Friday, March 13, 2020
Soho theatre, LondonSix almost-Americans narrate stories of cruelties inflicted when being expelled from the US
When we think of deportees, we seldom think of native Brits. But sometimes the…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:36AMWednesday, March 11, 2020
Epstein theatre, LiverpoolTouring for the first time in seven years, it’s clear that the standup veteran hasn’t lost any of his sharp humour
‘As Emperor Hirohito said after the Hiroshi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:18AMTuesday, March 10, 2020
SSE Hydro, GlasgowThe Two Amigos deploy mutual mickey-taking and the odd banjo riff in a variety show with comic timing to die for
It started life as a cosy Q&A at a comedy festival. The…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:36PMWednesday, March 4, 2020
They’re inspired by Charlie Hedbo and tell jokes that would get British comedians cancelled. Our writer spends a week watching French standups
How Greece’s theatre staged triumph from t…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:12AMMonday, March 2, 2020
The titan of Irish comics is on a roll after his sitcom and chatshow success, but he is still excited and overwhelmed by the art of standup
‘The older you get,” asks Tommy Tiernan, “do…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:03AMSunday, March 1, 2020
Fairfield Halls, LondonIn his show Taxi Tour, the comic from last year’s Britain’s Got Talent offers only standard-issue middle-aged standup
Kojo Anim was a star of the black standup ci…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:24PMFriday, February 28, 2020
Radlett Centre, HertfordshireThis grab-bag show sheds little light on our political travails but it’s stuffed with funny caricatures and plenty of myth-busting
How did we get here? asks Ma…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:48AMTuesday, February 11, 2020
The oddball standup delivers deliciously terrible, wonderful jokes as he leads the charge for alternatives to the mainstream
When John-Luke Roberts scored an Edinburgh fringe success with th…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:06PMMonday, February 10, 2020
Royal Shakespeare theatre, Stratford-upon-AvonThe comedian leads us from weird to wonderful to ‘the absolute worst of humanity’ in his new show about social media
Twitter has curdled pub…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:18PMWednesday, February 5, 2020
Soho theatre, LondonThe Malaysian standup is strongest when he delivers adroit gags about Asian versus British stereotypes, from dogs to food allergies
Asians do this and Brits do that. That…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:12AMFriday, January 24, 2020
Soho theatre, LondonThe standup’s new show, Backward, dissects the pitfalls of fame but her joyfully undercutting humour hasn’t suffered
Rosie Jones appeared eight times, she specifies,…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:36AMThursday, January 23, 2020
The gameshow star and former GP on how he wrote his ‘career best’ standup material after getting married – and being diagnosed with Parkinson’s
‘You don’t expect the most eventfu…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:33AMThursday, January 16, 2020
Wilton’s Music Hall, LondonA transatlantic voyage in 1910, with the silent stars onboard, is the basis of Told By An Idiot’s beguiling comedy
Charlie Chaplin and Stan Laurel shared a boa…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:24AMSoho theatre, LondonThe charming musical misfits are funniest at their most absurd, serving up numbers that range from klezmer to folderol folk
Most of us watched the Bros documentary and la…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:24AMSunday, January 12, 2020
Cambridge JunctionThe Yorkshire comic’s endearing set about mistakes made in public roars into life with a final, extraordinary reveal
Who among us, deciding instantly on a course of actio…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:54PMFriday, January 10, 2020
Soho theatre, LondonThe New Zealander’s minimalist Only Bones v1.4 combines the spellbinding and ridiculous but ultimately seems unsure what it wants to be
No props. No set. No text. No na…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:54AMThursday, January 9, 2020
Vaudeville theatre, London Stunts and tricks go awry in this slapstick romp, though the running gag makes it hard to conjure suspense
If you’ve watched a magic show, you may have experienc…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:03AMThursday, January 2, 2020
Tom Stoppard gets personal, Cush Jumbo does Hamlet, Hollywood names bring everything from tragedy to comedy … plus dance confronts shame and there’s standup open heart surgery Continue r…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:36AMFriday, December 20, 2019
Shakespeare’s Globe, LondonSandi Toksvig hosts a knowingly slapdash evening of irony-charged singalongs that revels in the magic of its venue
Snowdrop the fairy has misplaced the magic of …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:36AMWednesday, December 18, 2019
Soho theatre, LondonWith repurposed classics such as 12 Gays of Christmas, this festive satirical show delivers big-hitting performances and cunning lyrics
If you should find yourself at a c…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:54PMMonday, December 16, 2019
A double dose of Stewart Lee, Hannah Gadsby’s follow-up to Nanette and London Hughes’ uproarious blue humour tickled the comedy circuit this year
More on the best culture of 2019 Continu…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:18AMMonday, December 9, 2019
Warwick Arts Centre A cool crowd warms to the standup’s animated stories, daft moves and disarming candour in Dance Like Everyone’s Watching
A standup needs several qualities in their lo…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:06AMSunday, December 8, 2019
Bloomsbury theatre, LondonDoc-turned-comic Kay recalls Christmases spent in hospitals – with anecdotes about peanut butter, ill-used confectionery and a blast of Spandau Ballet
‘Christma…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:24PMWednesday, December 4, 2019
O2 Arena, LondonGlimpses of wit float to the surface in this sex-and-excrement bonanza … but are quickly flushed away by tedious misogyny
Two trips to the O2 in 10 days: two shows wallowin…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:54PMMonday, December 2, 2019
Vaults, LondonZoe Lyons is a pyjama-clad deity with wrath-management issues and a retinue of doubtful angels in David Javerbaum’s enjoyable comedy
It began as a Twitter account, which bega…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:24AMSunday, December 1, 2019
Chequer Mead, East GrinsteadAttacks on Extinction Rebellion and smashed avacado keep Dee in default pissed-off mode, but there are a few inspired moments
Jack Dee speaks out of a diagonal mo…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:03AMThursday, November 28, 2019
Soho theatre, LondonKearns delivers a day-in-the-drab-life of a man with dreams, toting suburban existentialism in a style all his own
Time was, I’d have bet my house against Count Arthur …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:48PMMonday, November 25, 2019
Lyric Hammersmith, LondonPrince Charming? You must be joking – but this show will still leave families and festive fun-seekers satisfied
You might think assignations with princes have lost…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:33AMBrighton DomeIn an endearing but gentle show, the comedian tries to leave his Father Ted alter ego behind
Father Dougal casts a long shadow, Ardal O’Hanlon laments at the start of his tour…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:48AMSunday, November 24, 2019
O2 Arena, LondonThe comic, who doesn’t seem to have any interest in people or the world, puts on a weak show with anecdotes that ring untrue
It’s not an auspicious start to Jack Whitehal…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:06AMSunday, November 17, 2019
Fairfield Halls, LondonThe perky comic provides plenty of material and eye-rolling at how the other half live but some of the jokes flatline
Some marry for love, some for money, and some –…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:54AM 
