Tuesday, May 28, 2013
The Girls creator hits back at a porn parody of her comedy show, Doug Stanhope wades into the Oklahoma God debate, and Dutch TV is slammed for satirising the Woolwich murderThis week's comed…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:16AMThe Girls creator hits back at a porn parody of her comedy show, Doug Stanhope wades into the Oklahoma God debate, and Dutch TV is slammed for satirising the Woolwich murder Continue reading…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:16AMMonday, May 27, 2013
The agency behind some of comedy's most daring acts now has its own venue – and it wants more than laughsWhen I wrote two years ago about the boom in standup comedy, a veteran promoter tol…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:14PMFriday, May 24, 2013
Too many in-jokes, too much ephemera, and an overdose of online sterility – it's fair to say YCW hasn't been a huge successReading this on mobile? Click here to watchJudging by your commen…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:21AMThursday, May 23, 2013
Little Angel, London"I know what you're thinking," says Rob Newman, introducing another riff on genetics, social Darwinism and the high-water mark of free-market capitalism: "Rob, if we'd wa…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:21PMYCW continues to struggle for belly laughs on day four, with the Gregory Brothers' DJ Play My Song the pick of a tepid bunchReading this on mobile? Click here to viewYou can't accuse YouTube…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:09AMWednesday, May 22, 2013
After a muted response to day two of YouTube's comedy-fest, can Doc Brown and Jamie Oliver raise anything more than a smile?Reading this on mobile? Click here to viewYou weren't much taken w…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:13AMTuesday, May 21, 2013
Sam Bain lifts the lid on 'painful' decision to turn down HBO series, Three Men in a Boat stars enter choppy waters – and Britain's smelliest-looking celebrityThis week's comedy newsLaughi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:31PMSam Bain lifts the lid on 'painful' decision to turn down HBO series, Three Men in a Boat stars enter choppy waters – and Britain's smelliest-looking celebrity Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:31PMWith plenty of mickeys being taken – including out of Rick Astley and Mumford & Sons – the musical content is the funniest so farReading this on mobile? Please click here to viewWhat hav…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:46AMMonday, May 20, 2013
Nottingham Playhouse"I don't think anyone really knows who they are," says Daniel Kitson. "So much of what we know about the world is assumed." It's not often standup can be mistaken for Hum…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:05PMSarah Silverman and Owen Wilson kicked off YouTube's seven-day comedy extravaganza – and David Brent is displaying his guitar skills. We're aiming to cover the lotReading this on mobile? C…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:54AMSunday, May 19, 2013
Hazlett, MaidstoneWhen you are comfortably established in comedy's club class, no one expects you to innovate. It is to Phill Jupitus's immense credit, then, that this touring show is genuin…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:45PMWednesday, May 15, 2013
Soho theatre, LondonEddie Pepitone was an unlikely guest star in the gossip columns last summer, when Hugh Grant was turned away from one of his Edinburgh Fringe shows. But it would be hard …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:18PMTuesday, May 14, 2013
Armstrong and Miller comic lambasts 'inverse snobbery' while Ricky Gervais teaches guitar – and who's the hottest comedian?This week's comedy newsWe begin with the Telegraph's tale of Alex…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:04AMArmstrong and Miller comic lambasts 'inverse snobbery' while Ricky Gervais teaches guitar and who's the hottest comedian? Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:04AMFriday, May 10, 2013
Soho theatre, LondonVentriloquist Nina Conti's show is based on the "seven ages of man" speech in As You Like It: seven of her puppet alter egos are introduced for our amusement. There's a w…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:01PMWednesday, May 8, 2013
Brighton CentreEddie Izzard is on the UK leg of what's been billed as the biggest ever world standup tour, and the man himself is telling interviewers: "The key thing is making your stu…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:52PMTuesday, May 7, 2013
Deaths threats to comedian prompt calls for nationalists to raise the tone. Plus, Fringe gets new venue and Trump takes revengeThis week's comedy newsAnd this week – a comedian influences …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:52AMThursday, April 18, 2013
Firestation Arts Centre, WindsorWhat happens to a rapper when he grows up? Doc Brown is 35, with a wife, two kids, and a promising career in comedy, twinning his macho artform with softie su…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:36PMTuesday, April 9, 2013
Plus: Jim Davidson too 'unpleasant' for theatre in Kent, Frankie Boyle wades in on Thatcher – and is TV comedy a closed shop?This week's comedy newsArrested last week for allegedly "insult…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:09AMSunday, March 31, 2013
Queen Elizabeth Hall, LondonWe're at London's Southbank Centre to see Chris Addison, so we're in the market, apparently, for jokes about olive oil, Farrow & Ball paint and how "horrible" poo…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:01PMTuesday, March 26, 2013
Soho theatre, LondonAt the end of this show, Doctor Brown widens his arms, impossibly wide, to wrap us all in a big hug. Then one hand wanders downwards, and he's pretending to jerk us off. …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:09PMThursday, March 21, 2013
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SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:39AMThursday, March 7, 2013
Palace theatre, Westcliff-on-SeaThe best thing about comedy, says Rich Hall, the quality that makes it worth defending, is that it doesn't do any harm. That's not a high mast to pin your col…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:46PMWednesday, February 27, 2013
Plus, can a standup double as a judge, and why Danish comics are migrating to the UKThis week's comedy newsMany is the comedian who has died onstage. But few have strutted the boards while 2…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:44AMMonday, February 25, 2013
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SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:08AMThursday, February 21, 2013
Soho theatre, LondonIt must be an embattled business, being a leftwing comedian in the United States. Jamie Kilsteinhas received death threats for suggesting rape culture is a bad thing and,…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:43PMWednesday, February 20, 2013
Soho theatreHot on the heels of Harry Hill, another alpha nonsense-peddler proves that sometimes (if you get it right, and not many do) comedy is at its best when it means nothing at all. Th…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:09AMTuesday, February 12, 2013
Also this week, Mrs Brown's Boys causes a heart attack and Harry Hill comes to the rescueThis week's comedy newsJohnny Vegas has claimed that Daniel Kitson made him quit standup – but is v…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:51PMMonday, February 11, 2013
Bloomsbury theatre, LondonTalk about a statement of intent. Sarah Silverman's first line tonight, a beat after her intro music subsides, is: "I was brutally raped to that song." After t…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:03PM 
