Tuesday, 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…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:01AMThe Seinfeld star discusses the episode that ended his standup career, Daniel Radcliffe and Jon Hamm get revolutionary – and an unexpected side to Bruce Forsyth Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:01AMThe Seinfeld star discusses the episode that ended his standup career, Daniel Radcliffe and Jon Hamm get revolutionary – and an unexpected side to Bruce ForsythThis week, we finally get th…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:01AMTuesday, September 25, 2012
Invisible Dot, LondonCaptain Scott, Amundsen, Shackleton: their heroic exploits are well documented. But until now, who knew about Rory Sheridan's error-strewn 1914 voyage to Antarctica – …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:06PMSunday, September 23, 2012
Bloomsbury theatre, LondonThose of us who have long believed John Shuttleworth's songs to harbour untapped reserves of musical and emotional potency could hardly resist this breast cancer ch…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:16AMFriday, September 21, 2012
Ronnie Scott's, LondonComedy is "a conveyor belt of idiots who want to make a career out of panel shows", a belligerent Keith Allen tells us at the relaunch of Peter Cook's legendary comedy …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:52PMWednesday, September 19, 2012
Soho theatreIn their current show, Model Citizens, sketch troupe Idiots of Ants make a big deal of the audience. One of their number, Elliott Tiney, becomes (to the musical accompaniment of …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:04AMTuesday, September 11, 2012
As cult comics speak to us from beyond the grave, Julian Clary and Airplane display their enduring popularityBest of this week's newsCult comics speak to us from beyond the grave this week, …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:07AMThursday, September 6, 2012
Orchard, DartfordNeurosis makes for good comedy. It certainly isn't doing Jon Richardson's career any harm. The 8 Out of 10 Cats team captain is now taking his fretfulness and borderlin…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:14PMWednesday, September 5, 2012
Southbank Centre, LondonNot for the first time, a cheap flight takes us from somewhere pedestrian to somewhere delightful. I found the first half of Fascinating Aïda's gig easy to admire bu…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:41AMTuesday, September 4, 2012
Cleese declares war in an Israeli advert, but redeems himself in the trailer for a Monty Python film about the late Graham Chapman – and Armando Iannucci says the US version of The Thick o…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:49AMMonday, August 27, 2012
PleasanceWhy, after so many years, am I still so enthusiastic about life? That's what Sandi Toksvig explores in this new sort-of standup show. It's a measure of her charm that she gets away …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:00PMDavid Hasselhoff lost his kilt, Arthur's Seat glowed, and there was a steamy Miss Julie. Brian Logan and Lyn Gardner pick their Edinburgh festival highlightsWhat was different about the Edin…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:32PMThursday, August 23, 2012
UnderbellyFrank Skinner, Steve Coogan, Dylan Moran ... Doctor Brown? The prospect of this sexually charged clown act joining the rollcall of Edinburgh comedy award winners is a delicious one…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:51PMWednesday, August 22, 2012
Pleasance DomeComedy fans in Edinburgh will have seen the posters reading "Last Show Ever" and shuddered. Perish the thought that this lovable anarcho-sketch-comedy act should call it a day.…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:26AMBy suggesting humour can be captured in a few words, Dave's one-liner award sells Edinburgh fringe comedy shortHow do you annoy a standup comedian? Easy: go up to him or her and say, "tell u…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:45AMPleasance CourtyardI've seldom seen a theatre audience leave with more bemused faces than after David Hasselhoff's opening performance at the Edinburgh Fringe. The Hoff is in town for one we…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:18AMTuesday, August 21, 2012
Pleasance CourtyardWhat's so funny? Louise Ford (one half of double act Ford and Akram) isn't the first character comic to sound out humour on society's maladroit margins. But if her creatio…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:17AMGilded BalloonWhat's so funny? The brazen otherness of this Cornish rap duo, doing their own thing, their own way, to a small audience late night – early morning, actually – on the fring…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:14AMMonday, August 20, 2012
Assembly RoomsAmerica's indie comedy scene has supplied some great fringe acts recently, including Perrier-winner Demetri Martin and Flight of the Conchords' Kristen Schaal. Kumail Nanjiani …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:12PMLaughing Horse @ Free SistersWhat's so funny? Trodd en Bratt (that's en as in salmon en croute) is a new double act formed of two cast-members of the improvised hit, Showstoppers, whose sho…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:19PMThursday, August 16, 2012
Gilded Balloon"Saturday night is the worst," Sam Simmons tweeted after this performance, which was half standup, half running battle with the audience. Was this a one-off, or is Simmons this…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:00PMPleasance Courtyard, EdinburghWhat's so funny? Growing up mixed race in South Africa was a bit of a hoot – at least if Trevor Noah is to be believed. Noah, now resident in the States, has …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:26AMJust the Tonic at the TronWhat's so funny? Desolation and rage, as rendered by a squat, bald 53-year-old working-class American parading his inadequacies across the stage.Sounds like my cup …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:22AMPleasance Dome, Edinburgh"Political comedy thrives under the Tories," comedian Phill Jupitus said last week – and sure enough, Coalition is the second satirical show (after Chumbawumba's …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:18AMTuesday, August 14, 2012
The rising price of comedy, Harry Hill post-TV Burp – plus, a new Bill and Ted adventure, and your take on the week's comedyComedy news from EdinburghIt's week two of the fringe, and uneas…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:40AMUnderbellyWhat's so funny? Claudia O'Doherty is an oddball Australian standup ("cheer-jerker", in her own coinage) making her third fringe appearance, this year under the auspices of indie c…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:27AMAssembly George SquareThere are themes and gimmicks, bells and whistles in other shows on the fringe, as comics test the boundaries of their art form. But straightforward, autobiographical s…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:40AMMonday, August 13, 2012
Pleasance CourtyardWhat's so funny? "Michael Mittermeier is very funny and German. If you don't believe either of these things – go check him out". It must be catching - even Eddie Izzard …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:36AMPleasance Courtyard, EdinburghWhat's so funny? The Pin are among this year's one-to-watch sketch troupes, and are – like last year's newbies, Sheeps, alumni of the UK's most gilded comedy …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:52AMFriday, August 10, 2012
Gilded BalloonWhen you think musical comedy, you don't think this. Rubberbandits are an Irish phenomenon heading Britain's way – in revenge for Bloody Sunday and the potato famine, as they…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:05AM 
