Monday, July 22, 2013
Huge crowds for sets by Tim Key, Dylan Moran and others show how popular comedy is at music festivals; no wonder standup was spilling out all over the site this yearAs a symbol of how comedy…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:14AMTuesday, July 16, 2013
Comic hints that a high-profile hunger strike might be on the cards. And if that wasn't confusing enough, Sunday is now a day of atheism and Jo Brand a product of patriarchyThis week's comed…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:00AMWednesday, July 10, 2013
Comedian's response to US anti-abortion law no laughing matter for Republicans. Elsewhere, Stewart Lee blasts elitism in comedy and Lenny Henry's thespian thunder rages onThis week's comedy …
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SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:49AMStarring in a new film and two sitcoms, the fourth member of The League of Gentlemen is about to become a lot more visible. Not that he wants toPlenty of comedians take up acting; these days…
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SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:39AMThursday, June 27, 2013
Soho theatreJake Hurwitz and Amir Blumenfeld are a double act who make sketches for the US website CollegeHumor.com. On the strength of this live outing, one fears for the state of American …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:34AMTuesday, June 25, 2013
John Lloyd says system for developing shows is 'a crying shame'. Plus, it's back to the future for Fry and Laurie, and Jimmy Carr defeated by hecklersThis week's comedy newsThe producer of B…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:38AMWednesday, June 19, 2013
Royal Festival Hall, LondonStandups are easy prey to the accusation that they love the sound of their own voice. But only Reggie Watts loves it enough to sample it, loop it, and sing songs t…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:54PMTuesday, June 18, 2013
Heard the one about the all-male Islamist TV show? Plus: Flight of the Conchords take to the road and Simon Pegg has awkward encounter with a Chinese alienThis week's comedy newsThe debate a…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:15AMMonday, June 17, 2013
Hammersmith ApolloDating, marriage and having kids: as long as there's standup, there will be routines by young men fretting about commitment. Most of them will no doubt be making the same p…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:00AMTuesday, June 11, 2013
Controversial comic's new show will dissect the lives of religious figures. Plus: Michael Barrymore talks frankly about losing everything and the rape-in-comedy debate rumbles onThis week's …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:52AMThursday, June 6, 2013
Charing Cross theatre, LondonFalse starts, moments of connection, and moments when you can't think of a thing to say: Rebecca Northan's Canadian hit makes apparent the overlap between i…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:38AMWednesday, June 5, 2013
Soho theatre, LondonJudah Friedlander is the world champion of everything, it would seem – save delivering a good gig when the audience isn't playing ball. Friedlander is a star of the US …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:33AMTuesday, June 4, 2013
Plus: Joey Barton the comedian, intelligent US debate on rape jokes and your responses to Lena Dunham's take on porn parodiesThis week's comedy newsBring on standup comedy in which no meanin…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:41AMPlus: Joey Barton the comedian, intelligent US debate on rape jokes and your responses to Lena Dunham's take on porn parodies Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:41AMWednesday, May 29, 2013
Soho theatre, LondonAustralia is the world's second-best place for high quality of life, according to the news – yet many Aussies do nothing but complain, says their compatriot Wil&nb…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:38PMTuesday, 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 01:18PM 
