The trailblazing actor and comedian on asserting her bisexuality in the 80s, misogynistic male comics – and befriending MadonnaDuring nearly five decades in showbiz, Sandra Bernhard has racked up title after title – comedian, actor, singer, author, rad…
Continue ReadingBefore they were superstars, Joan Rivers kissed and tried to kill a young Barbra Streisand on stage – or so she claimed. Now her tall tale has inspired drama The Funny GirlsIn the late 1950s, a 25-year-old struggling actor named Joan Molinsky – later t…
Continue ReadingBefore they were superstars, Joan Rivers kissed and tried to kill a young Barbra Streisand on stage – or so she claimed. Now her tall tale has inspired drama The Funny GirlsIn the late 1950s, a 25-year-old struggling actor named Joan Molinsky – later t…
Continue ReadingArcola theatreThe comedian draws on his Clapham childhood and violent dad as he rails against the dangers of the government’s police, crime, sentencing and courts bill“Behaviour that causes the public or a section of the public to suffer serious annoya…
Continue ReadingArcola theatreThe comedian draws on his Clapham childhood and violent dad as he rails against the dangers of the government’s police, crime, sentencing and courts bill“Behaviour that causes the public or a section of the public to suffer serious annoya…
Continue ReadingAvailable onlineThe comic riffs on arts careers and money while playing video games and fending off his spirit animal in a likable showTom Mayhew is performing live on Zoom every night of this year’s fringe, not from a stage but from his sofa. The stor…
Continue ReadingAvailable onlineThe comic riffs on arts careers and money while playing video games and fending off his spirit animal in a likable showTom Mayhew is performing live on Zoom every night of this year’s fringe, not from a stage but from his sofa. The stor…
Continue ReadingThe festival is back – and so are stage fright and self-loathing. But this year’s event has been small and beautifulI normally find Edinburgh fringe an extremely trying time. Now it’s an extremely trying time with fewer people.Before setting off this y…
Continue ReadingThe festival is back – and so are stage fright and self-loathing. But this year’s event has been small and beautifulI normally find Edinburgh fringe an extremely trying time. Now it’s an extremely trying time with fewer people.Before setting off this y…
Continue ReadingAvailable onlineLacy’s tales about her time on Aussie TV may leave Britons bemused but her show finds its feet with a smart outlook on celebrityTania Lacy’s standup show, Catch a Falling Star, is performed to an empty room and available on demand throu…
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