Monday, April 2, 2018
Royal and Derngate, NorthamptonThe naturally funny panel-show regular inhabits a small world, but he makes those narrow horizons teem with possibility and comic lifeWhen Mark Thomas engages …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:56AM[SHARE]Sunday, April 1, 2018
Soho theatre, LondonHis new show Teztify is a jumble of familiar, subversive and incongruous humour, put it all pulls together for a powerful denouementTez Ilyas's touring show Teztify begin…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:42AM[SHARE]Sunday, March 25, 2018
Nottingham ArenaMcIntyre's endearing observations and self-mockery remain, but there's an inescapable sense of deja vu in a show that breaks no new groundMichael McIntyre's Big World Tour, i…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:41AM[SHARE]Friday, March 23, 2018
Leicester Square theatre, London The celebrated standup mines her self-doubt and general bafflement with life in a fine hour of extreme idiosyncrasyThe sense of event is palpable at Leiceste…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:50AM[SHARE]Wednesday, March 21, 2018
Soho theatre, London The standup critiques virtue-signalling modern culture in a thoughtful set argued with a light touch'Do you guys remember truth?" Sara Schaefer is over from America to d…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:40AM[SHARE]Monday, March 12, 2018
Dodd, who has died aged 90, was a force of nature " a cheeky master of the one-liner who spread happiness in shows that lasted until the small hoursKen Dodd, who has died aged 90, was quite …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:22AM[SHARE]Sunday, March 4, 2018
New Zealand's 'fourth most popular folk-parody act' are on a sold-out arena tour. Is there a shrewdness behind the duo's laidback shtick?Few comedians ever play London's O2 Arena and fewer s…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:06PM[SHARE]Thursday, March 1, 2018
Soho theatre, LondonBret McKenzie and Jemaine Clement return with hilarious dialogue and new songs that easily scale the dizzy heights of their best workWe knew months ago that Flight of the…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:27AM[SHARE]Wednesday, February 28, 2018
The Old Market, BrightonThere's no shortage of self-depreciating chatter as the comic looks back on a life of globetrotting in his touring show'I'm going to talk about my holidays, then I'm …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:36AM[SHARE]Friday, February 23, 2018
Ronnie Scott's, LondonThe standup and singer has stellar personality, and a few neat lines, but not all of her material lands with a London audience"If I looked at a crib sheet that much dur…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:46AM[SHARE]Wednesday, February 7, 2018
Cliffs Pavilion, SouthendBailey's honest enthusiasm for the marginal, the overlooked and the seldom juxtaposed is delightfulMore than three decades into his career, Bill Bailey's shows march…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:00AM[SHARE]Cited as one of the all-time great standup sets, Leary's show both hasn't aged well and has never been more topical'I'm an asshole," sings Denis Leary in a signature number at the start of N…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:56AM[SHARE]Wednesday, January 31, 2018
Soho theatre, LondonShortlisted for best newcomer at the Edinburgh festival, Pattison delivers a drolly direct account of an annus horribilisYou may not associate live comedy with tales of l…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:41AM[SHARE]Wednesday, January 24, 2018
Soho theatre, LondonThe Edinburgh award-nominated standup develops a cheery rapport with the audience in this promising first showIf you want tragicomedy that cuts deep " or, for that matter…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, January 23, 2018
Marlowe theatre, CanterburyThe comic's latest show is bursting with gags about bodily functions but reveals precious little about Millican herselfSarah Millican doesn't appear much in the ta…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:15AM[SHARE]Monday, January 15, 2018
Soho theatre, London Pop legends in their own minds, this swaggering five-piece retool Whitney and Beyoncé songs into sharp-clawed attacks on Trump and IslamThe conceit of drag girlband Den…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:00AM[SHARE]Friday, January 12, 2018
Manchester ArenaWhat was billed as a more confessional, reflective show actually finds Rock on familiar ground, as he surveys contemporary America and finds it wanting In the US and elsewher…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:28AM[SHARE]Thursday, January 11, 2018
Soho theatre, LondonThe drudgery of bureaucracy is sent up with great expressivity, loose-limbed flair and a heightened sense of the ridiculousAbsurdist takes on the office environment are a…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:04AM[SHARE]Wednesday, January 10, 2018
Soho theatre, LondonAn infinite number of monkeys, Pavlov's dogs and Cartesian thought are gleefully debunked in a jaunty and refreshingly intelligent showAt the start of his comedy career, …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:42AM[SHARE]Tuesday, January 9, 2018
Her childhood in care, her mother's heroin addiction, her days as a sex worker … Bolton comedian Sophie Willan is turning the details of her life into dazzling standupIt's great to have So…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:21PM[SHARE]Leicester Square theatre, LondonThe convivial comic serves up a hotchpotch of creaking jokes, funny accents and satire " but not all his fans can stomach it'I've been heckled, I've been phys…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:14AM[SHARE]Monday, January 8, 2018
Soho theatre, LondonThe award-winning Aussie duo flout standup's conventions to mine laughs from misery and nihilism. It's certainly bold " but can you get too much of a bad thing?The list o…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:26AM[SHARE]Thursday, January 4, 2018
In his Netflix shows the comic defends his right to provoke, but protests against his gags about misconduct allegations and transgender people are justifiedDave Chappelle's first Netflix spe…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:15PM[SHARE]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 grumble…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:00AM[SHARE]Monday, 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 scientifi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:00PM[SHARE]Soho 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 G…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:23AM[SHARE]Friday, 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 11:04AM[SHARE]Wednesday, 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 Gree…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:04AM[SHARE]Larry 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 the best…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:48AM[SHARE]Sunday, 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 11:04AM[SHARE]Thursday, 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, Bubbl…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:12AM[SHARE] 
