There has been a huge comedy boom on the gaming platform, enabling acts such as Bilal Zafar to gain creative control and reach new audiences A Bonjela-addicted football manager berates his p…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:48AMCarmen Ali and Siân Docksey are among the comedians who riff on their experiences as strippers. The pandemic has revealed both industries to be precarious – but they’re looking out for …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:32AMThe world of standup has been rocked by allegations of sexual harassment and assault – and finally some men in the industry are vowing to tackle it When US comedian Kelly Bachman found her…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:54AMIn the UK’s most southwesterly county a burgeoning standup scene thrives everywhere from remote village halls and old bakeries to the cliffside Minack theatre A cliff edge, an old bakery …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:24PMPun fights in boxing rings, nine-year-old standups and a 19-day joke-a-thon … anything goes in vibrant, diverse Leicester, finds our writer as she continues her comedy tour It is the home …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:02AMFor years, sexual predators have infested the live comedy scene. But female comedians are demanding action. Is this British standup’s #MeToo moment? ‘If this was a normal office where, o…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:36AMComedians’ old YouTube skits are enjoying a revival in lockdown. And now standups are returning to online video – to push its possibilities even further At a house party in the north-eas…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:54AMIt’s the only place in the world where jokes about local councillors work. But is Belfast’s sharp-tongued comedy circuit becoming less hostile to outsiders? Patrick Kielty’s first Belf…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:48AMHow do you make audiences laugh in a town that hates show-offs and loves to hassle performers? Our writer gets some hot tips as she continues her comedy tour In 2005, you could fit the whole…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:42AMFrom care work to shelf-stacking, many standups have taken up jobs to survive lockdown – highlighting how privilege has created a two-tier system in comedy On 16 March, when Boris Johnson …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:54AMWit and four-letter artistry have made Glasgow a comedy stronghold – and with the clubs shut, the laughs are going online Glaswegian comedians haven’t always been complimentary about the…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:12PMThe Mash Report has always turned tough topics into comedy. As it returns in lockdown, host Nish Kumar and standups Kiri Pritchard-McLean and Tom Mayhew talk about satire’s role in a crisi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:54AMAmateur nights, ‘chaos energy’ and jokes about yeast … Our writer continues her UK comedy tour and discovers Mancunians’ appetite for the alternative It’s Manchester’s first ever…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:32PMWe’re brutal, awkward, daft and surreal, say the rising stars of Tyneside’s booming comedy scene. Our writer braces herself for a gag-heavy night on the toon Anyone who’s had a night o…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:36AMWhen her trainer called muscly women ‘unfeminine’, the standup turned her outrage into a hilarious show full of sweat, barbells, chalk and childbirth Jessica Fostekew felt nervous yester…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:36AMLarry David took the role of “Larry David” onscreen. But how close are such characters to real life? Three comics starring as versions of themselves reveal where they draw the line Fans …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:18AMPerforming at the festival can be a taxing experience. Objectively Funny has created a peer support network that turns attention offstage It’s lunchtime in Edinburgh’s Old Town and I’v…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:33PMOnce the domain of aspiring performers, improv courses are increasingly being attended by students experiencing mental health problems“Your heart’s beating faster, you feel all these eye…
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