but invigoratingIn election year, it was apt that political comedy seemed to be back on the…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:33AMSaturday, December 19, 2015
The Capitol, Horsham"I'm not saying I'm perfect," says Sean Hughes, as he mocks all the things the rest of us do wrong. But part of Hughes's charm is that he does claim to be, if n…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:56PMFriday, December 18, 2015
Leicester Square theatre, LondonCho gleefully goads the demure with an in-yer-face set that, amid the name-dropping and self-promotion, has some almost fabulous momentsIf you noticed US come…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:36AM 
