Monday, January 3, 2011
From relative newcomers such as Andi Osho to old-timers such as John CleeseJerry SadowitzIn what's becoming a January tradition, Britain's most malicious comic brings his ranting-and-magic c…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:00AM[SHARE]The comedian's latest show, Cradle to Rave, is autobiographical - and a bold departure from previous workThere won't be many standups on tour in 2011 whose most recent accolade, at the…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:59AM[SHARE]Monday, December 27, 2010
In the summer Brian Logan bemoaned a lack of it. So have any comedians made him reconsider?In August, I wrote an article in G2 about the lack of political comedy on the Edinburgh Fringe. Her…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, December 21, 2010
Leicester Square theatreA lot has changed since Richard Herring premiered his show Christ On a Bike in 2001. The New Atheism movement has arrived to redeem us. Rationalist comedy is all the …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:45PM[SHARE]Monday, December 20, 2010
Leicester Square theatre, London"A big proportion of the world is thick as shit," says Australian standup Jim Jeffries. And so it may seem to him: with an act like this, he's unlikely t…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:00PM[SHARE]Wednesday, December 15, 2010
Brighton Centre"Nothing ruins comedy like arenas," sings Tim Minchin. But comedy doesn't usually feature a 55-piece orchestra. The Aussie minstrel succeeds where several comedians (his compa…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:29PM[SHARE]Tuesday, December 14, 2010
Bloomsbury theatre, LondonWhy do I find it funny when one man teaches an imaginary rabbit to talk, but not when another man dresses in a silver leotard and impersonates a cat? I can't stop l…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:28AM[SHARE]Bloomsbury theatre, LondonWhy do I find it funny when one man teaches an imaginary rabbit to talk, but not when another man dresses in a silver leotard and impersonates a cat? I can't stop l…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:28AM[SHARE]Thursday, December 9, 2010
The comedian has been criticised for daring to talk about art rather than do gags. Why aren't comics allowed to do serious?I saw an episode of House for the first time recently. I didn't re…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:22AM[SHARE]Tuesday, December 7, 2010
Purcell Room, LondonSome experiences are critic-proof, and they include being coerced into impersonating a birthing goose by the wife of spoof metal legend Derek Smalls. Fans of Spinal Tap o…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:19PM[SHARE]Friday, December 3, 2010
Ambassadors Theatre, LondonJohn Shuttleworth starts his new show dressed as - who, exactly? "Oliver Cromwell," says Sheffield's versatile vocalist and organist, "but it's not quite right, is…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:00PM[SHARE]Wednesday, December 1, 2010
The controversial comic is now free of the BBC straitjacket " but has Channel 4 just given him enough rope to hang himself?John Crace on the Battle for Barking and The Morgana Show"Limitatio…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:14AM[SHARE]Monday, November 29, 2010
Richmond Theatre, LondonHis recent BBC documentary The Dirty South announced a mission to redeem the reputation of America's bottom half " which may be why Rich Hall has left redneck alter e…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:46PM[SHARE]Thursday, November 25, 2010
Hammersmith Apollo, LondonLast week, Jason Manford quit as presenter of BBC1's The One Show after revelations of text and Twitter flirting with fans; he has now publicly rededicated him…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:31PM[SHARE]Wednesday, November 24, 2010
Hammersmith Apollo, LondonIt has been a difficult week for Jason Manford, who last week quit as presenter of BBC1's The One Show after revelations of text and Twitter flirting with female fa…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:57PM[SHARE]Tuesday, November 23, 2010
'Sometimes gigs are news stories too'Sometimes reviews aren't just reviews, they are news. We newspaper critics tend to present our work in topical terms " and one way of doing that is …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:46PM[SHARE]Monday, November 22, 2010
Two young comedians are spearheading a more theatrical style of comedy with their stage version of The TrialWhen you think Franz Kafka, what comes to mind? Mitteleuropean gloom, perhaps. "B…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:38AM[SHARE]Standups, singalongs and slapstick " the funniest shows of the festive seasonCarl-Einar HacknerA Swedish Tommy Cooper, say the critics, with a dash of Abba thrown in, Carl-Einar Hackner is a…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:00AM[SHARE]Wednesday, November 17, 2010
Brian Logan on the giddy rise of John Bishop, ex-pharmaceuticals salesman turned superstar standup comedianThree years ago, in his show on the Edinburgh fringe, John Bishop described walking…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:31PM[SHARE]Thursday, November 4, 2010
Performing amid the splendour of the Kennedy Centre raises questions about how experimental theatre is received at home as well as abroad"Can you fringe from the Centre?" That's the question…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:43AM[SHARE]Wednesday, October 6, 2010
Brian Logan reports on a comedy show taking on mental health taboos Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:15PM[SHARE]Monday, October 12, 2009
Cliff's Pavilion, Southend"People ask me: what's your pet hate?" says Jimmy Carr. "Well, he doesn't like it if you put things in his bum." It's the classic Carr quip: concise, linguistically…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:30PM[SHARE]Sunday, July 26, 2009
Political correctness used to rule comedy, but now comics routinely offend their audiences. How did things get so nasty? Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:05PM[SHARE]Monday, February 23, 2009
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
Pleasance Cabaret Bar, EdinburghKnutsford service station. Doesn't conjure up images of a rollercoaster theatre show, does it? But that is what it has inspired, courtesy of the Welsh standup…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:05PM[SHARE]Monday, July 31, 2006
Doug Stanhope was too shocking for the Kilkenny festival. How long will his stand-up act last at Edinburgh? By Brian LoganThere are a lot of comedians who consider themselves fearless or pla…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:14AM[SHARE]Monday, August 13, 2001
