Joe Lycett: ‘I’m being ghosted by Peppa Pig’

The comedian, 33, talks about funny anger, homophobic hecklers, selling soffits and his trouble with Heinz pasta shapesAnger is a funny emotion. That’s how I accidentally got my consumer show. In my stand-up set, I’d read out my complaint letters. My g…

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Bloody Mary Live! review – an audience with the killer queen

Assembly Festival Garden, CoventryOlivia Miller dazzles in this tart and punky solo show, which reimagines the Tudor monarch as an in-yer-face Gen-Z teenYou might consider the fraught life of Mary Tudor, England’s first queen, for a long time before th…

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Bloody Mary Live! review – an audience with the killer queen

Assembly Festival Garden, CoventryOlivia Miller dazzles in this tart and punky solo show, which reimagines the Tudor monarch as an in-yer-face Gen-Z teenYou might consider the fraught life of Mary Tudor, England’s first queen, for a long time before th…

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Nina Conti: ‘I love all swear words, the stronger the better’

The actor, writer and ventriloquist gets to the heart of the things that make her laugh the mostSo many favourites, but Mae Martin live, even when they’re just working out new stuff, is bloody exquisite. And I gigged with Harry Hill for the first time …

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Nina Conti: ‘I love all swear words, the stronger the better’

The actor, writer and ventriloquist gets to the heart of the things that make her laugh the mostSo many favourites, but Mae Martin live, even when they’re just working out new stuff, is bloody exquisite. And I gigged with Harry Hill for the first time …

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Hamlet, Cabaret and a fistful of Romeos: the best theatre, comedy and dance of autumn 2021

Cush Jumbo tackles the troubled prince, Jessie Buckley and Eddie Redmayne head for 30s Berlin, while standup favourites and dance spectaculars burst back on the stage Continue reading…

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Hamlet, Cabaret and a fistful of Romeos: the best theatre, comedy and dance of autumn 2021

Cush Jumbo tackles the troubled prince, Jessie Buckley and Eddie Redmayne head for 30s Berlin, while standup favourites and dance spectaculars burst back on the stage Continue reading…

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Diane Chorley: Modern Love review – Duchess of Canvey’s hymn to solidarity

Soho theatre, London After months of being starved of social contact, David Selley’s celebration of togetherness couldn’t be better timedDiane Chorley’s show made a splash two years ago on the Edinburgh fringe. But there’s a sense in this delayed Soho …

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Diane Chorley: Modern Love review – Duchess of Canvey’s hymn to solidarity

Soho theatre, London After months of being starved of social contact, David Selley’s celebration of togetherness couldn’t be better timedDiane Chorley’s show made a splash two years ago on the Edinburgh fringe. But there’s a sense in this delayed Soho …

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Dead Ringers Live review – genteel mimicry needs an audience to fire it up

London WondergroundDon’t expect the shock of the new from the BBC Radio 4 stalwart, but audience suggestions and music really lift the second halfIs it a live show – or an impersonation of a live show? BBC Radio 4 favourite Dead Ringers takes up reside…

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