Monday, 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 12:03PMSunday, February 10, 2013
The Hawth, CrawleyThere's a strain of mathematical nerdiness to all one-liner specialists, of course; the remorseless wordplay, the dismantling of linguistic certainties brick by brick, sugg…
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SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:55AMNew theatre, Oxford"I'm a 48-year-old ex-doctor," wails Harry Hill, "trying to get laughs out of a baby's belt in a baguette." This is halfway through Sausage Time, his first standup show si…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:28AMFriday, February 8, 2013
Soho theatreIkea ads, greengrocers and the work of Hans Christian Andersen: wherever Sarah Kendall looks, sexism looms large. Since her last full show, the former Perrier award nom…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:57PMFriday, January 25, 2013
Bloomsbury theatre, LondonIt's hip to be square at the moment, as science claims centre of the light-entertainment stage. We've got Dara Ó Briain's Science Club on telly – and we've got t…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:52AMThursday, January 24, 2013
Soho theatre, LondonIt's "fucking terrifying" returning to standup after 17 years, says Alexei Sayle, and in the first five minutes, you wonder if he is going to pull it off. This is a man w…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:46PMTuesday, January 22, 2013
Also in this week's comedy news: Ricky Gervais gets called a 'bad standup' – and what's a 'pricket bat'? Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:18AMFriday, January 18, 2013
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SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:07PMWednesday, January 9, 2013
Tim Minchin, James Corden and other comedians have gatecrashed the world of theatre. Now theatre is getting its own backI first saw Jackson's Way in 2003. The actor and theatre-maker Will Ad…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:00PMTuesday, January 8, 2013
Also in this week's roundup, Billy Connolly and Bill Murray bemoan new comedy, and the controversy surrounding the BBC's assisted-dying sitcom, Way to GoThis week's comedy newsReligion and c…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:11AMAlso in this week's roundup, Billy Connolly and Bill Murray bemoan new comedy, and the controversy surrounding the BBC's assisted-dying sitcom, Way to Go Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:11AMFriday, December 21, 2012
Duchess, LondonThe stages of Britain may be heaving this month with glitz, glitter and TV celebs, but you won't find a more reliably fun-for-all-the-family experience than the West End debut…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:07PMThursday, December 13, 2012
Soho theatre, LondonFrom Jerry Sadowitz in a Santa hat earlier this week, to David Hoyle's Christmas tree draped with dolls' heads and condoms, festive-phobes are spoiled for jaundiced enter…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:15PMWednesday, December 12, 2012
Leicester Square Theatre, London"It doesn't interest me," said Jerry Sadowitz in a recent interview, when asked about his now notorious 1980s routine that branded Jimmy Savile a paedophile. …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:28PMThursday, December 6, 2012
Invisible Dot, LondonThree hundred and sixty-four presents. That's how many you'd get if you were given everything mentioned in The Twelve Days of Christmas. Nick Mohammed has worked this ou…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:03AMTuesday, December 4, 2012
How close we came to losing a classic double act, standup discovers suspect package and Frankie Boyle's latest scrapThis week's comedy newsMorecambe and … no one? A "what if?" story from c…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:54AMMonday, December 3, 2012
Performance artist David Hoyle has paired up with the composer of Jerry Springer: the Opera for an alternative take on Christmas cabaret. The pair talk satanists, gay soldiers and why their …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:11AMTuesday, November 27, 2012
Soho Theatre, LondonJudith Lucy is a household name in Australia, but making her London debut at the Soho Theatre, she's asking us to "think of this less as a gig, more as a worksh…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:40PMThursday, November 8, 2012
Soho theatre, LondonThe show is called Romance and Adventure, but that's deceptive, says Josie Long: it should be called "how do you carry on when you're in the pit of despair?" Long makes p…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:26PMMonday, November 5, 2012
Orchard theatre, DartfordI don't think you should ever have to grow up, says Greg Davies – and the Inbetweeners and Cuckoo star puts the point into practice in his new touring show. You m…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:08PMTuesday, October 30, 2012
In this week's roundup: illustrious actors to star in a new sitcom called Vicious Old Queens, and Fey makes her displeasure known at 'grey-faced men' sounding off about rapeThis week's comed…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:25PMMonday, October 29, 2012
Hammersmith Apollo, LondonIs it laughable for a young, single male to fret that he may never have children? Is the biological clock something that only ticks for women? Russell Kane is alien…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:26PMTuesday, October 23, 2012
Royal Albert Hall, LondonThe Albert Hall doesn't look as stately as it did – but it's still incongruous to see Joan Rivers in this grand old rotunda, making the air curl with malice, …
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SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:27PMMr Bean star campaigns against act outlawing 'insulting words', Frankie Boyle wins more than £50,000 in libel damages … and one standup spectator laughs so hard she goes into labourThis w…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:00AMSunday, October 21, 2012
Purcell Room, LondonWhy are penises funny? Why is there so much anxiety surrounding their size? Half sex seminar, half comedy show, Richard Herring's Talking Cock has risen ag…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:56AMThursday, October 18, 2012
Soho, LondonThis isn't Shappi Khorsandi's first show about a failed relationship, but it is the first where her niceness doesn't get in the way. On her current tour, she is talking about an …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:49PMTuesday, October 16, 2012
Boyle sues the Mirror for libel, Silverman learns not to cross a rabbi, and Stephen K Amos gets the last – and longest – laughThis week's comedy newsWe've been arguing about "offensive" …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:11AMMonday, October 8, 2012
Soho theatre, LondonIt's not assured that a standup who is huge on Twitter will translate to the stage. Good to report, then, that US comic Rob Delaney – 619,000 followers and counting –…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:45PMTuesday, October 2, 2012
The Seinfeld star discusses the episode that ended his standup career, Daniel Radcliffe and Jon Hamm get revolutionary – and an unexpected side to Bruce ForsythThe week's comedy newsThis w…
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