Thursday, November 8, 2012
Soho theatre, LondonThe show is called Romance and Adventure, but that's deceptive, says Josie Long: it should be called "how do you carry on when you're in the pit of despair?" Long makes p…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:26PM[SHARE]Monday, November 5, 2012
Orchard theatre, DartfordI don't think you should ever have to grow up, says Greg Davies " and the Inbetweeners and Cuckoo star puts the point into practice in his new touring show. You mig…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:08PM[SHARE]Tuesday, October 30, 2012
In this week's roundup: illustrious actors to star in a new sitcom called Vicious Old Queens, and Fey makes her displeasure known at 'grey-faced men' sounding off about rapeThis week's comed…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:25PM[SHARE]Monday, October 29, 2012
Hammersmith Apollo, LondonIs it laughable for a young, single male to fret that he may never have children? Is the biological clock something that only ticks for women? Russell Kane is alien…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:26PM[SHARE]Tuesday, October 23, 2012
Royal Albert Hall, LondonThe Albert Hall doesn't look as stately as it did " but it's still incongruous to see Joan Rivers in this grand old rotunda, making the air curl with malice, mi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:27PM[SHARE]Mr Bean star campaigns against act outlawing 'insulting words', Frankie Boyle wins more than £50,000 in libel damages … and one standup spectator laughs so hard she goes into labourThis…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:00AM[SHARE]Sunday, October 21, 2012
Purcell Room, LondonWhy are penises funny? Why is there so much anxiety surrounding their size? Half sex seminar, half comedy show, Richard Herring's Talking Cock has risen ag…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:56AM[SHARE]Thursday, October 18, 2012
Soho, LondonThis isn't Shappi Khorsandi's first show about a failed relationship, but it is the first where her niceness doesn't get in the way. On her current tour, she is talking about an …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:49PM[SHARE]Tuesday, October 16, 2012
Boyle sues the Mirror for libel, Silverman learns not to cross a rabbi, and Stephen K Amos gets the last " and longest " laughThis week's comedy newsWe've been arguing about "offensive" come…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:11AM[SHARE]Monday, October 8, 2012
Soho theatre, LondonIt's not assured that a standup who is huge on Twitter will translate to the stage. Good to report, then, that US comic Rob Delaney " 619,000 followers and counting " is …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:45PM[SHARE]Tuesday, October 2, 2012
The Seinfeld star discusses the episode that ended his standup career, Daniel Radcliffe and Jon Hamm get revolutionary " and an unexpected side to Bruce ForsythThe week's comedy newsThis wee…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:01AM[SHARE]The Seinfeld star discusses the episode that ended his standup career, Daniel Radcliffe and Jon Hamm get revolutionary " and an unexpected side to Bruce Forsyth Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:01AM[SHARE]The Seinfeld star discusses the episode that ended his standup career, Daniel Radcliffe and Jon Hamm get revolutionary " and an unexpected side to Bruce ForsythThis week, we finally get the …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:01AM[SHARE]Tuesday, September 25, 2012
Invisible Dot, LondonCaptain Scott, Amundsen, Shackleton: their heroic exploits are well documented. But until now, who knew about Rory Sheridan's error-strewn 1914 voyage to Antarctica " un…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:06PM[SHARE]Sunday, September 23, 2012
Bloomsbury theatre, LondonThose of us who have long believed John Shuttleworth's songs to harbour untapped reserves of musical and emotional potency could hardly resist this breast cancer ch…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:16AM[SHARE]Friday, September 21, 2012
Ronnie Scott's, LondonComedy is "a conveyor belt of idiots who want to make a career out of panel shows", a belligerent Keith Allen tells us at the relaunch of Peter Cook's legendary comedy …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:52PM[SHARE]Wednesday, September 19, 2012
Soho theatreIn their current show, Model Citizens, sketch troupe Idiots of Ants make a big deal of the audience. One of their number, Elliott Tiney, becomes (to the musical accompaniment of …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:04AM[SHARE]Tuesday, September 11, 2012
As cult comics speak to us from beyond the grave, Julian Clary and Airplane display their enduring popularityBest of this week's newsCult comics speak to us from beyond the grave this week, …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:07AM[SHARE]Thursday, September 6, 2012
Orchard, DartfordNeurosis makes for good comedy. It certainly isn't doing Jon Richardson's career any harm. The 8 Out of 10 Cats team captain is now taking his fretfulness and borderlin…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:14PM[SHARE]Wednesday, September 5, 2012
Southbank Centre, LondonNot for the first time, a cheap flight takes us from somewhere pedestrian to somewhere delightful. I found the first half of Fascinating Aïda's gig easy to admire …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:41AM[SHARE]Tuesday, September 4, 2012
Cleese declares war in an Israeli advert, but redeems himself in the trailer for a Monty Python film about the late Graham Chapman " and Armando Iannucci says the US version of The Thick of …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:49AM[SHARE]Monday, August 27, 2012
PleasanceWhy, after so many years, am I still so enthusiastic about life? That's what Sandi Toksvig explores in this new sort-of standup show. It's a measure of her charm that she gets away …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:00PM[SHARE]David Hasselhoff lost his kilt, Arthur's Seat glowed, and there was a steamy Miss Julie. Brian Logan and Lyn Gardner pick their Edinburgh festival highlightsWhat was different about the Edin…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:32PM[SHARE]Thursday, August 23, 2012
UnderbellyFrank Skinner, Steve Coogan, Dylan Moran ... Doctor Brown? The prospect of this sexually charged clown act joining the rollcall of Edinburgh comedy award winners is a delicious one…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:51PM[SHARE]Wednesday, August 22, 2012
Pleasance DomeComedy fans in Edinburgh will have seen the posters reading "Last Show Ever" and shuddered. Perish the thought that this lovable anarcho-sketch-comedy act should call it a day.…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:26AM[SHARE]By suggesting humour can be captured in a few words, Dave's one-liner award sells Edinburgh fringe comedy shortHow do you annoy a standup comedian? Easy: go up to him or her and say, "tell u…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:45AM[SHARE]Pleasance CourtyardI've seldom seen a theatre audience leave with more bemused faces than after David Hasselhoff's opening performance at the Edinburgh Fringe. The Hoff is in town for one we…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:18AM[SHARE]Tuesday, August 21, 2012
Pleasance CourtyardWhat's so funny? Louise Ford (one half of double act Ford and Akram) isn't the first character comic to sound out humour on society's maladroit margins. But if her creatio…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:17AM[SHARE]Gilded BalloonWhat's so funny? The brazen otherness of this Cornish rap duo, doing their own thing, their own way, to a small audience late night " early morning, actually " on the fringe.An…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:14AM[SHARE]Monday, August 20, 2012
Assembly RoomsAmerica's indie comedy scene has supplied some great fringe acts recently, including Perrier-winner Demetri Martin and Flight of the Conchords' Kristen Schaal. Kumail Nanjiani …
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