His routines about race, identity and a black Winston Churchill clocked 3,000 complaints. As he looks forward to touring again, the standup explains why he won’t be toning things down Wat…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:54AMPippa Evans, star of improvised musical Showstopper!, has written a self-help book based on her stage experiences. ‘Yes … and?’ asks our comedy critic Did you ever think: I wish my lif…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:54PMOnlineCho’s live-streamed Valentine’s Day sex advice workshop encompassed BDSM, bestiality and the fun that can be had with ‘pervertible’ household objects Valentine’s Day is a cel…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:06PMOnlineRachel Fairburn’s showcase aroused funny bones, if not G-spots, with Shappi Khorsandi, Lou Sanders and Will Duggan If ever there was a time for comedians to diversify their skills, i…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:48AMAvailable onlineFelicity Ward and Tony Law star in the event’s opening cabaret, First Night Funnies, with false starts and flat-out laughs “Thank you all so much for coming out,” is ho…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:36PMAngel Comedy onlineKey and sidekick Edward Easton deliver a delightful housebound hour of shtick, backchat and verse Take a supercilious comedian, let him deliver live comedy without leaving…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:03PMPodcast The comic actor’s exuberant 10-part history unpicks the nuts-and-bolts of what makes sketches funny, from overlooked past acts to SNL, and British favourites including the Two Ronn…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:36PMAvailable onlineBanter and live laughter help NextUp’s show – featuring a grumpy Jen Brister, a lovable Sarah Keyworth and more – replicate in-person comedy “What is this? What are w…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:06PMAvailable onlineSofa-bound audiences help the team behind The Play That Goes Wrong to create spontaneous and funny stories on screen They cornered the West End comedy market. They made it on…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:48PMThe idea that the artform skews left is widespread, but the prevalence of comedians punching down suggests otherwise “Three-quarters of BBC comedians are liberals,” scream the headlines;…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:06AMWhen venues were closed by the pandemic, James Acaster, Maria Bamford and other top comics got to work on a web series to rescue The Bill Murray in London It sounds like the premise for a si…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:36AMThe BBC’s new comedy series brings together half-hour sets from Kiri Pritchard-McLean, Imran Yusuf and Joz Norris Netflix, Amazon Prime … Radio 4? It’s not just global content platfor…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:06PMSouthbank Centre onlineThis Zoom gig of eyecatching diversity closed the Unlimited festival and felt like a family gathering with its affectionate mutual mockery ‘‘Disabled entertainment…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:06AMNetflix The standup is back with an extended version of his 2018 special Tamborine that better captures the spirit of a live gig What persistent itch, I wonder, persuaded Chris Rock to revis…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:03AMAvailable onlineOn top of running a marathon – while doubling as a chatshow host – every day this month, the comedian is reprising old favourites Eddie Izzard’s last comedy gigs were h…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:18AMFamiliar faces Jerry Seinfeld, Patton Oswalt and Jim Gaffigan feature on this year’s shortlist – an award dominated by Netflix specials with nary an indie voice in sight What do we expec…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:42AMModern masterpiece Jerusalem storms back and Trevor Nunn goes underground with Beckett, while Bob Marley gets a musical and Frankenstein becomes a ballet Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:24AMThe X-rated stories still provoke a titter but this recorded performance is a limp substitute for her rousing original London Hughes was acting like a superstar when she was performing in a …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:03AMAvailable online This online stream of a 2016 Soho theatre show whips through the young comic’s angst and uncertainty There’s a moment in Rhys James’s 2016 show Forgives when the 25-ye…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:36AMTwo years on, the Kettering comic’s show Cold Lasagne Hate Myself 1999 remains personal, painful and electrifying. What will he do next? In the drear of a socially isolated Christmas, it w…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:06AMThere wasn’t a lot to laugh about as venues closed and gigs were cancelled. But standups still delivered silly, edgy and heartfelt gags. Our critic picks his favourite new material More be…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:18AMNoël Coward theatre, LondonDescribed as ‘the cure for theatre’ by producer Sonia Friedman, Alex Owen and Ben Ashenden’s debut play is full of heart, pleasing pratfalls and endless fli…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:24AMFrom Harry Hill to Helen Sharman, Ince’s Christmas mashup of comedy, science and music – Nine Lessons and Carols for Socially Distanced People – reached dizzy heights It’s Sunday mor…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:24AMGarrick theatre, London Panto innuendo, outrageous caricatures and death by crispy pancake haunt a riotous Christmas whodunnit A cast of drag kings and queens have been summoned to a West En…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:03PMAvailable online The Pin’s Alex Owen, Katy Wix and Lolly Adefope are among the cast in a superb series about a delusional wannabe auteur Where there is sitcom, there is (usually) self-delu…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:42PMAvailable onlineThe I’m a Celebrity survivor and Masked Singer host makes irresistible use of his tabloid sex scandal in this fun set Standup doesn’t work on TV, they used to say. But no…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:12AMThe cult show that splices Evil Dead II with Elvis Presley hits is now on video cassette as standups hark back to retro formats The movie was a sequel to one of the original video nasties, s…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:18AMTurbine theatre, LondonWith high-end performers, rude jokes and lashes of self-irony, there’s throwaway fun to be had – despite the Perspex screens For those who associate pantos with fu…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:32AMNetflixPuncturing his country’s national stereotypes stays just the right side of charming in Eldjárn’s twinkly routine ‘First Icelandic standup on Netflix” may be as hollow a claim…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:18PMNatalie Palamides’s drag king show remains both raucous and subtle, as it explores grey areas around consent There can be sacrifices when live comedy transfers to TV – and I expected the…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:32AMComedy duo The Pin have livened up lockdown with their Zoom send-ups. Now their end-of-the-pier stage debut is being hailed as ‘the cure for theatre’. Is that why so many stars are linin…
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