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]Wednesday, 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 11:24AM[SHARE]Nation'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 09:12AM[SHARE]Hollywood 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 to st…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:06AM[SHARE]Monday, 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 farting…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:33AM[SHARE]Wednesday, 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 been…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:12AM[SHARE]Saturday, 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 01:12AM[SHARE]Wednesday, 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 09:48AM[SHARE]Tuesday, 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 03:12AM[SHARE]Saturday, 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 02:24PM[SHARE]Tuesday, 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," reckons …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:18AM[SHARE]Sunday, 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, as…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:04PM[SHARE]Friday, 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 11:36AM[SHARE]Hammersmith 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 11:36AM[SHARE]Thursday, 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 11:24PM[SHARE]Tuesday, 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 mild-mann…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:48AM[SHARE]Sunday, 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 10:06AM[SHARE]Wednesday, 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 announces hi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:36AM[SHARE]Monday, 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 HamiltonThe def…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:18PM[SHARE]Thursday, 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 Mai…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:18PM[SHARE]Wednesday, 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 06:48AM[SHARE]Friday, 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 09:04AM[SHARE]The 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 restless s…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:48AM[SHARE]Wednesday, 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[SHARE]Tuesday, October 24, 2017
Gilded Balloon, EdinburghLast year's from-nowhere smash, this Kiwi duo has accrued a cult following that seems to include every other comedian on the fringe. You can see why: their show, Hig…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:54AM[SHARE]Shepherd's Bush Empire, LondonDarby's loser act keeps him and us smiling, but some trimming of his silly storytelling would make this show a winnerOnly a comedian would wear jeans like these…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:33AM[SHARE]Monday, October 23, 2017
Brighton CentreEddie Izzard is on the UK leg of what's been billed as the biggest ever world standup tour, and the man himself is telling interviewers: "The key thing is making your stu…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:12PM[SHARE]Wednesday, October 18, 2017
Hunter's followers retaliate with death threats. Plus: Russell Brand is 'double double against genocide', Jon Stewart lashes out at media and John Cleese hates today's comedyA masterclass in…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:42PM[SHARE]Soho theatre, LondonThere's plenty to admire in Graham's new show, including a teenage appearance on The Weakest Link and a fresh-minted routine about the £1 coin'Push the envelope, but d…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:06AM[SHARE]Monday, October 16, 2017
From the bumbling misadventures of Sean's Show to the jaunty misanthropy of his later standup material, Hughes " who has died aged 51 " was a master of telling messy truths There were two di…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:12AM[SHARE]The Capitol, Horsham"I'm not saying I'm perfect," says Sean Hughes, as he mocks all the things the rest of us do wrong. But part of Hughes's charm is that he does claim to be, if not perfect…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:33AM[SHARE] 
