Tuesday, January 2, 2018
G Live, GuildfordIn his touring show The Old Man, Richardson’s peevish, mouse-that-roared routines range from loading the dishwasher to massaging his pregnant wife‘Let’s get ready to g…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:00AMMonday, January 1, 2018
One of the world’s biggest standups does his first tour in a decade, Bridget Christie looks beyond Brexit and Maria Bamford makes a rare UK appearance“Often more philosophical than scien…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:00PMSoho theatre, London The troupe return with gags about Tindr, Trump and kidnapping. But can you still sell puerile shock-comedy when you’re middle-aged?The best thing about this Late Night…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:23AMFriday, December 29, 2017
Pleasance, EdinburghI like comedy with ambition, and saving the world is as ambitious as it gets. Such is the goal that John Oliver and Andy Zaltzman have teamed up to achieve. If the news p…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:04AMWednesday, December 20, 2017
Soho theatre, London Gluttony is hilarious, right? If you agree, Jeff Garlin's standup is for you. If not, the Curb Your Enthusiasm star – he plays Larry David's "fat fuck" manager Jeff Gr…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:04AMLarry David’s accomplice makes up for the fitfulness of a half-assembled show with infectious off-the-cuff comedy about bras, body lotions and creepy old men‘I’m aware it’s not been …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:48AMSunday, December 17, 2017
A virgin dominatrix whipped Edinburgh, Tim Key looked for love and Hannah Gadsby quit then won two awards. But only the snide, brutal brilliance of Frankie Boyle could triumph over the year�…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:04AMThursday, December 14, 2017
Having explored her depression and anxiety, the Danish comic is tackling childhood trauma. How do standups amuse an audience if even they don’t find their subject funny?Her first show, Bub…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:12AMWednesday, December 13, 2017
O2 Arena, LondonTo start his show, Peter Kay turns a camera on his audience, gifting one or two their moment on the giant upstage screen. At the end, he karaokes Queen and the Proclaimers to…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:24AMNation's pratfaller-in-chief gambles on shift from eponymous sitcom and Call the Midwife to live show in UK's largest arenasIt was announced over a year ago; she has being giving interviews …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:12AMHollywood super-producer’s attempts at self-deprecation don’t combine well with boasts about schmoozing the presidentWe have Amy Schumer to thank for the filmmaker Judd Apatow’s return…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:06AMMonday, December 11, 2017
Mixing circus skills with finely honed comedy and bum jokes, these juggling, beatboxing man-toddlers are joyous – and more than a little menacingMy three-year-old son, Gregor, thinks farti…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:33AMWednesday, December 6, 2017
Battersea Arts Centre, London The winningly weird comic tasks his audience with solving an animal massacre mystery in an evening that spins a good story from endless fun nonsenseThere’s be…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:12AMSaturday, December 2, 2017
Bridget Christie promises a night of hope and despair, Daniel Kitson serves up a heartwarmer and Lucy McCormick delivers a trash take on the New Testament. Here are the funniest festive gigs…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:12AMWednesday, November 29, 2017
Comedy Box, Bristol After spending a year in rehab, Cho returns to the mic and tackles Weinstein and Trump, leaving prudery and inhibition in her wakeSince her last UK visit, Korean-American…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:48AMTuesday, November 28, 2017
Soho theatre, LondonBrigstocke's confessional standup gives this show its edge: he should lose the standard comedy shtick that surrounds itThis show, says Marcus Brigstocke, is about "stupid…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:12AMSaturday, November 25, 2017
The Girls creator hits back at a porn parody of her comedy show, Doug Stanhope wades into the Oklahoma God debate, and Dutch TV is slammed for satirising the Woolwich murderIn a week when Je…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:24PMTuesday, November 21, 2017
Soho theatre, LondonThe standup and International Student sitcom star delivers jaunty routines about US life but the show suffers when he reacts to a heckler“I have a tone problem,” reck…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:18AMSunday, November 19, 2017
TV writer Brian Lowry in hot water, Reginald Hunter says being called misogynist is 'rude' and Omid Djalili tries to crack America – againAn august organ makes a fool of itself this week, …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:04PMFriday, November 17, 2017
Bloomsbury Theatre, LondonA man being teased about his small penis. Jokes about the disabled. A song asking what it's like to be a Jew. And this is just the first scene of last night's gig b…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:36AMHammersmith Apollo, LondonIn an exuberant new show, Davies scrutinises his own ridiculousness and goes from outre stories about his mum to a musical tribute to his dadGreg Davies has got a t…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:36AMThursday, November 16, 2017
Hammersmith Apollo, London"I'm very, very famous in America," Sarah Silverman tells us. With this debut UK gig, alongside her Friday-night turn on Jonathan Ross and the DVD release of her fi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:24PMTuesday, November 14, 2017
In Sam Raimi’s horror classic, a man is tormented by demons and his own severed hand. All the story needed was a few tunes by the king of rock’n’roll, says Rob KempBy day, he was a mil…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:48AMSunday, November 12, 2017
London Palladium The standup leans too heavily on showbiz mudslinging here, but the remarkable story of the fallout from her severed-head stunt is uplifting comedy catharsis American comic K…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:06AMWednesday, November 8, 2017
Shows that delight in flouting conventions, like Brookes’s Body of Work, make us question our expectations of standup – including whether it should all be funnyAn offstage voice announce…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:36AMMonday, November 6, 2017
Churchill theatre, BromleyRyan delivers plenty of astringent one-liners in a tart set that ranges from single parenthood to Khloé Kardashian’s ‘revenge body’ and the musical HamiltonT…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:18PMThursday, November 2, 2017
Can funny songs change the world? Jonny & the Baptists and Grace Petrie join Josie Long for a spirited night of comedy that imagines nationalising the Queen’s swans and banning Daily M…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:18PMWednesday, November 1, 2017
The charismatic Whose Line Is It Anyway? star is a blithely uninhibited lord of misrule at a new improvisation night in London On the way to Slattery Night Fever, the new weekend impro night…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:48AMFriday, October 27, 2017
The Brummie comic fails to see the funny side of the Channel 4 TV series. Plus, Jerry Seinfeld and Larry David go for theatrical gold and a planned Richard Pryor biopic moves a step closerOn…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:04AMThe master comedian’s off-the-cuff routine gets more laughs than most scripted standup. But he’s hardly breaking sweat. Will Skinner ever pull out all the stops?Is Frank Skinner a restle…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:48AMWednesday, October 25, 2017
Soho theatre, London The charmingly self-mocking standup is not short of decent gags but appears almost devoid of strong opinions. He may not offend but he certainly exasperatesWhat do you w…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:24AM 
