Friday, August 7, 2020
Covid-19 has cancelled the annual jamboree, leaving performers – and our comedy critic – bereft. What does the festival mean to them and how will it change?
Meeting Flight of the Conchor…
Linked From The Guardian at 04:18AMMonday, August 3, 2020
Cadogan Hall, LondonIn a global livestream, the former Python delivers alimony gags, a bit of PC-baiting – and an amusingly grumpy lecture on how nobody knows anything
The decision to post…
Linked From The Guardian at 08:18AMSaturday, August 1, 2020
The yearly festival is a celebration of entertainment, art, rain, booze, cobbles and closeness to strangers. Roll on 2021 ...
Remotely entertaining: Edinburgh highlights beamed to your livi…
Linked From The Guardian at 08:18AMTuesday, July 28, 2020
When you’ve shared jokes since childhood, you can be brutally honest with each other. Flo & Joan and Ruby Wax’s daughters, Maddy and Marina Bye, on becoming family double acts
They…
Linked From The Guardian at 02:06AMMonday, July 27, 2020
Alan Partridge’s Sidekick Simon takes it out on his own hapless wingman – but Enya’s repeated interruptions slow the flow
I’ve missed live comedy very much since the closure of theat…
Linked From The Guardian at 09:42AMSunday, July 19, 2020
Originally planned as an Edinburgh show, You Build the Thing You Think You Are is now a film – and a different proposition to live-streamed lockdown comedy
Joz Norris’s new experiment st…
Linked From The Guardian at 08:03PMThursday, July 9, 2020
Bec Hill, Laura Davis and Eshaan Akbar can be watched on this online home for comedy’s rising stars and circuit regulars
With gig venues closed, where do you turn for your comedy fix? You …
Linked From The Guardian at 08:24PMSunday, July 5, 2020
YouTubeBuress revisits the story of his 2017 arrest for disorderly intoxication in an enjoyable online set that uses technology creatively
Cross a comedian at your peril. They can put their …
Linked From The Guardian at 04:54PMYouTubeIn Stalter’s sharply observed, bittersweet character comedy, a string of awkward talkative types bare their souls
Disastrous for many comedians, lockdown has propelled others to pr…
Linked From The Guardian at 08:06AMTuesday, June 23, 2020
Available onlineThe gruff comic from Brooklyn appalls and entertains as he rages against the debauchery of modern America
Eddie Pepitone’s closest brush with UK fame came in 2012, when the…
Linked From The Guardian at 06:48AMMonday, June 22, 2020
From a daft James Bond spoof to reliving a disastrous audition over Zoom, the Upload comedy extravaganza had some delectable moments
As the black hole left by the cancelled Edinburgh fringe …
Linked From The Guardian at 10:03PMTuesday, June 16, 2020
Coached by Tom Parry, the comedy collective No Direction Home are bucking stereotypes about refugees and migrants – and thriving online during lockdown
‘Let me tell you something more ab…
Linked From The Guardian at 01:54PMMonday, June 15, 2020
Looking for some escapist laughs? Here are a few tips, from John-Luke Roberts’ chaotic sketches to Flight of the Conchords’ smile-guaranteed songs
Hottest front-room seats: the best thea…
Linked From The Guardian at 09:18AMTuesday, June 9, 2020
Available onlineThe scuzzy end of show business and all its sozzled, sentimental excesses are captured by the ex-standup in a heartfelt monologue
I last saw Les Dennis on stage two years ago…
Linked From The Guardian at 09:32AMMonday, June 8, 2020
Amazon Prime VideoQuinoa, veganism and lakehouses are ticked off on the Bronx comic’s journey to affluence but her charm shines through
Lockdown laughs: where to watch online comedy
The …
Linked From The Guardian at 06:06AMSunday, June 7, 2020
Consummate host Kiri Pritchard-McLean sets the stage for Frankie Boyle and others in a show with true comedy-club feel
Lockdown laughs: where to watch online comedy
The Covid Arms started…
Linked From The Guardian at 09:18AMWednesday, June 3, 2020
Available online With weariness and seething frustration, the comedian sounds off in style about gender inequality and sexism
The starting point of Jen Brister’s 2018 show Meaningless, no…
Linked From The Guardian at 10:48AMMonday, June 1, 2020
Available onlineLive cabaret becomes alternative sketch show as the Stamptown gang make merry with Zoom-era laughs
Can you capture online the raucous energy of the best live comedy cabarets?…
Linked From The Guardian at 07:12AMSunday, May 31, 2020
Available on Netflix★★★☆☆/★★☆☆☆Oswalt’s frothy set about ageing, Jesus and fitness freaks keeps the laughs coming, while a barking Rubin delivers something much harder …
Linked From The Guardian at 08:12AMWednesday, May 27, 2020
Available on NetflixGadsby follows up her hit show Nanette with a swaggering set that blazes with well-earned confidence
Hottest front-room seats: the best theatre and dance online
The last …
Linked From The Guardian at 02:32PMMonday, May 25, 2020
Audio downloadSixty years on, the taboo-busting comic can seem incoherent and insensitive but there’s no doubting his masterful wordplay
He may be the least listened-to of standup icons. N…
Linked From The Guardian at 05:24AMFriday, May 22, 2020
Festivals cancelled, venues shut and funding shelved: Covid-19 has forced those working in theatre to rethink their art form
‘It’s like the seven stages of grief,” says Paula Varjack,…
Linked From The Guardian at 08:12AMFriday, May 15, 2020
Available on YouTubeEddie Izzard and standups from India, Australia and beyond roast fake news and bust coronavirus taboos in an entertaining if patchy webcam variety fundraiser for frontlin…
Linked From The Guardian at 01:42PMTuesday, May 5, 2020
NetflixFinding a novel angle on everything from Pop-Tarts to the annoyances of modern technology, the American everyman is still on sparkling form
Mixed messages emanate from Jerry Seinfeld…
Linked From The Guardian at 11:36AMSunday, May 3, 2020
The blokey joker fired up his webcam to deliver a 24 hours of faux-ballads, toilet humour and even a real-life wedding
The best theatre and dance to watch online
The best arts and entertain…
Linked From The Guardian at 08:54AMThursday, April 23, 2020
Available onlineTherapy, foreplay and the nature of standup all fall into the crosshairs of a scattergun show that never fails to find its target
Who better to turn to at a time of social is…
Linked From The Guardian at 06:36PMTuesday, April 21, 2020
Available onlineThe comedian’s daily interactive webcast is a load of shambolic, lo-fi silliness – which is just what we need right now
Hottest front-room seats: the best theatre and da…
Linked From The Guardian at 11:06AMWednesday, April 15, 2020
Amazon PrimeWith this adroit and thoughtful show about death and sadness, the Australian standup has her audience in tears
• Hottest front-room seats: the best theatre and dance to watch …
Linked From The Guardian at 02:24AMSunday, April 12, 2020
This streaming event hosted by Anna Mann (AKA Colin Hoult) on NextUp was a valiant experiment in performing live comedy without an audience
“There is no eerier sight,” my fellow comedy c…
Linked From The Guardian at 01:54PMTuesday, April 7, 2020
Available onlineThe comedian’s first standup special since he was disgraced in 2017 is heavy on self-pity and won’t appease those outraged by his behaviour
Hottest front-room seats: the …
Linked From The Guardian at 07:03AMMonday, March 23, 2020
The Sherlock star joined Robin Ince and Josie Long’s daily online broadcast to self-isolated comedy fans – and the results were rallying
‘Stay apart – and keep connecting,” is the …
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