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Monday, April 24, 2023

Angela Barnes: ‘Comedy’s the only job I’ve had where I don’t feel like a failure’ by Si Hawkins

As she tours her latest show, the sanguine standup talks about trolls, deafness and finding joy through performing As a BBC regular Angela Barnes is used to triggering the anti-Auntie trolls…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:54AM
Wednesday, August 17, 2022

‘I dressed my colostomy bag as Boris Johnson’: the standups unleashing comedy on life-threatening disease by Si Hawkins

From bowel cancer to Parkinson’s and dementia, the Edinburgh fringe is full of jokes about serious illness. What’s in it for the comedians – and their audiences? Standup comedy must ha…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:42AM
Tuesday, September 28, 2021

‘He drains my bad habits!’ Comedians on why they need an alter ego by Si Hawkins

For character comics such as Zach Zucker, Bilal Zafar and Jay Bennett, performing as other people is a way to both escape from – and confront – their personal lives After an eventful 18 …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:54AM
Tuesday, November 21, 2017

Comedy in a care home: the comics taking slapstick and standup into new territory by Si Hawkins

The residents were expecting bingo. Instead they got lessons in strawberry spitting, a Railway Children spoof – and a stuntman stripping to his underpants…Monday afternoon is usually bin…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:42PM

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2023-2024 BROADWAY SEASON
May 30, 2023: Grey House - Lyceum Theatre
Jun 26, 2023: Just For Us - Hudson Theatre
Jul 24, 2023: The Cottage - Hayes Theater
Nov 16, 2023: Spamalot - St. James Theatre
Dec 18, 2023: Appropriate - Hayes Theater
Mar 07, 2024: Doubt - Todd Haimes Theatre
Apr 14, 2024: Lempicka - Longacre Theatre
Apr 17, 2024: The Wiz - Marquis Theatre
Apr 18, 2024: Suffs - Music Box Theatre
Apr 25, 2024: Mother Play - Hayes Theater
Jun 10, 2024: The Drama Desk Awards