Tuesday, April 2, 2024
These are serious times, and they demand silly entertainment. Please, British TV – send in the clowns
Do we need more stupidity in our lives? With the state of the world as it is, the obvi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:02PMWednesday, January 10, 2024
Stars in Spanx and borrowed jewellery make for a tough crowd, and we love nothing more than when a comedian bombs
When are we going to get over the idea that hosting a huge awards ceremony i…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:24AMWednesday, March 2, 2022
As the president of Ukraine, his defiance has made him a hero across the world. Could his success as a politician lie in his years as an entertainer?
Hugh Bonneville was as surprised as anyo…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:18AMTuesday, April 2, 2019
Volodymyr Zelenskiy is the leading candidate to take the top job in his country – so who is he, and will he bring the laughs?
It’s a gag worthy of an Armando Iannucci screenplay. And yet…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:25AMMonday, February 19, 2018
A wave of comedians from Poland, Hungary, Latvia and Romania are helping to tackle stereotypes about EU immigrants in the UKIt’s not easy being a Polish comedian in Brexit Britain. “I ha…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:56AMFriday, October 13, 2017
Don’t trust a woman who wears too much perfume and know your limits – Viv Groskop on the 10 top tips Chekov, Tolstoy and others have for us todayWar and Peace by Leo TolstoyThis is the f…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:12AMWednesday, October 4, 2017
With no rehearsals, cast bonding or even full scripts, the idea of cue-script Shakespeare left actor and comedian Viv Groskop terrified. Now
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AMTuesday, February 14, 2017
We need a rebirth of political comedy: preaching to the converted about Trump and Brexit isn’t going to be enoughMelissa McCarthy’s Saturday Night Live impersonation of Sean Spicer, the …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:12AMSaturday, November 19, 2016
The director Sally Cookson is renowned for turning family shows upside down. As her National Theatre Peter Pan opens, she talks about why she made Wendy the real star of the show“I have vi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:02AMSunday, November 22, 2015
The Master and Margarita, a novel about the devil and his cat wreaking havoc in Moscow, is said to be impossible to adapt. Can Simon McBurney succeed where Fellini and Polanski failed?Simon …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:19PMWednesday, September 16, 2015
Even the Sex and the City star dwells on ageing. Which leads the rest of us to realise we must be old, while she is still – well, very like SamanthaThe French call it a coup de vieux: that…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:49PMMonday, July 20, 2015
The prizewinning standup’s comic genius transfers brilliantly from stage to pageChristie sets this book up to be a story of failure, which is, of course, immediately winning. “You’ve i…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:09AMMonday, May 25, 2015
This obsession with what is allowed to be funny and what is not is all very wearing, writes a part-time standup comedian.
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:58PMSunday, January 18, 2015
It may be Miranda Hart’s catchphrase, but ‘pun intended’ doesn’t seem to be the case for many female comedians Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:30AMSaturday, December 13, 2014
The British director and choreographer on following Swan Lake, why Edward Scissorhands is ideal for Christmas, and who should win Strictly Come DancingJudith Mackrell: Edward Scissorhands is…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:00AMTuesday, July 29, 2014
Yes, some people will cash in, but there is a backlash in Edinburgh against the involvement of big business Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:30AMSaturday, August 3, 2013
New performers are being forced out by the festival's surreal economicsHere's a Facebook status update from Canadian comic Mae Martin, whose show Slumber Party is at the Edinburgh fringe's U…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:04PMSunday, June 9, 2013
When, in her 40s, Viv Groskop discovered that stand-up comedy was her calling, she decided to kickstart her career with 100 gigs in 100 days. Here she relates the very worst – courtesy o…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:07AMFriday, November 11, 2011
Musical comedian Tim Minchin met his wife when he was only 17 – they've been together 19 years. When he became a father, he discovered a whole new world of feeling to inspire his songs abo…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:04PMSaturday, October 22, 2011
After his success in Fresh Meat, Jack Whitehall is touring the nation. Viv Groskop asks him: 'So, are you the next Michael McIntyre or the next Russell Brand?It would make sense to hate Jack…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:05PMThursday, September 29, 2011
Who would do standup comedy in front of sleep-deprived mothers and their babies? A growing number of female comics, it seemsIt is lunchtime in the back room of a pub in Sheffield, and a grou…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:30PMSaturday, September 24, 2011
Once accused of using her father's name, the designer has long established her own credentials. Perhaps that's why now she feels happy to collaborate with Sir Paul on his first classical bal…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:04PMSaturday, June 18, 2011
Bridesmaids, the US comedy and 'fem-friendship' movie is being seen as a cultural landmark, as women get the killer linesThe film is fast-paced and riotous and represents a dire warning abou…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:04PMSaturday, January 29, 2011
Noel Coward theatre, LondonFrom the first scene of Eugenia Ginzburg in solitary confinement, dignified but desperate, to the final tableau of outstretched hands reaching through the iron bar…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:05PMSaturday, January 1, 2011
This obsession with what is allowed to be funny and what is not is all very wearing, writes a part-time standup comedianNever mind Little Britain. Middle England is having a sense of humour …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:05PM 
