Monday, October 26, 2015
The US comedian is frustrated at having been labelled, but she should be pleased with the responses to her frank and challenging HBO specialIs Amy Schumer a "sex comic"? That's the debate th…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:27PM[SHARE]Sunday, October 25, 2015
Brighton CentreA familiar cast of indelible comic characters and pithy catchphrases imbue the veteran duo's live show with a comforting glowTo open their first live show, commemorating 25 ye…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:07AM[SHARE]Brighton CentreDespite joking that they might expire before the Legends tour finishes, their classic characters keep us smiling even when the jokes fall shortTo open their first live show, c…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:02AM[SHARE]Friday, October 23, 2015
Boyle sues the Mirror for libel, Silverman learns not to cross a rabbi, and Stephen K Amos gets the last " and longest " laughWe've been arguing about "offensive" comedy for years.…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:32AM[SHARE]Cliffs Pavilion, Southend-on-SeaBoyle delivers his vicious one-liners as palate cleansers between heartfelt routines beating us for our bovine acquiescence to political authority"It's not al…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:16AM[SHARE]Tuesday, October 20, 2015
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: "…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:21AM[SHARE]Monday, October 19, 2015
Two new TV series " Together and The Almost Impossible Gameshow " demonstrate how live acts as unique as Jonny Sweet and the Rubberbandits can find the funny to suit different formatsI wrote…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:31AM[SHARE]Sunday, October 18, 2015
Richard Gadd carved a cult reputation for himself with schlocky shows full of drugs, sex and gore. Now, in Waiting for Gaddot, he's pushing his audience even further " by threatening not to …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:38PM[SHARE]Friday, October 16, 2015
Wednesday, October 14, 2015
The Forum, LondonWith nothing more to prove, the self-assured US comic who exposed Bill Cosby is able to take seemingly innocuous material to unexpected places"Well, that situation got out o…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:31AM[SHARE]Monday, October 12, 2015
Brixton Academy, LondonThe US standup likes to shock, but not just for the sake of it: he does it because conventional wisdom needs questioningAt one point in his new touring set, the Arizon…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:03AM[SHARE]When his first solo show flopped, Kieran Hodgson feared he wasn't interesting enough to be a comic. Then the disgraced cyclist gave his career a shot in the armYou'd have a job imagining any…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:12AM[SHARE]Friday, October 9, 2015
Novelty singles gave this art form a bad rap but acts such as Flight of the Conchords and Frisky and Mannish have brought it countercultural cachetIt was like taking a step back in time, wat…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:31AM[SHARE]Thursday, October 8, 2015
G-Live, GuildfordWiddicombe's tone of plaintive adenoidal consternation is as funny as his best gagsThere are words, of course: about contactless debit cards, about secret Santa, about an em…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:22AM[SHARE]Monday, October 5, 2015
A New York Times article suggests that 'public truth-telling has become the responsibility of comedians'. For evidence, look to Tig Notaro, Bridget Christie and Shazia MirzaUnfunny jokes are…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:50AM[SHARE]Hammersmith Apollo, LondonTwo hours of machine-tooled musical parody cover every big chart hit since the early 80sThe artwork for Weird Al Yankovic's album and tour posits the "white and ner…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:39AM[SHARE]Friday, October 2, 2015
O2 Arena, London The comedian delivers a decidedly unadventurous set, but manages to fashion unpromising raw material into killer lines and vivid comic images Related: Michael McIntyre spy-c…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:19AM[SHARE]Monday, September 28, 2015
In a recent glossary of theatre terminology, our own Michael Billington translated the term 'devised play' as 'a total mess'. Let's clear it up: that's nonsense.Prism of success... Devised t…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:28AM[SHARE]Sunday, September 27, 2015
Leicester Square Theatre, London"It doesn't interest me," said Jerry Sadowitz in a recent interview, when asked about his now notorious 1980s routine that branded Jimmy Savile a pa…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:20PM[SHARE]Leicester Square theatre, LondonTonight sees bilious US comic Doug Stanhope at his best and worst. When his scorn and loathing is intelligently applied, he tears away the veil of socialised …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:28PM[SHARE]Tricycle, LondonThere are laughs to be had in Mirza's passionate, taboo-busting comedy but she's let down by duff puns and an aversion to logical argumentShazia Mirza dislikes performing to …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:38AM[SHARE]Friday, September 25, 2015
Soho theatre, LondonIn a richly strange set, this year's Edinburgh award-winner snorts cereal, obsesses over the audience's legwear and acts out everyday annoyancesIt's a rare feat to win bo…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:56PM[SHARE]A new documentary suggests comedians are tortured geniuses, a breed apart. But it's time to forget the tears-of-a-clown cliche " they're just regular people working hard at their craftWith h…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:15AM[SHARE]Wednesday, September 23, 2015
The Invisible Dot, LondonThe Canadian comedian questions our rigid stereotypes of gender and sexuality, with the aid of some goofy anecdotes A review of Mae Martin's first comedy gig, aged 1…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:33AM[SHARE]Friday, September 18, 2015
A man being persuaded to compromise on his lofty ideals could make for great comedy " but given the best satire kicks against the strong, it could be hard to wring gags from the underdog Cor…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:18AM[SHARE]Tuesday, September 15, 2015
Hammersmith Apollo, London The Glaswegian comic's new show may be more personal than political but he still makes for a sharp social commentatorKevin Bridges' new show restores observational…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:56AM[SHARE]Monday, September 14, 2015
Pleasance Courtyard, EdinburghRussell Hoban's tale of an adventure to a lollipop mountain is adapted with some lively flashes but this show loses the original's oblique charms I'm all for ch…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:56AM[SHARE]Sunday, September 13, 2015
Novello, LondonWhen Stephen Daldry's An Inspector Calls appeared at the National Theatre, it was lauded for its three-way timeframe. This expressionist refit was set in 1912 (when its action…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:24PM[SHARE]Saturday, September 12, 2015
I've just left the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, where Camden People's Theatre associate artist Sh!t Theatre scored a hit with its comic tour
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:00AM[SHARE]Friday, September 11, 2015
Veteran comic Bobby Ball has a new job teaching vicars how to be funny " but humour and religion don't always coexist comfortablyIf you want a crash course in how to be funny in front of a r…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:33AM[SHARE]Tuesday, September 8, 2015
UnderbellyAlfie Brown is opening himself up to ridicule " more even than the comedian's usual share. The 25-year-old has set himself up as a passionate critic of our cultural life, and of th…
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