Friday, June 16, 2023
The Parks and Rec star and voice of Sonic tells us about taking the audience-powered Ben Schwartz & Friends to London, and his ideal improv partner
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SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:19AMMonday, November 21, 2022
O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire, LondonThough touring his straight-up rock album Songs Without Jokes, the New Zealand comic can’t help but stray into his customary funny-haha habitat
As one ha…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:06PMTuesday, October 11, 2022
Lansbury won an Oscar nomination for her first role in the 1944 film Gaslight, and gained international acclaim as Murder, She Wrote’s Jessica Fletcher
The actor Angela Lansbury, best know…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:49PMMonday, August 15, 2022
After building a career in comedy, the 27-year-old landed her first screen role in the series about the relationship between two female comics. And after being twice nominated at the Emmys, …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:13AMMonday, August 9, 2021
From foul-mouthed ad spoofs to reading Fifty Shades to his gran, the ‘front-facing camera comic’ has become a legend in his own living room
Even if he wanted to, Alistair Green can’t r…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:24AMSaturday, June 19, 2021
After playing a cocksure City boy and a MI5 officer, the actor is back in a play about blackness, family and grief. He talks rubbing shoulders with the A-list
There were kids riding past on …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:32AMFriday, April 16, 2021
Actor was also known for her roles in the films The Queen and The Special Relationship
A life in pictures
‘How should a woman live her life?’ | Helen McCrory
The actor Helen McCrory ha…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:03PMTuesday, November 3, 2020
Tributes paid to performer best known for his work on TV shows including Whose Line Is It Anyway and QI
The actor and comedian John Sessions has died at the age of 67. Sessions, best known f…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:48AMThursday, September 10, 2020
The actor’s roles in film and on TV included The Avengers, On Her Majesty’s Secret Service and Game of Thrones
The actor Diana Rigg, known for her roles on stage and in film and televisi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:32AMMonday, March 16, 2020
The comedian and actor was the host of Radio 2’s The News Huddlines and starred in Coronation Street
The comedian and actor Roy Hudd has died aged 83. Best known for presenting the Roy Hud…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:03AMWednesday, October 30, 2019
Not long ago Sam Tutty was singing songs from the smash-hit musical for a handful of viewers on YouTube. Now he’s preparing for his West End debut – in the lead role
Sam Tutty was a fan…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:18PMTuesday, October 8, 2019
TV’s most relatable comic – with TV’s most distinctive teeth – talks about sleeping in toilets, being ‘chavvy’ and how Twitter trolls drove him to therapy
‘Have you ever been t…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:24PMFriday, September 20, 2019
From 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 03:18AMThursday, August 29, 2019
Six years after its debut, Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s monologue is back in the theatre after its tearaway success on TV. We sent three millennial critics to watch it
Related: Sexy, subversive…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:03AMSaturday, August 24, 2019
When the comic’s life fell apart, he sought solace in the music of 2016. He discusses the songs that saved his life
James Acaster strongly believes that 2016 was The Greatest Year for Musi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:03AMWednesday, July 3, 2019
The queen of the caustic punchline talks about plastic surgery, embarrassing her daughter – and turning her life as a single mum into a sitcom
Katherine Ryan is busily scrolling through a …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:36AMThursday, May 23, 2019
The Grand, Clapham, London The Inbetweeners’ actor gears up for her 30s with a look back at her regrets and a plea for us all to be nicer to one another
Emily Atack isn’t your regular st…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:03PMSunday, May 19, 2019
Alexandra Palace theatre, LondonIn Facing the Beast, the US comic offers an erratic hour of uncharitable observations and forced ‘edge’
As he mentions several times during his latest sho…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:32PMSaturday, January 19, 2019
There’s an unorthodox new generation of performers on the horizon. From Mae Martin to Mawaan Rizwan, here are the funniest new faces of comedy Modern Toss on comedy Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:18PMSaturday, December 9, 2017
From festive horror-comedy Better Watch Out to Mariah Carey’s Christmas tour, here is our pick of the best films, concerts, exhibitions, theatre and dance in the next seven days Continue r…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:18AMSaturday, December 2, 2017
From Michael Haneke’s Happy End to Marilyn Manson’s latest tour, here is our pick of the best films, concerts, exhibitions, theatre and dance in the next seven days Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:24AMSaturday, November 25, 2017
From Malian band Songhoy Blues to the Natural History Museum’s show about venomous beasts, here is our pick of the best films, concerts, exhibitions, theatre and dance in the next seven da…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:36AMFriday, July 7, 2017
The comedian and Trigger Happy TV creator on the things that make him laugh the most, from Harry Hill to his friend HarryHarry Hill, in 2000 or something. I remember thinking halfway through…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:42AMFriday, December 2, 2016
From Mr Show to troubling YouTube videos, the up-and-coming character comedian reveals the things that make her laugh the mostThis isn’t technically a standup, but I saw Nick Mohammed as h…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:24AMFriday, October 21, 2016
From Frank Skinner to ridiculous hats of the 90s, the standup stalwart reveals what makes her laugh the mostI loved watching Eddie Murphy videos with my mates as a teenager, for his animated…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:51AMFriday, September 16, 2016
From Woody Allen’s books to 90s fashion, the standup and Last Leg co-host reveals what makes him laugh the mostIn terms of straight, pure standup, it’s Rhod Gilbert’s Mince Pie show, w…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:08AMFriday, September 2, 2016
From unintentionally hilarious disaster movies to cauliflower, the comedians reveals the things that make them laugh the mostShenoah Allen: Arsenio Hall having a bad day in Amazon Women On T…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:20AM 
