Monday, October 19, 2020
Battersea Arts Centre, London, and online Audience participation at arm’s length via screen happily injects some welcome randomness into this six-person improvised sketch show
How do you d…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:24AMTuesday, October 6, 2020
The comedian’s new podcast is bursting with enthusiasm for poems. If standup forces him to be funny, here he forces himself to be true
‘Phwooar – Ginsy Ginsy Ginsy, I love you so much!…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:12AMThursday, October 1, 2020
Britain’s Got Talent star Myra Dubois turns agony aunt in a show that might raise the roof in a theatre – but not online
Myra Dubois was a staple of the cabaret scene for years before Si…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:18PMTuesday, September 29, 2020
NetflixJoyous reflections on new motherhood, Amsterdam’s museums and working with J-Lo see the charismatic standup cresting a career-high wave
Welcome to Buteaupia, Michelle Buteau’s Net…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:54PMSunday, September 27, 2020
National Maritime MuseumSara Pascoe, Rich Hall and Aisling Bea warm to an excited crowd – and a divine heckler – in the chilly outdoors
‘Comedy isn’t essential?” asks Rich Hall, in…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:36PMSunday, September 20, 2020
As the ‘Duchess of Canvey’ releases a greatest hits album, her creator relives an extraordinary journey from Southend to the West End via schoolteaching and Ibiza superclubs
‘Diane is …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:48PMTuesday, September 15, 2020
Netflix The horizons may be narrow in the British standup’s special but nobody does this sort of material better
There’s something odd about watching Michael McIntyre’s first Netflix …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:12PMSunday, September 13, 2020
Netflix The Mexican-American comic offers English and Spanish versions of his show, but the sexist fare is depressing however you look at it
With Bad Decisions/Malas Decisiones, Felipe Espar…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:06PMFriday, September 4, 2020
With the Edinburgh festival shelved by Covid, standups have turned a garden shed into a stage for an online extravaganza. Our writer enjoys flashes of brilliance amid a dislocating experienc…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:18PMThursday, September 3, 2020
Bridget Christie pokes fun at Madonna, Suzi Ruffell talks smear tests and John Robins is heckled about Butlins. Our critic’s first standup gig in months is a riot of joy and tension
‘Thi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:32PMSunday, August 23, 2020
Audiobook, available onlinePenguin’s fine pandemic audio festival delivers hours of laughs from comics including Jordan Brookes, Glamrou, Mo Amar, Michelle de Swarte and Sheeps
‘I’m ju…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:48AMMonday, August 17, 2020
Podcast There are secret recordings, spoof calls and cringing reflections in the performance artist’s attempts to find meaning in life
‘I used to be a comedian,” says Kim Noble in part…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:06AMWednesday, August 12, 2020
The Edinburgh fringe may have been cancelled but there are plenty of online gigs to enjoy featuring Dane Baptiste, Ivo Graham, Sarah Millican and more
The line between charity gigs and norma…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:32AMSunday, August 9, 2020
YouTubeFootage of Dara Ó Briain, Sarah Millican, John Bishop and Jason Byrne features in this attempt to recapture the mythic status of a renowned fringe night
Greatest Ever Late ’n’ Li…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:54AMFriday, August 7, 2020
Covid-19 has cancelled the annual jamboree, leaving performers – and our comedy critic – bereft. What does the festival mean to them and how will it change?
Meeting Flight of the Conchor…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:18AMMonday, August 3, 2020
Cadogan Hall, LondonIn a global livestream, the former Python delivers alimony gags, a bit of PC-baiting – and an amusingly grumpy lecture on how nobody knows anything
The decision to post…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:18AMSaturday, August 1, 2020
The yearly festival is a celebration of entertainment, art, rain, booze, cobbles and closeness to strangers. Roll on 2021 ...
Remotely entertaining: Edinburgh highlights beamed to your livi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:18AMTuesday, July 28, 2020
When you’ve shared jokes since childhood, you can be brutally honest with each other. Flo & Joan and Ruby Wax’s daughters, Maddy and Marina Bye, on becoming family double acts
They�…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:06AMMonday, July 27, 2020
Alan Partridge’s Sidekick Simon takes it out on his own hapless wingman – but Enya’s repeated interruptions slow the flow
I’ve missed live comedy very much since the closure of theat…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:42AMSunday, July 19, 2020
Originally planned as an Edinburgh show, You Build the Thing You Think You Are is now a film – and a different proposition to live-streamed lockdown comedy
Joz Norris’s new experiment st…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:03PMThursday, July 9, 2020
Bec Hill, Laura Davis and Eshaan Akbar can be watched on this online home for comedy’s rising stars and circuit regulars
With gig venues closed, where do you turn for your comedy fix? You …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:24PMSunday, July 5, 2020
YouTubeBuress revisits the story of his 2017 arrest for disorderly intoxication in an enjoyable online set that uses technology creatively
Cross a comedian at your peril. They can put their …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:54PMYouTubeIn Stalter’s sharply observed, bittersweet character comedy, a string of awkward talkative types bare their souls
Disastrous for many comedians, lockdown has propelled others to pr…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:06AMTuesday, June 23, 2020
Available onlineThe gruff comic from Brooklyn appalls and entertains as he rages against the debauchery of modern America
Eddie Pepitone’s closest brush with UK fame came in 2012, when the…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:48AMMonday, June 22, 2020
From a daft James Bond spoof to reliving a disastrous audition over Zoom, the Upload comedy extravaganza had some delectable moments
As the black hole left by the cancelled Edinburgh fringe …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:03PMTuesday, June 16, 2020
Coached by Tom Parry, the comedy collective No Direction Home are bucking stereotypes about refugees and migrants – and thriving online during lockdown
‘Let me tell you something more ab…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:54PMMonday, June 15, 2020
Looking for some escapist laughs? Here are a few tips, from John-Luke Roberts’ chaotic sketches to Flight of the Conchords’ smile-guaranteed songs
Hottest front-room seats: the best thea…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:18AMTuesday, June 9, 2020
Available onlineThe scuzzy end of show business and all its sozzled, sentimental excesses are captured by the ex-standup in a heartfelt monologue
I last saw Les Dennis on stage two years ago…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:32AMMonday, June 8, 2020
Amazon Prime VideoQuinoa, veganism and lakehouses are ticked off on the Bronx comic’s journey to affluence but her charm shines through
Lockdown laughs: where to watch online comedy
The …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:06AMSunday, June 7, 2020
Consummate host Kiri Pritchard-McLean sets the stage for Frankie Boyle and others in a show with true comedy-club feel
Lockdown laughs: where to watch online comedy
The Covid Arms started…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:18AMWednesday, June 3, 2020
Available online With weariness and seething frustration, the comedian sounds off in style about gender inequality and sexism
The starting point of Jen Brister’s 2018 show Meaningless, no…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:48AM 
