Sunday, March 24, 2024
Warwick Arts CentreTed and Ralph, the ‘Suit you!’ tailors and the rest of the gang’s most fondly remembered characters reconvene for a 30th-anniversary greatest hits sketch show, inter…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:02AMTuesday, March 12, 2024
Sorry/Not Sorry tells the story of the comedian’s sexual misconduct through the eyes of the women who spoke out – and endured a vicious backlash from fans, podcasters and fellow standups…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:48PMMonday, March 4, 2024
Growing up, Rosy Carrick was fascinated by Schwarzenegger, Lundgren and other shredded 80s screen stars. Now she is exploring what they helped her realise about her sex life
Is there a gap b…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:02AMThursday, February 29, 2024
They’ve been called ‘a disaster for the arts’ and lambasted for ‘pursuing a heavily woke agenda’. So what actually happens at a comedy workshop? Our writer joins 30 working-class s…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:02AMThursday, January 25, 2024
Soho theatre, LondonIn a show revisiting her childhood and dissecting comedy tropes, the performer has captivating presence but her material meanders
Celya AB offers us a promising premise: …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:54AMTuesday, January 16, 2024
Lara Ricote is among the standups whose gags have landed with deaf and hearing people thanks to the work of stenographer Claire Hill
When Lara Ricote watches fellow comedians’ gigs, she li…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:24AMFriday, January 12, 2024
The US standup’s career was in its ascendancy before miscarriage and then a friend’s death knocked her for six. So she took stock – and turned her feelings into a show contextualising …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:12AMMonday, December 18, 2023
The comedian has turned her traumatic experiences into an Edinburgh comedy awards-nominated show – with a little help from a Thai boxing retreat and a botched haircut
I’m with the comedi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:54AMThursday, December 7, 2023
From Bill O’Neill’s slippery skins to Grubby Little Mitts’ ping-pong eyeballs, performers explain why their comedy leans on more than a mic stand
‘I have this illusion that I’m in …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:13AMMonday, August 28, 2023
As the curtain falls on this year’s fringe, we ask performers and producers how it was for them
By the end of the Edinburgh fringe, anyone who has been here all month will tell you how tir…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:43AMSaturday, August 26, 2023
Edinburgh fringe comics portraying cancelled standups and rightwing politicians talk about the dangers and successes of their satire
The US comedian Martin Urbano has always enjoyed mocking …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:33AMMonday, August 21, 2023
As the expense of performing and watching shows at the fringe is ever rising, three comedians ask their audiences to reassess what they place value on
Money is changing hands during a number…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:07AMFriday, August 18, 2023
Pleasance Courtyard, EdinburghPauroso is an astonishing performer who teases the crowd but her show raises more questions than there’s time to fully explore
Vanessa 5000, the creation of s…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:25PMComedians at the festival are enlisting volunteers to join in their acts, creating a warm, inclusive and fun space
As I cross the threshold of US comedian Moses Storm’s Edinburgh fringe sh…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:49AMThursday, August 17, 2023
Pleasance Courtyard, EdinburghIdentity politics are deftly and hilariously tackled, with the help of a diamante-studded sporran, in a compelling show
Jodie Mitchell’s debut hour in some wa…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:55AMMonday, August 14, 2023
Monkey Barrel Comedy, EdinburghShowing off an impressive range of facial expressions, the comic takes us on a whistle-stop tour of his life with songs and sketches
I’ve seen Adam Flood tel…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:19PMSaturday, August 12, 2023
Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, EdinburghBradley throws a kids’ birthday bash full of nostalgic fun as they discuss their parents’ recent split, deftly immersing the audience in games and stori…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:49PMFriday, August 11, 2023
Pleasance Courtyard, EdinburghUsing snippets of pop culture, lip-syncing, video and clowning, the pair craft a rich exploration of eating disorders and gender dysphoria
Frankie Thompson, res…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:55PMTuesday, July 25, 2023
Theatre and comedy acts at this year’s festival break down their expenses and consider the financial risks
“The big, difficult cost this year is accommodation,” says RoguePlay’s arti…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:43AMTuesday, June 13, 2023
Sophie Duker and Jacob Hawley discuss how to draw revellers away from pop stars while Glastonbury’s Charlotte Lang explains what it takes to win over the cabaret tent
You’re in a massive…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:37AMFriday, April 28, 2023
Want to survive in the arts? Get a side hustle. We speak to an award-winning poet and governance manager, a gigging guitarist and teacher – and a successful comic who doubles as an immigra…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:24AMMonday, April 10, 2023
On Good Friday, police were called to a performance of The Bodyguard – and there have been numerous other examples of audiences behaving badly. With crowds heckling, screaming, livestreami…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:24PMTuesday, March 14, 2023
Some lied. Some hid it. And few even mined it for jokes. Becoming a mum used to be near-fatal to a comedian’s career. But now, in a Mother’s Day special, we meet the new wave taking on t…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:00AMMonday, March 6, 2023
Rich Hardisty cut himself, Harriet Dyer numbed her pain with drugs. A new wave of comics are working out their issues in their acts. But is it really helping them? And should we be laughing?…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:00AMFriday, February 17, 2023
Birmingham RepThe excellent puppeteers are the stars of this two-hour staging of the popular TV satire where Paddington plays an evil powerbroker but the punchlines are too often predictable…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:00AMThe self-deprecating star has won two Edinburgh awards but remains a niche concern. Will a recent breakout turn on Taskmaster and a huge nationwide tour bring his absurdist comedy to the mai…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:00AMTuesday, December 20, 2022
Ambassadors theatre, LondonLiz Kingsman’s slick, self-conscious ‘troubled woman’ show nests its complex jokes within jokes to tremendous effect
‘We need women’s story,” says Liz …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:36AMFriday, November 18, 2022
It will take more than multiple Edinburgh nominations to convince comedy duo Amy Gledhill and Chris Cantrill that they’re a success. Perhaps a TV sitcom would do it?
When Amy Gledhill and …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:42AMFriday, November 11, 2022
Camden People’s theatre, LondonDonning an insect costume, the magnetic Liv Ello uses clowning to land a deeply serious point about our times
Liv Ello is the director of Frankie Thompson’…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:54AMFriday, September 23, 2022
Even though it affects one in five pregnancies, the loss of a baby is rarely talked about, especially among men. But standups Jacob Hawley and Will Duggan are using comedy to break that tabo…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:25AMThursday, September 22, 2022
Too pricy, too elitist, just too big? After the criticisms of this year’s event, a panel of festival regulars consider the way forward for Edinburgh’s summer spectacular
Katy Koren, co-a…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:13AM 
