Wednesday, December 7, 2016
Soho theatre, London The Australian comic's stories and mickey-takes spin along well, but there's a stale cynicism to the material"Modish crap" was Michael Gove's verdict on Turner prize-win…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:06AM[SHARE]Monday, December 5, 2016
Soho theatreKearns's comic armoury of distracted pauses, eccentric antics and daydreamer philosophy starts brilliantly before tailing off"Imagine I couldn't do this," ruminates John Kearns a…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:18PM[SHARE]The UK Jewish Comedy festival's salute to the Borscht Belt comedy of Woody Allen and Joan Rivers is poised awkwardly between tribute and parodyYou could argue that standup was born in the Ca…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:18PM[SHARE]Four months after opening its archive about the comedy great without including his famous bonnet, the V&A has added one to its collectionWhen the V&A launched its Tommy Cooper archiv…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:06AM[SHARE]Sunday, December 4, 2016
O2 Arena, LondonThe physical foolery is fine, but some of Evans' jokes are not very nice at allLee Evans is one of the great clowns of the age, but on his new arena tour, Monsters, the slap …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:02PM[SHARE]Friday, December 2, 2016
In her podcast, Cariad Lloyd talks to other comics about death, a subject that standups rarely deal with directly on stageUntil this year's Edinburgh fringe, where comedians grappled on stag…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:18AM[SHARE]Thursday, December 1, 2016
The Britain's Got Talent judge says she was attacked by an unnamed comic, 21st-century comics grapple with homosexuality, and David Brent realises his rock-god dreamsNot much to laugh about …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:24PM[SHARE]Tuesday, November 29, 2016
Gilded Balloon, EdinburghTruscott has some funny, transgressive material but technical glitches and a lack of polish disrupt the flow of this setNot many acts enter fringe legend with their …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:54PM[SHARE]Saturday, November 26, 2016
In Whitehall's routines, poshness is a depoliticised quirk, like being tall. You can only laugh at his jokes if you think disadvantage isn't worth getting upset about' Jack Whitehall intervi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:36AM[SHARE]Thursday, November 24, 2016
Soho theatre, London'America's Next Drag Superstar' presents Unwrapped, a tinsel-fringed riot of inappropriate Santa gags, Miley Cyrus covers and jaundiced humourJinkx Monsoon, the 2013 winn…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:12AM[SHARE]Sunday, November 20, 2016
Leicester Square theatre, London The comedian's Little Misfit show takes aim at tribalism, social awkwardness and British reserve, though her potent wit should land more blowsBy Zoe Lyons's …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:42AM[SHARE]Thursday, November 17, 2016
Leicester Square theatre, LondonPolitical cataclysms jostle with gags about kinky sex and selfie culture in a characteristically twisty and frequently brilliant show from the 'ex-TV comic'Br…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:03AM[SHARE]If you work in contemporary theatre, you spend half your life fretting about how to reach beyond its small, perfectly formed audience.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AM[SHARE]Wednesday, November 16, 2016
NextUp will stream live comedy sets for a low subscription fee. Standups are excited, and will share 50% of the income " but will the new service attract a big enough audience to succeed?Mif…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:06AM[SHARE]Monday, November 14, 2016
Hammersmith Apollo, LondonTate's talent and personality propel this thrilling live comedy comeback that is peppered with TV sketch-show oldies, creaking gags and committed daftnessRed faces …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:06AM[SHARE]Thursday, November 10, 2016
The Canadian standup's Radio 4 show expertly splices comedy, opinion and enlightenment to explore millennial gender fluidity and sexWoman's Hour host Jenni Murray raised hackles the other we…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:02AM[SHARE]Wednesday, November 9, 2016
Stables, Milton Keynes Fresh from a stint on America's Got Talent, Sam Wills delivers a captivating set of skits that bring the audience on stage and celebrate the improbableAmerica's Got T…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:42AM[SHARE]Sunday, November 6, 2016
Nottingham PlayhouseBack from comedic and political hibernation, swaggering as always but a little less potent in new show ExposedIt feels like another age, that still-recent time when Russe…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:02PM[SHARE]Friday, November 4, 2016
The scary pranksters with red noses and outsize shoes running amok on the streets are the antithesis of a great tradition, says the celebrated clown teacher Schools were barricaded, Hallowee…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:12PM[SHARE]Wednesday, November 2, 2016
The innovative outfit that cultivated talents such as Tim Key and Claudia O'Doherty is no more. So why, during this boom time for comedy, did it fail?Three weeks ago, it went into voluntary …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:06PM[SHARE]Monday, October 24, 2016
A new film blurs fiction and reality with its tale of an aspiring comic. It asks to what extent you can study to become funny " or if you're just born that way"The Comedian's Guide to Surviv…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:10AM[SHARE]Saturday, October 22, 2016
Soho theatre, LondonOnce you're over your participation-phobia, Riches' combination of broad character-comedy and coercive stunts makes for daft fun' Paul Flecky: 'My job is to hurl things, …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:22PM[SHARE]Thursday, October 20, 2016
Soho theatre, LondonIf the style is unadventurous, there are still plenty of good jokes as Forde scours the aftermath of the EU referendumBrexit comedy shows are coming thick and fast, and t…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:03AM[SHARE]Wednesday, October 19, 2016
It's the job of standups to hold institutions to account " laugh by laugh " so why aren't more of them laying bare the anachronistic daftness of the royal family?Is it just me, or are we liv…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:10AM[SHARE]Sunday, October 16, 2016
Royal & Derngate, NorthamptonDizzying cosmology show provides workout for the brain, with one part entertainment to 13.8bn parts educationProfessor Brian Cox finds a lot of things "beaut…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:40AM[SHARE]Wednesday, October 12, 2016
Royal Albert Hall, LondonBrexit gifts the Little Englander a barrel-load of acidic spoofs, but this act seems content to serve up just the mildFor most of Al Murray's career as The Pub Landl…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:46AM[SHARE]Monday, October 10, 2016
Pleasance Courtyard, EdinburghRanganathan has plenty to say about veganism, choosing schools and interracial relationships, but this is an uneven hour of comedyRomesh Ranganathan was nominat…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:17AM[SHARE]Sunday, October 9, 2016
Soho theatre, LondonThe aggressively odd Dutch comedian skirts Bernard Manning territory, but also forces you to interrogate your opinions while you laugh in astonishment"I don't know what y…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:44AM[SHARE]Wednesday, October 5, 2016
After the success of Tape Face and Piff the Magic Dragon, purveyors of overlooked artforms might do well to swap panel-heavy British comedy for the StatesWhen I interviewed Sam Wills " AKA T…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:21PM[SHARE]Soho theatre, LondonThe usually sanguine standup draws laughs and skewers stereotypes with her account of being leftwing in a rightwing age"The David Bowie of standup," comedian Nish Kumar r…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:03PM[SHARE]Sunday, October 2, 2016
Comic Jerry Sadowitz denounced Jimmy Savile years before he was exposed. Now, writes Brian Logan, he's asking why the death of his friend Mark Blanco has never been properly investigatedThe …
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