Sunday, July 14, 2019
Hammersmith Apollo, LondonNow in his mid-60s, the comedian is still delivering beautifully honed, brilliantly timed observations on everyday life
‘I feel like a blacksmith up here sometime…
Linked From The Guardian at 07:06AMSaturday, July 13, 2019
From plummeting ratings to a global success, how did the Daily Show host become “America’s therapist”?
It is a few hours before Trevor Noah takes his seat at The Daily Show’s present…
Linked From The Guardian at 04:42AMFriday, July 12, 2019
His viral videos earned him a sell-out tour and a new late night TV show – can the character comedian become the Instagram era’s Chris Evans?
Two years ago, Mo Gilligan was selling jeans…
Linked From The Guardian at 01:48AMMonday, June 24, 2019
Jessie Cave’s intimate standup, a beatbox Frankenstein and a twist on the star-crossed lovers are among the Edinburgh shows we’ve previously reviewed. Here’s what we said …
Pleasance…
Linked From The Guardian at 01:48AMFriday, June 21, 2019
Neil Hamburger is a loser, insulting B-list celebs for our amusement, yet he can be less offensive – and funnier – than certain comedy superstars
‘What disease did legendary ice-cream …
Linked From The Guardian at 03:36AMThursday, June 20, 2019
Soho theatre, LondonThe Saturday Night Live writer has skill but hits bum notes and wanders into incoherence at the end
It takes more than a few smart routines to make a show. I left Boston …
Linked From The Guardian at 05:54PMWednesday, June 19, 2019
Eventim Apollo, LondonIn Real or Magic? the bicep-piercing endurance artist demonstrates supernatural command of his body
‘The last time I performed in London, I was shut in a box for 44 d…
Linked From The Guardian at 01:12PMSunday, June 16, 2019
Rose theatre, KingstonDespite occasional glimmers of subversive wit, Carr continues to rely on dubious jokes about dwarves, fat women and FGM
‘Welcome to 90 minutes of your life you’re n…
Linked From The Guardian at 09:12AMFriday, June 14, 2019
There’s a Belle and Sebastian play, a show in a hair salon, Frances Barber performing Pet Shop Boys songs and top comics including Josie Long and Stephen Fry. Here’s our guide to the wor…
Linked From The Guardian at 04:06AMSunday, June 9, 2019
Anvil, BasingstokePalin offers up a fascinating potted history of an ill-fated naval journey, then goes on an affable tour through his six-decade career
Geography, history and comedy. Those …
Linked From The Guardian at 09:12AMFriday, June 7, 2019
Loughborough Town HallHe became ‘the most hated comedian in Britain’. Now Walsh is on tour with the most engaging show of his career
Three weeks into Strictly Come Dancing last autumn, S…
Linked From The Guardian at 05:54AMWednesday, June 5, 2019
Soho theatre, LondonBig of voice and wide of smile, the Britain’s Got Talent semi-finalist fills the room with her singing and mimicry
At points in Jess Robinson’s show, as you’re bein…
Linked From The Guardian at 04:03PMLeicester Square theatre, LondonThe former king of lad comedy moseys through a delightfully meandering set about ageing, libido and ‘the Strictly curse’
Frank Skinner is 62, and it’s r…
Linked From The Guardian at 11:33AMThursday, May 30, 2019
Bournemouth International CentreCasting himself as a taboo breaker for his Netflix show Supernature, the cacklesome comic delivers a squarely liberal-baiting set
‘That’s not going in ……
Linked From The Guardian at 12:03PMMonday, May 6, 2019
Haunted by the 60,000 bodies being disinterred to make way for High Speed Rail 2, Guardian comedy critic Brian Logan set out to connect Euston’s past and present
‘We’ve found four time…
Linked From The Guardian at 07:24AMSunday, April 28, 2019
G-Live, GuildfordAssisted by his life-saving chauffeur, Gilbert propels his high-octane humour with the pain of trauma
When you make your name getting overheated at trivial things, what’s …
Linked From The Guardian at 06:13AMThursday, April 25, 2019
Rob Carter’s delusional novelist is a lovable throwback to the comics of 20 years ago. The alter ego could be on the cusp of a comeback
Fashions in comedy ebb and flow. Standup is hip now …
Linked From The Guardian at 08:05AMThursday, April 4, 2019
Hammersmith Apollo, LondonThe US standup tackles morality, racism, R Kelly and Michael Jackson in a barbed satirical show
Much has changed for Aziz Ansari since his last UK tour. The US comi…
Linked From The Guardian at 09:14AMFriday, March 29, 2019
Leicester Square theatre, LondonNetflix’s Vagabond star teams up with Man Like Mobeen’s Khan to headline a mischievous night of smart gags
When the US standup Mo Amer first toured the UK…
Linked From The Guardian at 11:56AMThursday, March 28, 2019
Soho theatre, LondonKemsley packs in high-calibre jokes in a tour through the gendered politics of promiscuity
In Nanette, Hannah Gadsby refused to pretend her personal pain was funny – an…
Linked From The Guardian at 07:48AMWednesday, March 27, 2019
The comedian’s new show offers audiences ‘bespoke on-demand gags’ but reinforces the idea that satire is impotent
In Richard Holloway’s book Waiting for the Last Bus – it’s abou…
Linked From The Guardian at 10:24AMSaturday, March 16, 2019
The comic’s new Netflix hour brings in some of her greatest themes: sex, bodies and the flouting of gendered taboos
A new Amy Schumer special offers more than just a standup set. It’s a …
Linked From The Guardian at 07:00AMThursday, March 14, 2019
Soho theatre, LondonNocturnal is notionally about the things keeping the standup awake at night, but this cheery set shows she has nothing to worry about
Had it been assembled by a jetpack m…
Linked From The Guardian at 06:58AMMonday, March 11, 2019
The Palestinian-US standup on British airports, his Netflix special The Vagabond and what he has in common with comic pals Guz Khan and Dave Chappelle
There’s an auspicious precedent for H…
Linked From The Guardian at 03:00AMFriday, March 8, 2019
European comics assembled for a gig about Britain’s departure from the EU – but ended up talking about sex and poultry
It’s an article of faith among remainers that Brexit has made the…
Linked From The Guardian at 12:15PMSaturday, March 2, 2019
The standup and TV host on how British politics broke his heart, Question Time abuse and why he’s the Bob Dylan of comedy
When Nish Kumar first made his mark as a solo comic, his material …
Linked From The Guardian at 02:00AMThursday, February 28, 2019
Battersea Arts Centre, LondonTarget’s absurdist show Splosh! – about swimming and his childhood in Houston – cocks a quiet snook at machismo
It’s my dream with this show, says Ben Ta…
Linked From The Guardian at 09:56AMWednesday, February 27, 2019
Wyvern theatre, SwindonCartoonish characters and an operatic vomiting routine animate conventional observations about Brits abroad, marriage and moving to the provinces
A “fast, mental, n…
Linked From The Guardian at 05:30PMSunday, February 24, 2019
He was the Kurt Cobain of comedy, railing against advertising, politicians, the war on drugs, even waffle waitresses. What do the new generation make of the chain-smoking motormouth?
Comedy …
Linked From The Guardian at 10:00AMFriday, February 1, 2019
Vault festival, LondonIn Best Dad Ever, the ex-poker player and maths nerd has constructed a meticulous show of well-turned gagsKen Cheng was known as “the human calculator” at school, a…
Linked From The Guardian at 03:42AMTuesday, January 29, 2019
The Other Palace, LondonComedy’s rational surveyor of the political scene fires a centrist shot at easy targets from Boris Johnson to Jeremy CorbynThe left/right divide is no longer a usef…
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