Monday, May 26, 2025
Underbelly Boulevard, LondonDylan MarcAurele's musical comedy couldn't be trashier but there's fun to be had mixing twerking with 1400s Tuscany
The Pope vapes, Michelangelo uses Zoom, and Le…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:42AM[SHARE]Monday, May 19, 2025
Richmond theatre, London Ted Lasso star's return as his camp and bumptious northern know-it-all alter ego also makes room for more of the real Mohammed
The last time I …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:12AM[SHARE]Sunday, May 11, 2025
Soho Theatre, LondonWhether singing or crawling cleavage-first over the shoulders of her crowd, the eccentric diva asks what an artist should do in such ominous times
'I do think in 90 mins,…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:54PM[SHARE]Monday, May 5, 2025
Riverside Studios, LondonHumour abounds in this Star Wars-themed cabaret, as Boba Fett bumps and grinds while Han Solo and Chewbacca share a Backstreet Boys number
Might there be an overlap …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:42AM[SHARE]Wednesday, April 30, 2025
Dropping the droll, self-obsessed character from his early standup shows, the comic and TV star is swapping millennial irony for the sincerity of song
There was a time when comedians weren't…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:06PM[SHARE]Wednesday, April 16, 2025
Soho theatre, LondonThe drag queen's latest intermingling of Annie Lennox covers, southern gothic literature, Judy Garland and family anecdotes is a bravura feat of idiosyncratic connection
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SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:03PM[SHARE]Tuesday, April 8, 2025
Underbelly Boulevard, London Eschewing the customary conjuror's hype, Frayne's new show follows traumatic illness and delivers high excitement in an unusually low key
What do you get when yo…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:06AM[SHARE]Monday, April 7, 2025
It's got sex jokes, Hitler gags and endless gallows humour. The comedian once famed for being 'ignorant-arrogant' reveals why she's written a show about the deaths of her stepmother and the …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:12AM[SHARE]Thursday, April 3, 2025
Brighton DomeUnderpinned by standup craftsmanship as effortless as it is meticulous, Gilligan continues to prove his gift for bringing everyday scenarios to life
There are shaggy dog stories…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:03AM[SHARE]Monday, March 31, 2025
Queen Elizabeth Hall, LondonAt 65, Eclair has faced down adversity, her own ego, sexism and the menopause " and always found a way to keep cheerfully telling the tales
Standup show or book t…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:06AM[SHARE]Friday, March 28, 2025
Lafayette, LondonAn irreverent mix of erotic trapeze, penis tricks and audience participation won't disappoint groups out for a laugh " and a gasp
If anything needs its own word, surely it's…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:18AM[SHARE]Friday, March 14, 2025
Glee Club, GlasgowThe hugely popular 'King of the Povvos' is a charismatic host, but is yet to prove that he can make his online material strong enough for the stage
'Does anyone not know wh…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:48AM[SHARE]Friday, March 7, 2025
The standup is hitting new heights of pastiche with Clementine, a riotous one-woman show about a Regency belle seeking a tailcoated beau. As the Edinburgh hit goes on tour, Minnitt explains …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:36AM[SHARE]Sunday, March 2, 2025
Capitol theatre, HorshamHill at 60 remains so joyful and daft that you will never stop chuckling for long
Some people's art evolves over time. If you're waiting for Harry Hill's to do so " c…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:42AM[SHARE]Wednesday, February 26, 2025
Theatre Royal BrightonBob Golding, Simon Cartwright and Damian Williams, who have played the comedy giants before, summon them like spirits to the stage in this tribute
'You tell 'em a joke …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:48PM[SHARE]Wednesday, February 12, 2025
The chummy everyman seemed to let his facade slip as he brutally ejected two hecklers from a recent gig " a misstep that showed he's out of touch with the current cut-and-thrust of standup
P…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:32AM[SHARE]Friday, February 7, 2025
Oxford PlayhouseMorphing from shock-jock lupine to hand-wringing liberal, Lee lambasts the comedy of cruelty in scathing, slapstick style
'Sick of comedy, sick of me, sick of my own thoughts…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:24PM[SHARE]Sunday, February 2, 2025
Soho theatre, LondonThe Yorkshireman's half-banal half-profound ruminations on the subject of sight won me over
A career that might be more successful if only he could describe to people wha…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:48AM[SHARE]Wednesday, January 29, 2025
Wyndham's theatre, LondonThe double act transfer their TV hit to the stage in an ingenious edge-of-your-seat, one-step-ahead show which is in love with old theatres and their ghosts
'We fina…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:48PM[SHARE]Monday, January 27, 2025
The Good Place writer didn't know there were prizes at the Edinburgh fringe until his acrobatic debut show earned him a nomination. Now he hopes to spring similar surprises
If you wanted a c…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:32PM[SHARE]Wednesday, January 22, 2025
He has notched up tours, albums, books and a sitcom. Why is he tortured by feelings of under-achievement? As Fellows hits the road, he pops an aniseed ball and discusses his new song " about…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:54PM[SHARE]Tuesday, January 21, 2025
Apollo theatre, LondonConti is in supreme command of her comedy chaos, devising voices, ad hoc songs and daft scenarios
The early phase of Nina Conti's career was marked by restless boundary…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:32AM[SHARE]Monday, January 20, 2025
Waterside theatre, AylesburyThe TV star's tour covers childhood delinquency, celebrity encounters and a rectal examination " without ever getting especially personal
'Twenty one years of har…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:32AM[SHARE]Sunday, January 19, 2025
Soho theatre, LondonThe Funny Women award-winner's debut tour combines the personal and the political with varying success " but always with enthusiasm and charm
Should Kate Cheka be saving …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:54AM[SHARE]Wednesday, January 15, 2025
He was a wonderful team player in Whose Line Is It Anyway? and affection for him grew when he disclosed the severe pain and distress he was trying to keep at bay' Comedian Tony Slattery dies…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:24PM[SHARE]Tuesday, January 14, 2025
It's had hit runs in Edinburgh and Soho " and was the Guardian's funniest show of 2024. Now it's blazing into the West End. Comedy duo Flo & Joan (who were both in Joseph at school) reve…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:48AM[SHARE]Wednesday, January 1, 2025
Gary Oldman's tackling Beckett, Strictly winner Chris McCausland is on a huge standup tour " and mods can rev their scooters to a dance Quadrophenia Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:12PM[SHARE]Sunday, December 22, 2024
Soho theatre, London Impersonating chart-topping singing duo Michael Ball and Alfie Boe, the comics trade trills and gags as showbiz egos clash and simmering tension comes to the boil
"The m…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:42AM[SHARE]Friday, December 20, 2024
CoLab theatre, LondonHands Grubby takes over Nakablowme Tower in a slapdash camp parody of Die Hard
The status of Die Hard as a Christmas movie is contested. The quality of this live adaptat…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:54PM[SHARE]Tuesday, December 17, 2024
Sarah Snook put Succession behind her, Hofesh Shechter found horror in Albion and Rhod Gilbert was ecstatic to be alive, in our critics' picks of the best stage shows of the year
' More on t…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:02AM[SHARE]Wednesday, December 11, 2024
Reflecting on the stroke he had in 2023, the standup and actor delivers a mix of religion, repentance, wisecracks and tears in his Netflix special
It's quite the document, this new Jamie Fox…
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