Friday, September 4, 2020
Pun fights in boxing rings, nine-year-old standups and a 19-day joke-a-thon … anything goes in vibrant, diverse Leicester, finds our writer as she continues her comedy tour
It is the home …
Linked From The Guardian at 09:02AMWednesday, August 5, 2020
For years, sexual predators have infested the live comedy scene. But female comedians are demanding action. Is this British standup’s #MeToo moment?
‘If this was a normal office where, o…
Linked From The Guardian at 09:36AMSunday, July 12, 2020
Comedians’ old YouTube skits are enjoying a revival in lockdown. And now standups are returning to online video – to push its possibilities even further
At a house party in the north-eas…
Linked From The Guardian at 11:54AMWednesday, July 1, 2020
It’s the only place in the world where jokes about local councillors work. But is Belfast’s sharp-tongued comedy circuit becoming less hostile to outsiders?
Patrick Kielty’s first Belf…
Linked From The Guardian at 01:48AMTuesday, June 2, 2020
How do you make audiences laugh in a town that hates show-offs and loves to hassle performers? Our writer gets some hot tips as she continues her comedy tour
In 2005, you could fit the whole…
Linked From The Guardian at 11:42AMTuesday, May 26, 2020
From care work to shelf-stacking, many standups have taken up jobs to survive lockdown – highlighting how privilege has created a two-tier system in comedy
On 16 March, when Boris Johnson …
Linked From The Guardian at 08:54AMSunday, April 19, 2020
Wit and four-letter artistry have made Glasgow a comedy stronghold – and with the clubs shut, the laughs are going online
Glaswegian comedians haven’t always been complimentary about the…
Linked From The Guardian at 12:12PMTuesday, April 14, 2020
The Mash Report has always turned tough topics into comedy. As it returns in lockdown, host Nish Kumar and standups Kiri Pritchard-McLean and Tom Mayhew talk about satire’s role in a crisi…
Linked From The Guardian at 09:54AMSunday, March 8, 2020
Amateur nights, ‘chaos energy’ and jokes about yeast … Our writer continues her UK comedy tour and discovers Mancunians’ appetite for the alternative
It’s Manchester’s first ever…
Linked From The Guardian at 12:32PMTuesday, February 4, 2020
We’re brutal, awkward, daft and surreal, say the rising stars of Tyneside’s booming comedy scene. Our writer braces herself for a gag-heavy night on the toon
Anyone who’s had a night o…
Linked From The Guardian at 10:36AMMonday, January 13, 2020
When her trainer called muscly women ‘unfeminine’, the standup turned her outrage into a hilarious show full of sweat, barbells, chalk and childbirth
Jessica Fostekew felt nervous yester…
Linked From The Guardian at 02:36AMWednesday, November 20, 2019
Larry David took the role of “Larry David” onscreen. But how close are such characters to real life? Three comics starring as versions of themselves reveal where they draw the line
Fans …
Linked From The Guardian at 02:18AMTuesday, August 20, 2019
Performing at the festival can be a taxing experience. Objectively Funny has created a peer support network that turns attention offstage
It’s lunchtime in Edinburgh’s Old Town and I’v…
Linked From The Guardian at 05:33PMWednesday, December 20, 2017
Once the domain of aspiring performers, improv courses are increasingly being attended by students experiencing mental health problems“Your heart’s beating faster, you feel all these eye…
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