Tuesday, October 1, 2019
Nottingham PlayhouseFifteen years since he last performed standup, Elton’s new show humbly embraces the madness of the modern world
‘It hasn’t been easy,” says Ben Elton, “trying …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:18AMMonday, September 30, 2019
Cliffs Pavilion, SouthendRob Brydon, Lee Mack and David Mitchell take the off-the-cuff gags of Would I Lie to You? on the road for a nonessential but entertaining night of comedy
The panel s…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:03PMSunday, September 29, 2019
Brighton DomeThe would-be MP’s ‘last’ standup show teems with delightful animals and gobbledook but often feels in need of an edit
‘This is my last tour before politics,” says Eddi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:54AMThursday, September 26, 2019
Back on tour for the first time in 15 years, the trailblazing comedian has some scores to settle. How can he be a sellout, he asks, if he was never radical to begin with?
They say you should…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:12AMTuesday, September 24, 2019
Two of the Three Amigos are hitting the road with a banter and banjo-filled double act. But it’s not about nostalgia, they insist
“I’m a Guardian subscriber!”
Oh, come now, Steve, yo…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:03AMSunday, September 22, 2019
Wembley Arena, London Though the timing is spot-on, the comedian’s outrageous swipes at every sexuality, race and even disability descend to cliche as their wickedness exceeds their wit
I…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:03PMFriday, September 20, 2019
Royal Concert Hall, NottinghamIf the domesticity subject matter is well-worn, the Crawley comic’s vivacity keeps it fresh
You know your career has taken off when you become – as Romesh R…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:42AMFrom apocalyptic standup Frankie Boyle to the many hilarious faces of Tina Fey, Steve Coogan, Sharon Horgan and Kristen Wiig, we present the funniest comics of the era
Our No 1 comedian’s…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:18AMMonday, September 16, 2019
As the dyspeptic old-school entertainer embarks on a tour, his creator Steve Delaney reflects on dedicating his life to one character
Comedy has its careerists: thrusting tyros zeroing in on…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:54PMKing’s theatre, GlasgowOn his first home tour for a decade, Boyle tempered bad-taste gags by trying to decide whether his trademark humour has any worth in extreme times
Australian standup…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:42AMFriday, September 13, 2019
Soho theatre, LondonThe standup riffs on the oddness of memory in a show that takes in Danish queens, Welsh sex breaks and a late gutpunch
Sofie Hagen’s last three shows – including her …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:12PMWednesday, September 11, 2019
Soho theatre, LondonFrom being spat at by male audience members to mum riding ‘groin first’ to the rescue, Mittal delivers an irreverent set
When Aditi Mittal made her UK debut two years…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:42AMTuesday, September 10, 2019
The soul-baring comedian has turned his experience of being stalked into a gripping piece of theatre, Baby Reindeer
It had all ended so well. When Richard Gadd won the Edinburgh Comedy award…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:48AMTuesday, August 27, 2019
After years working in bars and call centres, Brookes’ absurdist show netted him the Edinburgh comedy award. So why does he want to want to blow the whole thing up?
It’s an hour after J…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:33PMThe festival is over for another year but plenty of its theatre, comedy and dance hits have announced dates around the UK
CollapsibleBreffni Holahan gives a searing performance as Essie in M…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:54AMMonday, August 26, 2019
Pleasance Dome, EdinburghHelm’s first new show since 2013 combines humour and emotional intimacy, directly addressing his depression
Nick Helm was doing mental health comedy before it got …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:36AMThis year’s Edinburgh fringe was full of wokeness jokes from liberal standups as well as a host of conservative comedians who punch down
Has there been a rise in rightwing comedy? Or just …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:18AMPleasance Dome, EdinburghThe comedy duo – who don’t do things by half – send themselves up as they attempt to reassemble their teenage band for one longed-for final gig
‘I don’t do…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:18AMSunday, August 25, 2019
Assembly George Square Studios, EdinburghIn a wistful show with playful paradoxes, the comic ruminates on the little round face on our wrists and what it means
‘Did the people who set time…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:54PMAssembly Roxy, EdinburghAs politicised as each of its predecessors but the musical comics also explore the ineffable mysteries of life
‘As of right now, we’re no longer political.” Th…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:54AMSaturday, August 24, 2019
Brookes has won the biggest prize in live comedy, with Catherine Cohen named best newcomer and Jessica Brough recognised for her Fringe of Colour project
The Edinburgh Comedy award has found…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:36AMGilded Balloon Teviot, EdinburghThe Australian standup’s show is stuffed with arbitrary observations – and some of the funniest moments on the fringe
Absurdism-gone-haywire won the 2015 …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:03AMFriday, August 23, 2019
Pleasance Courtyard, EdinburghThe comic lets rip – if only a bit – for a fine hour of standup about new parenthood and his fogeyish tendencies
The only thing holding Ivo Graham back in p…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:12PMPleasance Courtyard, EdinburghThe comic relives playground traumas in an attempt to make sense of his stunted emotions in this award-nominated show
It’s a common complaint among comedians…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:48AMThursday, August 22, 2019
Pleasance Courtyard, EdinburghStrangers’ junk items give a semblance of structure to the latest by this gloriously skittish man-child who revels in the inane
Spencer Jones’s new show is …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:24PMPleasance Courtyard, Edinburgh Sordidly silly sketches including a semi-clothed standoff, a gory childbirth and an appearance by Satan bring the house down with their delinquent humour
We wa…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:54AMPleasance Courtyard, EdinburghThe Bristolian standup’s blunt good sense is deployed to optimal effect in taking fashionable feminism in the Instagram age to task
After several shows in whi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:12AMWednesday, August 21, 2019
London Hughes and Jessica Fostekew are among the comics on the shortlist of nine nominees, while Catherine Cohen is up for best newcomer
The shortlist for the biggest prize in live comedy, …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:42PMPleasance Courtyard, EdinburghMcNicholas throws down a heavyweight hour of standup and storytelling about his champion grandad Terry Downes
Terry Downes was world middleweight boxing champio…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:06AMUnderbelly Cowgate, EdinburghA Romanov raised by wolves meets a struggling Lancashire boy in a memoir dipped in glamour and pulsating to powerpop
There’s a well-travelled road from boy- or…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:33AMTuesday, August 20, 2019
Caught between self-love and neurosis, Cohen has taken Edinburgh by storm with a musical show that plays up to her generation’s stereotypes. She’s even got a song called Look At Me ...
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SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:33PM 
