Thursday, June 23, 2016
Daniel Kitson doesn't do tours, interviews, TV or DVDs. So how did a reclusive enigma become the most sought after standup of his generation? As the comic prepares to appear at Edinburgh, Br…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:14AM[SHARE]Tuesday, June 21, 2016
The Forum, LondonThe Arrested Development star is undoubtedly an adept comic but his political show lacks complexity and suffers from punchlines that strain to shockTrump is bad news, US gun…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:49AM[SHARE]Thursday, June 16, 2016
Brighton Dome The emphasis is relentlessly below the waist in a frank show ostensibly about the comedian embracing rural lifeDo we have a new genre of standup? Just as Michael McIntyre did l…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:54AM[SHARE]Tuesday, June 14, 2016
Soho theatre, LondonThe tittering US comedian finds his own jokes hilarious in a show that offers flashes of steel beneath the surface jollityAmerican comedians aren't used to performing for…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:14AM[SHARE]Friday, June 10, 2016
The fringe lineup is out: try Robert Newman's Brain Show, Josie Long's investigations and Michelle Wolf, one of Chris Rock's Oscars speechwritersSummer begins! Or at least that's how it feel…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:01AM[SHARE]Tuesday, June 7, 2016
He was Flight of the Conchords' bongo soloist and guest-starred with Louis CK and Garry Shandling. Now, Todd Barry has ditched his own comedy routines for a show devoted to off-the-cuff crow…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:09AM[SHARE]Saturday, June 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 shtick is…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:55PM[SHARE]Tuesday, May 31, 2016
After years of shouting, comedian Sam Wills covered his mouth with duct tape and devised a new show. But he won't be on Mock the WeekA complaint often levelled at 21st-century standup is tha…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:39PM[SHARE]Friday, May 27, 2016
After a rare stage appearance at Stewart Lee's recent standup gig, the Brass Eye comedian is returning to TV. Now, more than ever, we need a satirist with his fearlessnessBrendon Burns wrote…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:55PM[SHARE]Monday, May 23, 2016
Palace theatre, LondonThe nation's favourite mentalist explores faith healing in a show that leaves sceptics' and believers' minds jitterbuggingDerren Brown doesn't have a good word to say a…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:52PM[SHARE]Wednesday, May 18, 2016
The star of The Office has turned plenty of people off with his boorish public image, and even more with his non-PC standup. But his best-loved character still has much to offerSo Ricky Gerv…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:06AM[SHARE]Tuesday, May 17, 2016
The outspoken standup talks about teenage bad behaviour, panel shows and the 'stubborn' iPhone pest who inspired her Manchester international festival showThe seeds of Sara Pascoe's Manchest…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:44AM[SHARE]Soho theatre, LondonPascoe makes for charming company with a dose of self-deprecating skits on body image, being good and 21st-century sexYou'd think from the title of Sara Pascoe's new stan…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:39AM[SHARE]Thursday, May 12, 2016
The rape allegations against Cosby didn't stick until Hannibal Buress made the accusation on stage. Sometimes comedians are able to say what others can'tJudging by the story of the National …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:13PM[SHARE]Wednesday, May 11, 2016
Beck theatre, HayesThe standup's PC's World seldom strays from xenophobia in a show full of poor jokes and weak puns' Never mind the broadcasts: TV doesn't make or break a standupPaul Chowdh…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:11PM[SHARE]When it comes to Britishness, comedy doesn't tend to get further than Michael McIntyre's benign observations. As the EU referendum approaches, comedians should be digging deeperIn 2000, Chri…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:52AM[SHARE]Friday, May 6, 2016
When it comes to Britishness, comedy doesn't tend to get further than Michael McIntyre's benign observations. As the EU referendum approaches, comedians should be digging deeperIn 2000, Chri…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:32AM[SHARE]Wednesday, May 4, 2016
Bridget Christie grapples with a Motörhead vibrator, David Baddiel tackles dementia, Todd Barry busts boredom " and Mr Swallow re-creates Houdini's daftest escapeSummer culture: Theatre | M…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:26AM[SHARE]Tuesday, April 26, 2016
Dominion Theatre, LondonThe much trumpeted Queen musical has arrived, and it would be hard to imagine a less appropriate vehicle for the band's music - far less for the anti-corporate mes sa…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:05AM[SHARE]Thursday, April 21, 2016
Italian company TIDA have made one of the shows of the year with Quintetto. It's not billed as comedy: has that made it more humorous?I went to see the Best of BE festival showcase at the Ba…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:26AM[SHARE]Friday, April 15, 2016
Udderbelly, LondonThe British ventriloquist and America's Got Talent winner is a virtuosic voice-thrower but his material isn't up to the same standardVentriloquist Paul Zerdin was a modestl…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:55AM[SHARE]Thursday, April 14, 2016
The star of The Office has turned plenty of people off with his boorish public image, and even more with his non-PC standup. But his best-loved character still has much to offerSo Ricky Gerv…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:24AM[SHARE]Wednesday, April 6, 2016
Orange Tree, RichmondInspired by a promise about climate change to a four-year-old girl, Jonny & the Baptists add some moral ballast to their usual gags and gigglesome wordplayA previous…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:02AM[SHARE]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 06:30PM[SHARE]Marlowe 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 broody…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:31AM[SHARE]Wednesday, 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 10:45PM[SHARE]One-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 The N…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:55AM[SHARE]Thursday, 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 11:40AM[SHARE]Tuesday, 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 Trump …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:14AM[SHARE]Sunday, 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 standups an…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:50AM[SHARE]Friday, 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 " not …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:58AM[SHARE] 
