Monday, September 23, 2013
Hammersmith Apollo, LondonThe host of Channel 4's The Last Leg offers jolly but rudimentary standup that keeps the crowd in raptures"It's just about putting joy into a room," says Adam Hills…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:25PM[SHARE]Sunday, September 22, 2013
Brighton DomeStewart Lee has set the bar so high, he can hardly be criticised for not always vaulting it. At his best, he takes comedy out on new limbs: the pleasure of laught…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:05AM[SHARE]Friday, September 20, 2013
Swan, High WycombeThere's plenty of straight standup tonight, but the best of Bailey's material comes back, as ever, to sound"A pox on lol!" Bill Bailey wants laughter, not acronyms for laug…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:30AM[SHARE]Tuesday, September 17, 2013
The comedy duo head back to the airwaves " just as Charlie Higson bemoans the lack of British sketch shows on TV and Adrian Edmondson loses interest in comedy altogetherThis week's comedy ne…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:52AM[SHARE]Union Chapel, LondonBuxton's latest show shines a light on internet comment threads, but his own material never quite hits the same bizarre heightsHumanity in all its banality and pettiness …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:50AM[SHARE]Wednesday, September 11, 2013
Soho theatre, LondonAndy Zaltzman decries the state of modern political comedy. So why is his stage act so noncommittal?In an interview last week, Andy Zaltzman lamented the state of politi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:36AM[SHARE]Tuesday, September 10, 2013
Luisa Omielan and Gina Yashere on board as show numbers swell to more than 100. Plus, what Lenny Henry should have left unsaid and the latest on the Edmondson-Davidson spatThis week's comedy…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:49AM[SHARE]Tuesday, September 3, 2013
Ricky Gervais's Office character will strut his stuff on stage with the big boys, Lee Evans just wants to sit and paint, and we enjoy some scientific one-liners from our readersThis week's c…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:16AM[SHARE]Thursday, August 29, 2013
Soho theatre, LondonOkine's adept autobiographical show about a trip to Ghana makes for a nuanced exploration of privilege and povertyYou don't get many debut comedy hours about the leg…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:08PM[SHARE]Wednesday, August 28, 2013
Soho Theatre, LondonNothing here feels blazingly new, but Chieng ensures " mostly " that it's funnyThey may be taking over the world, but the Chinese are not, as yet, taking over standup com…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:07AM[SHARE]Tuesday, August 27, 2013
The Jonathan Creek star remembers how Thatcher's £40 per week saved him in the 1980s, while Aziz Ansari signs a giant book deal and John Cleese flogs face cream across the worldThis week'…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:58AM[SHARE]Saturday, August 24, 2013
Bridget Christie takes Foster's standup prize " the UK's most prestigious " with 'beautifully written, delightfully delivered' workIt was a stand-out moment for female standups. The feminist…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:46PM[SHARE]Friday, August 23, 2013
The StandWozniak has found himself a compelling alter ego: a would-be light entertainer at the mercy of his domestic and social angstOnce a standup staple, mother-in-law jokes went out with …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:20AM[SHARE]Comedians under starter's orders for the Foster's awards, as the 2013 So You Think You're Funny gongs are handed out. Plus: John Lloyd brings a Rotary Club vibe to the fringeScream if you wa…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:08AM[SHARE]Thursday, August 22, 2013
Pleasance CourtyardWhen Walsh lays off his throwback booze humour, he's good. Otherwise, his conservative material chokes his talentNominated for the Edinburgh comedy award this week, Seann …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:40AM[SHARE]Chicago Sun-Times shocked at 'deep-dyed socialism' and anti-American nature of the fringe; Humza Arshad makes his Edinburgh debut; and were last year's comedy award-winners not funny enough?…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:54AM[SHARE]Wednesday, August 21, 2013
Gilded BalloonFrequently as maddening as she is funny, the American comic is an expert and intriguing talent"This is something that's top secret and nobody's heard about," says US comic Tig …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:46PM[SHARE]Tig Notaro's games hold up crowd anxious not to miss next show; Gareth Ellis gives himself a black eye and wins awardClocked off on the Edinburgh FringeIn theatre circles, it's often said th…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:15PM[SHARE]Let Guardian reviewer Logan talk you through the shortlist of the biggest prize in UK comedy, act by actBrian Logan
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:59AM[SHARE]Tuesday, August 20, 2013
Underbelly, CowgateJohn Robertson's interactive comedy based on primitive computer games is ridiculous, illogical and weirdly addictive"You awake to find yourself in a dark room …" Austral…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:15PM[SHARE]Steve Coogan announces he's be back in town, on a unique special mission " and the intriguingly odd John KearnsKnowing me, knowing the winner of the Foster's Edinburgh comedy awardA coup for…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:43PM[SHARE]The top jokes of the Edinburgh festival fringe have just been announced, but there is no sign of the women who have provided the funniest and most creative shows this yearThe winner of the f…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:33AM[SHARE]Monday, August 19, 2013
Heroes @ Bob's BookshopThe moral high ground isn't so much taken as seduced in this show, which wins the rape-joke argument the way it should be won " with comedy"Anyone here been raped? Any…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:33AM[SHARE]Pornography is everywhere in this year's comedy programme " but not for the reasons you might think. Plus: awards week begins; and Andrea Dworkin, comedy heroineSex-drivenIt's porn. Some …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:23AM[SHARE]Sunday, August 18, 2013
Pleasance CourtyardThe hotly tipped comedian's best characters are richly imagined, his worst little more than excuses to behave outrageouslyUp-and-comer Jamie Demetriou's show has been…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:37AM[SHARE]Friday, August 16, 2013
Assembly HallMuppets? Improvising? For adults only? What's not to like? Quite a lot, as it happensMuppets? Improvising? For adults only? What's not to like? Quite a lot, as it happens, in th…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:17AM[SHARE]Predicting stars-to-be is a haphazard business " as I know only too well. Plus: a grizzled comic gives us a blast from the past, and Edinburgh gets a glimpse of the futureTomorrow's stars to…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:35AM[SHARE]Laughing Horse @ the Counting HouseBehind this talented musical comedian's wholesome, naive facade, a story emerges of a woman on the verge of cracking upIt's been a year of striking debuts …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:20AM[SHARE]Thursday, August 15, 2013
Pleasance CourtyardAcaster compensates for meaningless material with fine joke-writing and some lovely gagsJames Acaster's comedy couldn't be less important if it tried " although that's not…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:51AM[SHARE]Pleasance CourtyardIn terms of technique, Kane is at the top of his game " it's the so-so stereotyping that lets him downRussell Kane is not an obvious person to expound on the British prope…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:51AM[SHARE]One performer suggests that it's not always healthy to go for the gag above all else. Plus: dreams come true on the fringe, and a computer tries its hand at standupBeyond the jokeWhen people…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:11AM[SHARE] 
