Tuesday, November 20, 2018
The Stables, Milton KeynesFrom imagining Enya as president to a disappointing encounter with Leonardo da Vinci, the Irish whimsy merchant delivers oodles of soothing sillinessOh to be Irish!…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:06AMSunday, November 18, 2018
Blackheath Halls, LondonThe comedian performs in the guise of Lucifer on his latest tour, but the material is standard snarkScarlet of skin and horny of head, Marcus Brigstocke plays Lucifer…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:36PMThursday, November 15, 2018
Whether it’s cult films or the mockumentary style perfected by The Office, why do we seek discomfort from our comedies? Everyone agrees that Martin Scorsese’s collaboration with Robert D…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:32PMTuesday, November 13, 2018
The big-collared clown’s new touring show is a galloping riot of idiocy aimed at children – and they love it. Whether they learn anything is another matterComedy for kids is on the rise.…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:42AMMonday, November 12, 2018
Hammersmith Apollo, LondonFry’s retelling of Greek myths makes for an engaging evening, but it takes Blackadder and Harry Potter to ignite the audienceHestia was the goddess of the hearth,…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:06AMThursday, November 8, 2018
Royal Court, LondonReviving their 2010 show, Lisa Hammond and Rachael Spence call on the inspiration of strangers to explore changing attitudes to disabilityEight years ago, Lisa Hammond and…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:48AMWednesday, November 7, 2018
Soho theatre, LondonIn her new show, Peachy, Pattison perkily traces her efforts to be young, free and single while coping with mental fragilityLauren Pattison’s first show was about a bre…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:24PMMonday, November 5, 2018
Battersea Arts Centre, LondonShifting between eerie ghost story and broad comedy, Ross Sutherland’s intriguing solo show about demonic possession never quite makes its intentions clearJust…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:48AMThursday, November 1, 2018
Royal Festival Hall, LondonThe comic is on solid form as he deploys graphs, data and ruthless over-thinking to rage against life’s tiny detailsChurnalism, fraudulent daytime TV, the idioci…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:48PMWednesday, October 31, 2018
Vaudeville theatre, LondonThe standup refines his intricate tales with a note of personal poignancy for a set that will leave you drunk on its brillianceWe had no right to ask more of James …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:06PMTuesday, October 30, 2018
Soho theatre, LondonThe US standup, who spent six years in a Texas prison, delivers an accomplished set drawing on his misspent youth One in three black men in the US will spend time in jail…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:24AMMonday, October 22, 2018
Royal Albert Hall, LondonThe world-renowned pair team up with comics Mo Amer and Michelle Wolf to tackle Trump, the opioid crisis and gun violence in a night which delivers big laughsPlenty …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:06AMFriday, October 12, 2018
Wales Millennium Centre, CardiffBrydon beats a well-trodden path through crowd work, gags about middle-aged decline and pitch-perfect impressions“Some people have said this show is more ho…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:32AMThursday, October 11, 2018
Birmingham Symphony HallThe veteran comic’s enduring ability to captivate a crowd saves a best-of evening that occasionally descends into tediumThey’re a real pop-will-eat-itself phenome…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:12AMWednesday, October 10, 2018
After her standup success and podcast about death, the comic’s next step was obvious: starring in a cancer-ward romcom It wasn’t, I assume, the toughest decision in the history of castin…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:24AMMonday, October 8, 2018
The US comic is cynical about competitive virtue-signalling in a show that doesn’t directly respond to allegations against him but is full of friction What happens to men accused of sexual…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:04PMFriday, October 5, 2018
Cambridge Arts theatreAdrian Edmondson and Nigel Planer write and star in a Beckettian comedy about two past-it thesps making a sci-fi film on the edge of a volcanoOnce they were The Young O…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:04AMThursday, October 4, 2018
Soho theatre, LondonThe Mash Report host unleashes a high-octane, self-mocking political show brimming with exasperation and angerYou can tell it’s been two years since Nish Kumar’s last…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:33AMMonday, October 1, 2018
In Oh Come On, David Cross matches vulgarity with vulgarity but it’s not the only way to mock a political horror showI’m watching David Cross, but I can’t help thinking about Brett Kav…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:12AMSunday, September 30, 2018
Soho theatre, LondonWith an abundance of eyebrow-raising anecdotes about outrageous social faux pas, the standup is terrific companyThere was louder buzz around Lou Sanders’ Edinburgh frin…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:24PMTuesday, September 18, 2018
The former head of BBC comedy claims catchphrases are out of fashion. But as Corporal Jones might say, ‘Don’t panic!’ There’s life in sloganeering yet Catchphrase comedy is a dying a…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:32PMThursday, September 13, 2018
Esposito’s last show, Rape Jokes, was hailed as part of a new queer-friendly, woke brand of comedy for the #MeToo era. How does she follow it up?When Hannah Gadsby’s show Nanette went su…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:36AMFriday, September 7, 2018
Hammersmith Apollo, London The 31-year-old breathes new life into well-worn observational comedy in a masterful show that scorns pretensionKevin Bridges is in his 30s now, a time when fear o…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:32PMMonday, August 27, 2018
Pleasance Courtyard, Edinburgh In a spirited Edinburgh debut, the daughter of a former deputy PM of Russia tells her father’s fascinating storyPlenty of comics get good material from their…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:24AMPleasance Courtyard, EdinburghThe LGBTQ+ standup twists gender into new shapes in a fringe debut that feels like a great intro to a fresh comic personalityShould we be disowning words like �…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:18AMSunday, August 26, 2018
Sunderland Empire Exhilarating new material joins favourite vintage sketches as Mark Gatiss, Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton bring their chilling creations to life again on tourTV tie-i…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:42PMSaturday, August 25, 2018
The Kiwi standup thoroughly deserves her success with an uproarious, emotionally intimate and feminist show With the triumph of Rose Matafeo in this year’s Edinburgh Comedy awards, a sub-p…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:18PMAssembly Checkpoint, EdinburghDean is a standup with the popular touch and an easy swing to his style. Just don’t go expecting anything high-conceptWednesday was a day of ups and downs for…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:33AMFriday, August 24, 2018
Assembly George Square, EdinburghThe star revisits his success as a singer and soap-star to find out whether he is older and wiser, or just olderWhat an odd confection this touring show by J…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:04PMJust the Tonic @ The Tron, EdinburghSupposedly the story of his attempt to go on a mission to Mars, Moore’s set is actually a string of high-quality jokes Comedy is not just about jokes, a…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:24AMThursday, August 23, 2018
Pleasance Courtyard, EdinburghFrom gags about vintage frocks to her toilet roll-hoarding mother-in-law, Ward is endearing, if under-poweredNot every Edinburgh comedy set needs a theme, story…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:48AM 
