Monday, December 1, 2014
Hammersmith Apollo, LondonThe Parks and Recreation star delights his legions of fans, but the slick delivery could use a little more rawness• Ansari interview: ‘It’s time to get seriou…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:03AMWednesday, November 26, 2014
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’t Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:01AMTuesday, November 25, 2014
Can Britain’s Jewish standups become a cultural force to rival their US counterparts? Brian Logan finds out from Ruby Wax and other comics Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:37PMFriday, November 21, 2014
The expressive, elastic, inimitable comedian is retiring. I wish he’d consider a Lenny Henry-style reinvention insteadNews: Lee Evans to retire from comedy circuit Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:03AMWednesday, November 19, 2014
Soho theatre, LondonThe Anglo-Iranian comedian ranges entertainingly from racism to combative encounters at the school gate Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:20AMA new book suggests that critics ‘tell people what’s funny’ – and that I personally prefer standup that’s not funny at all. But our role as taste-makers is limitedStewart Lee revie…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:00AMMonday, November 17, 2014
Hammersmith Apollo, LondonSurprise and significance are at a premium in a show that echoes the comic’s small-screen patter too closely to excite• Q&A: Dave Gorman gets to the point �…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:08AMFriday, November 14, 2014
Leicester Square theatre, LondonThe standups two-part set is, as ever, a rarefied viewing experience. You can take nothing at face value as he plays cat and mouse with the audience Continue …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:05AMWednesday, November 12, 2014
Soho theatre, LondonThe self-effacing former public schoolboy is painfully honest about his hangups in this lovely, well-written comic set Ten questions for Ivo Graham Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:50AMTuesday, November 11, 2014
Tim Minchin and Stewart Lee have both observed that fame and acclaim create dilemmas for comedians, who habitually punch upwards. But a comfortable life neednt blunt dissent and satire Conti…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:39AMTuesday, October 21, 2014
G Live, GuildfordInfuriating, mildly amusing and then wonderfully unforeseen, the Mighty Boosh mans show has some reality-busting set-pieces Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:49AMPublishing standups one-liners is cheap clickbait that does comedians and their gags no favours Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:02AMMonday, October 20, 2014
Apollo, LondonThis is comedy that time forgot meticulous, gag-heavy tomfoolery with a great sense of attack Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:50AMThursday, October 16, 2014
Soho theatre, LondonThe Egyptian-American comedian has a few lively moments, but for the most part, his material on race and dating doesnt inspire confidence or many laughs Continue reading.…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:03AMTuesday, October 14, 2014
Reportedly a riposte to the Spanish governments tax on theatre tickets, one Barcelona clubs gimmick could be the harbinger of the comedy apocalypse Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:49AMMonday, October 13, 2014
Leicester Square theatre, LondonCasting himself as a social misfit, in To Be Free, Amstell turns his fire, sometimes embarrassingly, on all of us Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:27AMWednesday, October 8, 2014
Beck theatre, HayesHis PCs World show seldom strays from xenophobia in a show full of poor jokes and weak puns Never mind the broadcasts: TV doesnt make or break a standup Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:39AMTuesday, October 7, 2014
Most of the UKs top-selling comedians have regular television gigs, but its heartening news that half of comedy-goers would be happy to watch a comedian they havent previously seen on telly …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:07AMTuesday, September 30, 2014
Aberdeen Music HallThe show is not the work of a man with a diminished sense of humour its classic Connolly, culled from a 50-year career Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:15PMWithout being a household name, or even having a TV show, this double-act have influenced an entire generation of comics Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:00AMMonday, September 29, 2014
The same sketch performed over and over, an ensemble competing to go solo, and a show rewritten live on stage Brian Logan meets the young guns rebooting sketch comedy Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:59AMSunday, September 28, 2014
O2 Arena, LondonThe physical foolery is fine, but some of Evans jokes are not very nice at all Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:26AMMonday, September 22, 2014
After the Rotherham abuse scandal, the sleazy taxi drivers in Cardinal Burnss sketch generate unease. What should comedians do when their material suddenly becomes sensitive? Continue readin…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:55AMWednesday, September 17, 2014
James Acasters new show, in which he goes undercover in his own home town, has put the Edinburgh award nearly-man in the comedy big league Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:00AMMonday, September 15, 2014
Received wisdom says theres no market for a publication about standup, but Stand & Deliver hopes to change all that by looking under the bonnet of what makes things amusing Continue read…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:40AMSoho theatre, LondonThere are some great moments in this infectiously ridiculous show, which doesnt rely too much on the pairs hit TV series Cardinal Burns: the comedy duo shaking up TV sket…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:41AMTuesday, September 9, 2014
Queen Elizabeth Hall, LondonHot on the heels of Monty Python at the O2, Palin's latest offering is mildly amusing but his bricolage offers no surprises Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:14PMMonday, September 8, 2014
No other nation is as funny as we are, thanks to the punk revolution, the Edinburgh fringe and the legacy of Thatcherism Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:00AMSunday, September 7, 2014
From wink-murder Hamlet to Swingball to kissing, audience participation is hard to predict. Shrinking violets beware: the joke this autumn could be you Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:00AMFriday, September 5, 2014
Brian Logan remembers the four times he saw the unflinching, fierce and filthy performances of this comedic force Joan Rivers obituary Joan Rivers the best of her career in clips and quotes…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:36AMWednesday, September 3, 2014
Soho theatre, LondonNicholson's routines are generic in places, but the man delivering them belongs on stage and isn't afraid to show it Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:39AM 
