The comic on mining her wild life for material and her disastrous early gigs shouting punchlines over Sky Sports in a pubWhy did you start doing comedy?I wanted to write funny material, and the only real way into it seemed to be getting on a stage. Wel…
Continue ReadingThe English actor shares what tickles his funny bone, from a bracing bagpipes outtake to a foolproof moment of awkward familial physical interactionMore summer essentialsGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastHi Guardian Australia. …
Continue ReadingGary Oldman’s tackling Beckett, Strictly winner Chris McCausland is on a huge standup tour – and mods can rev their scooters to a dance Quadrophenia Continue reading…
Continue ReadingSoho theatre, London Impersonating chart-topping singing duo Michael Ball and Alfie Boe, the comics trade trills and gags as showbiz egos clash and simmering tension comes to the boil“The most successful double act no one you know has ever seen,” is ho…
Continue ReadingFamiliar worries about how to raise a neurodiverse child are played out with empathy but little subtletyWhile normally I’m a soft touch for any film about autistic children, one just can’t let something as sappy and annoyingly didactic as this road mov…
Continue ReadingSarah Snook put Succession behind her, Hofesh Shechter found horror in Albion and Rhod Gilbert was ecstatic to be alive, in our critics’ picks of the best stage shows of the year• More on the best culture of 202410. Please Right Back This dark, psyched…
Continue ReadingArcola theatre, LondonThis recreation of Steven Spielberg’s 1993 classic is frenetic fun, with the dinosaurs brought to life using physical comedy – and traffic conesHold on to your … what? Your enjoyment of this show may well depend on whether you rec…
Continue ReadingSoho theatre, London The major showman takes a solo stroll through show tunes, sing alongs and seasonal hits with vocal highlights that leave you gasping for breathSome Christmasses ago, Le Gateau Chocolat and Jonny Woo teamed up for a cabaret double a…
Continue ReadingThe standup talks about tensions behind the scenes of Blackadder, his Wiggles movie that never happened and his opinions on hecklersOf all the things you’ve written, what gets quoted at you the most?It’d be something from my three series of Blackadder …
Continue ReadingThe comedian and novelist on the stress of sudden success, her disordered relationship with food, and how hobbies have replaced her libidoBorn in Kuala Lumpur in 1960, Jenny Eclair is a comedian, actor and author. The daughter of a major in the British…
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