Saturday, June 22, 2013
Nish Kumar | Felicity Ward | Tom DeaconNish Kumar, London and CoventryFormerly of the consistently excellent, sadly under-appreciated sketch duo The Gentlemen Of Leisure, Nish Kumar is now m…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:00AMSaturday, June 15, 2013
Aziz Ansari | Edinburgh preview shows | That Pair: Work In ProgressAziz Ansari, LondonParks And Recreation is one of a number of recent US sitcoms that have scored bigger with comedy connois…
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SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:00AMSaturday, June 8, 2013
Katherine Ryan | Holly Burn: The H Club In Residence | Bridget ChristieKatherine Ryan, NottinghamWhen people say they don't find women funny, then it may be that – unless they're a raging …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:00AMSaturday, June 1, 2013
Francesca Martinez | Judah Friedlander | Kevin EldonFrancesca Martinez: What The **** Is Normal?, on tour Disability has moved from being a taboo subject in comedy to being a rich (if someti…
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SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:00AMSaturday, May 25, 2013
McNeil & Pamphilon's Sketch Night | Wil Anderson: GoodWil | Arnold BrownMcNeil & Pamphilon's Sketch Night, LondonIt's hard to make a living as a stand-up double-act. For all the great comic …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:00AMSaturday, May 18, 2013
Max & Ivan | Stand Up (Again) For Slapstick | Happyness comedy festivalMax & Ivan, London & BrightonWhile it sometimes seems as if any fresh-faced young stand-up with a bit of promise can fi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:00AMSaturday, May 11, 2013
Lee Camp And Nick Revell: Transatlantic Fury | Nina Conti: Dolly Mixtures | Daniel Kitson: After The Beginning. Before The EndLee Camp And Nick Revell: Transatlantic Fury, On tourThere's bee…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:00AMSaturday, April 20, 2013
The Lumberjacks | Stewart Lee: Work In Progress | David KayThe Lumberjacks, On tourCanadian stand-ups seem to make a good living on the British circuit. There's hyperactive surrealist Tony L…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:00AMSaturday, March 2, 2013
Zoe Lyons: Pop-Up Comic | Lloyd Langford: Rare Bit | Robin Ince And Michael Legge: Pointless Anger, Righteous IreZoe Lyons: Pop-Up Comic, Aberdeen & BirminghamEven among the few homunculi th…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:00AMFriday, November 9, 2012
Frisky And Mannish: Extra Curricular Activities | Brian Gittins | Super Sing-Along FundraiserFrisky And Mannish: Extra Curricular Activities, Huddersfield & Stockton-on-TeesFor a good few ye…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:06PMFriday, November 2, 2012
Jon Stewart, Tim & Eric, and Mitchell & Webb all have their global equivalents, but are you ready for the Brazilian Frankie Boyle? Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:00AMFriday, September 14, 2012
Celia Pacquola, LondonAustralian stand-up Celia Pacquola has got considerable mileage out of her struggles to cope with unusual challenges. She's talked about her attempts to come to terms w…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:05PMFriday, March 9, 2012
Julian Deane, LondonErudite satire and whimsy is all very well, but there are times in comedy when the only thing that will really satisfy is a load of properly sick jokes. Rising star Julia…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:05PMFriday, March 2, 2012
Totally Tom, LondonJust like sand or the actor John Barrowman, posh people do get everywhere. Not content with conquering the twin bastions of Westminster and Sunday night telly, they now se…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:05PMFriday, February 24, 2012
Gavin Webster, London & Newcastle upon TyneOn the surface, Gavin Webster comes across as a very meat-and-spuds sort of chap. A thickset geordie who's usually found clad in the blokey uniform…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:05PMFriday, February 17, 2012
Pete Firman: Jiggery Pokery, On tourOh my God! They killed Lenny! The second series of BBC1's Saturday night wand-waving spectacular The Magicians may have gone ahead without Mr Henry but it…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:06PMFriday, February 10, 2012
Jay & Silent Bob Get Old, ManchesterThis could be a triumph, or it could be dismal. Director Kevin Smith seems to have lost the sure-footed, subversive, pop-culture-referencing touch that po…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:05PMFriday, November 11, 2011
Ava Vidal, Newcastle upon TyneIn recent years, a host of unlikely comedy experts from Christopher Hitchens to Germaine Greer have chipped in to opine on exactly why women can't do comedy. On…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:05PMWednesday, November 9, 2011
Think Ricky Gervais and Frankie Boyle are offensive? Then you won't have the stomach for standup Jerry Sadowitz. Their vitriol is fake, he says: his is the real dealLong before Frankie Boyle…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:31PMFriday, November 4, 2011
Brendon Burns: Y'Know - Love 'n' God 'n' Metaphysics 'n' Shit, NottinghamWinning the Edinburgh Comedy Award hasn't been a fast track to TV fame for Brendon Burns. That's probably because mos…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:06PMFriday, October 28, 2011
Sarah Millican, on tourNo one would have put money on Sarah Millican becoming a comedy phenomenon. She's not exactly a trendy young comic – instead, she's a proudly ordinary woman from Sou…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:06PMFriday, October 21, 2011
Nick Sun: Golden Showers Of Love, London & ManchesterWhile many comics love to give the impression that they're making it up as they go along – even when working to the strictest of pre-de…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:05PMFriday, October 14, 2011
Frisky & Mannish: Pop Centre Plus, On tourOffering a show that's part traditional musical cabaret, part live mash-up, Laura Corcoran and Matthew Floyd Jones are Frisky & Mannish, a cult sens…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:06PMThe Greek-US comic has gone from Edinburgh fringe survival lessons with Jimmy Carr to working with Steven Soderbergh and Ang Lee. 'You have to be a crazy person,' he saysJimmy Carr may not s…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:01PMFriday, October 7, 2011
Misery Bear's Guide To Love And Heartbreak, BookAdmirers of quality web comedy may already be aware of Misery Bear, the cute, fluffy teddy who combines serial failure in the world of romance…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:09PMFriday, September 30, 2011
Alex Horne: Seven Years In The BathroomUnlike many of his stand-up comedy peers, Alex Horne hasn't had any difficulty filling time in his latest one-hour show, because he's set himself the n…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:07PMFriday, September 23, 2011
John Robins, NottinghamJohn Robins is a comic who doesn't fit into any easy categories. Although one of several promising stand-ups to emerge from Bristol in recent years, he lacks a West Co…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:08PMFriday, September 16, 2011
Patrick Monahan, On tourYou can be forgiven if ITV1's search-for-a-star stand-up reality package Show Me The Funny passed you by. But for many comedy fans, watching wannabe comics trying to …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:07PMFriday, September 9, 2011
The Boy With Tape On His Face, Hull, LancasterIt's amazing what a short length of gaffer tape can allow you to achieve. For Sam Wills, it's helped to bring mime back into contemporary comedy…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:06PM 
