2,036 stories by "Brian Logan"
Hammersmith ApolloDating, marriage and having kids: as long as there's standup, there will be routines by young men fretting about commitment. Most of them will no doubt be making the same p…
Controversial comic's new show will dissect the lives of religious figures. Plus: Michael Barrymore talks frankly about losing everything and the rape-in-comedy debate rumbles onThis week's …
Charing Cross theatre, LondonFalse starts, moments of connection, and moments when you can't think of a thing to say: Rebecca Northan's Canadian hit makes apparent the overlap between i…
Soho theatre, LondonJudah Friedlander is the world champion of everything, it would seem " save delivering a good gig when the audience isn't playing ball. Friedlander is a star of the US si…
Plus: Joey Barton the comedian, intelligent US debate on rape jokes and your responses to Lena Dunham's take on porn parodies Continue reading...
Plus: Joey Barton the comedian, intelligent US debate on rape jokes and your responses to Lena Dunham's take on porn parodiesThis week's comedy newsBring on standup comedy in which no meanin…
Soho theatre, LondonAustralia is the world's second-best place for high quality of life, according to the news " yet many Aussies do nothing but complain, says their compatriot Wil …
The Girls creator hits back at a porn parody of her comedy show, Doug Stanhope wades into the Oklahoma God debate, and Dutch TV is slammed for satirising the Woolwich murder Continue reading…
The Girls creator hits back at a porn parody of her comedy show, Doug Stanhope wades into the Oklahoma God debate, and Dutch TV is slammed for satirising the Woolwich murderThis week's comed…
The agency behind some of comedy's most daring acts now has its own venue " and it wants more than laughsWhen I wrote two years ago about the boom in standup comedy, a veteran promoter told …
Too many in-jokes, too much ephemera, and an overdose of online sterility " it's fair to say YCW hasn't been a huge successReading this on mobile? Click here to watchJudging by your comments…
Little Angel, London"I know what you're thinking," says Rob Newman, introducing another riff on genetics, social Darwinism and the high-water mark of free-market capitalism: "Rob, if we'd wa…
YCW continues to struggle for belly laughs on day four, with the Gregory Brothers' DJ Play My Song the pick of a tepid bunchReading this on mobile? Click here to viewYou can't accuse YouTube…
After a muted response to day two of YouTube's comedy-fest, can Doc Brown and Jamie Oliver raise anything more than a smile?Reading this on mobile? Click here to viewYou weren't much taken w…
Sam Bain lifts the lid on 'painful' decision to turn down HBO series, Three Men in a Boat stars enter choppy waters " and Britain's smelliest-looking celebrityThis week's comedy newsLaughing…
Sam Bain lifts the lid on 'painful' decision to turn down HBO series, Three Men in a Boat stars enter choppy waters " and Britain's smelliest-looking celebrity Continue reading...
With plenty of mickeys being taken " including out of Rick Astley and Mumford & Sons " the musical content is the funniest so farReading this on mobile? Please click here to viewWhat have yo…
Nottingham Playhouse"I don't think anyone really knows who they are," says Daniel Kitson. "So much of what we know about the world is assumed." It's not often standup can be mistaken for Hum…
Sarah Silverman and Owen Wilson kicked off YouTube's seven-day comedy extravaganza " and David Brent is displaying his guitar skills. We're aiming to cover the lotReading this on mobile? Cli…
Hazlett, MaidstoneWhen you are comfortably established in comedy's club class, no one expects you to innovate. It is to Phill Jupitus's immense credit, then, that this touring show is genuin…
Soho theatre, LondonEddie Pepitone was an unlikely guest star in the gossip columns last summer, when Hugh Grant was turned away from one of his Edinburgh Fringe shows. But it would be hard …
Armstrong and Miller comic lambasts 'inverse snobbery' while Ricky Gervais teaches guitar " and who's the hottest comedian?This week's comedy newsWe begin with the Telegraph's tale of Alexan…
Armstrong and Miller comic lambasts 'inverse snobbery' while Ricky Gervais teaches guitar and who's the hottest comedian? Continue reading...
Soho theatre, LondonVentriloquist Nina Conti's show is based on the "seven ages of man" speech in As You Like It: seven of her puppet alter egos are introduced for our amusement. There's a w…
Brighton CentreEddie Izzard is on the UK leg of what's been billed as the biggest ever world standup tour, and the man himself is telling interviewers: "The key thing is making your stu…
