Thursday, January 13, 2022
Old Red Lion, LondonThis revival of Hanoch Levin’s odd, over-long 1970s play has minor thrills but ultimately misfires
You might think, in our age of safe spaces and “cowering” from Co…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:36PMMonday, December 27, 2021
Amy Adams makes her West End debut, immersive dance confronts mental health and Steve Coogan’s alter ego embarks on a rare live UK tour
• Preview more cultural highlights of 2022 Continu…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:36AMSunday, December 19, 2021
Soho theatre, LondonHigh-camp songs and OTT costumes grab the attention in drag duo’s cheap-and-cheerful songs-from-the-shows extravaganza
Good luck generating festive cheer on the same d…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:42AMSaturday, December 18, 2021
It was a year of revivals in every sense, as venues threw open their doors again. From fresh takes on classics to blazing new talents and shows that captured the current moment, our critics …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:54AMWednesday, December 15, 2021
Bournemouth International CentreTree snails, Coldplay and the current cabinet all get the full Bailey treatment in a zinging performance
Sometime around the second curtain call, you begin to…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:33AMMonday, December 13, 2021
Chaotic life, lots of sex, little sense of purpose … the Anglo-Aussie’s hilarious takedown of Fleabag and the booming ‘messy-woman genre’ was halted by Covid. Now, after a year and a…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:24AMThursday, December 9, 2021
Brighton DomeThe comedy writers behind one of the BBC’s most successful series perform an entertaining, behind-the-scenes double act
‘If you’re going to cry, cry tears of laughter,”…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:42PMMonday, December 6, 2021
Palace theatre, SouthendAided by audience volunteers, the fleet-footed comic balances several difficult tricks at the same time before a finale set in an erotic fire station
Is there an act …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:03AMSunday, December 5, 2021
Old Market, Hove The YouTuber drily responds to some chucklesome internet footage, and plays the part of a frustrated political adviser, in onstage re-enactments of his best clips
As a rule,…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:54PMFriday, December 3, 2021
Soho theatre, LondonAs a wannabe stage and screen queen in the spotlight, the American comedian brings to life her character’s unquenchable thirst for attention
‘You guys are a horrible …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:54AMThursday, December 2, 2021
Soho theatre, LondonThis odd-couple double act of east London MC and toffee-nosed children’s entertainer are great fun for adults
The world of children’s entertainment has provided a ric…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:24PMBattersea Arts Centre, LondonCaptain Hook and the Big Bad Wolf are sent back to school in a flippant festive mashup that’s carried along by its goofy charm
Imagine a reform school for badd…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:03AMSunday, November 28, 2021
Lyric Hammersmith, LondonSatire has a disconcerting consequence in Vikki Stone’s punchy and superbly sung version of the traditional panto
I’m sure there have been Peppa Pig World jokes …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:24AMFriday, November 26, 2021
Pinpoint parodies of ‘weird church ladies and soccer moms’ made the Ohio comic famous during the pandemic – even if progressives mistake her for the real thing
Megan Stalter put a vide…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:18AMTuesday, November 23, 2021
Komedia, BrightonThe comic’s swaggering take on religion is ebullient before a handbrake-turn brings emotional candour too
Luisa Omielan’s last show, Politics for Bitches, ostensibly abo…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:12AMThursday, November 18, 2021
London PalladiumThe clubbable comic casts himself as master of ceremonies in a self-effacing musical story of his life – with celeb mimicry
‘I’ve done so many strange things in my care…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:54AMWednesday, November 17, 2021
Soho theatre, LondonThe standup’s rich and playful show about the menopause combines ingenious silliness with campaigning ferocity
A handful of times in the opening stages of Bridget Chris…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:06AMThursday, November 11, 2021
Soho theatre, LondonThe American standup delivers so-bad-they’re-good music parodies and sends up millennial entitlement in a bright UK debut
Best known in the UK for her scene-stealing tu…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:03PMSoho theatre, LondonThe twisty satirist considers mental health, white privilege and youth with vividly acted, wittily phrased jokes
Comedy audiences, we’re told, are too sensitive these d…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:42AMSpeech is out. Daft captions are in. Nearly everyone is beautiful. And one guy amassed 11m followers while living in emergency accommodation with his mum. Our critic samples TikTok comedy
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SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:12AMThursday, November 4, 2021
Soho theatre, LondonCoronavirus and woke capitalism lead to pleasing, if patchy, polemics in the comic’s latest show
“A chronicle of everything that’s happened to me over the last 18 m…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:32AMTuesday, November 2, 2021
Menier Chocolate Factory, LondonThe misadventures of a hapless hero led astray by his false friend are funny but don’t quite fill three dimensions
There was a setback last month for this p…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:42AMSunday, October 31, 2021
Leicester Square theatre, LondonThe comic who showered Fifa’s Sepp Blatter with banknotes reveals little of the person under the character comedy mask
What a coy coming-out party of a sho…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:36AMTuesday, October 26, 2021
Haley McGee, James McNicholas and Mo Gilligan talk about the tricky business of turning stage performances into a reading experience
When developing her solo show The Ex-Boyfriend Yard Sale,…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:12AMSunday, October 24, 2021
Royal Festival Hall, LondonThe artist’s energetic live show splices together standup, anecdotes and singing – all inspiring us to flee the monochrome and mundane
“Ted Talk – the pant…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:54AMThursday, October 21, 2021
Salisbury PlayhouseIan McDiarmid is outstanding in two pieces, one as an angry audience member and one a composer’s coda
Halfway through Vigilance, the first act of Ian McDiarmid’s solo …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:36PMTuesday, October 19, 2021
Milton Keynes theatreGood albeit digressive gags keep the routines endearingly amusing in the comic’s new touring show Regional Trinket
“I hate being camp,” says Alan Carr, which would…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:24AMFriday, October 15, 2021
Theatre Royal BathThe much-loved TV series becomes a series of set-pieces rather than a satisfying drama in this stage adaptation
Much is made, in the publicity around this stage refit of Th…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:03PMThursday, October 14, 2021
Soho theatre, LondonKingsman spoofs the look-at-me egotism that sometimes animates solo shows, as she heaps meta layer upon layer in a tour de force
It seems like five minutes ago that Phoeb…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:42AMSunday, October 10, 2021
Hammersmith Apollo, LondonGilligan’s cartoonish parade of misunderstandings and manipulations have perspective and heart
When you get rich and famous for your relatable comedy, how do you …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:24PMFriday, October 8, 2021
Soho theatre, LondonAmrou Al-Kadhi’s drag alter ego, poised between self-absorption and self-irony, delivers a tart, funny and swaggering tale
“Too gay for Iraq, too Iraq for gay.” Tha…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:48AM 
