The comedian, 42, talks about growing up shy, forgetting names, loving being a mum, and getting free haircutsI lived in my own world as a kid. I sang Whitney Houston songs to imagined crowds. While watching films, I’d pretend to be the star of my own…
Continue ReadingThe comic on hecklers, pre-show rituals, Jane Austen puns and her childhood heroesWhy did you get into musical comedy?I did musical comedy first because that was all I could do! I’d written and performed songs since I was young, so it was the most obvi…
Continue ReadingNot Dead Yet addresses the return of Godley’s ovarian cancer. But mostly it is a celebratory farewell from a performer who has welcomed the crowd into her remarkable lifeNot Dead Yet is Janey Godley’s last tour, she has announced. She was diagnosed wit…
Continue ReadingThe web may be brain-ruining, but at least this comedian can share videos of an Irish family taking on a bat, Reuben Kaye and a very misspelled menuGet our weekend culture and lifestyle emailThe internet. The sweet provider of free Tetris and Vine comp…
Continue ReadingSome lied. Some hid it. And few ever mined it for jokes. Becoming a mum used to be near-fatal to a comedian’s career. But now, in a Mother’s Day special, we meet the new wave taking on taboos‘Before I had kids, I swam in an ocean of time,” says Josie L…
Continue ReadingBest known for his inventive work with Tim and Eric, the absurdist comic talks about playing it straight as a ‘legit’ singer-songwriter, and his newest creation: a ‘belligerent and terrible’ standup comedianGrowing up, Tim Heidecker didn’t know who he …
Continue ReadingBest known for his inventive work with Tim and Eric, the absurdist comic talks about playing it straight as a ‘legit’ singer-songwriter, and his newest creation: a ‘belligerent and terrible’ standup comedianGrowing up, Tim Heidecker didn’t know who he …
Continue ReadingSoho theatre, LondonAustralian comic delivers a compelling but messy exploration of grief – but where’s the bear?The “dead dad” show has become a standup genre unto itself in recent years – but that isn’t the half of it in Aussie act Michelle Brasier’s…
Continue ReadingWhen a podcast by Seamas Carey created a storm, he began investigating second homes, cream on scones …. and where local pride meets unwelcoming xenophobia. Now he’s taking his one man show on the roadAfter Seamas Carey interviewed Eden Project founder …
Continue ReadingAfter several years away, the cheeky cockney comic is doubling down on his good-old-days brand – but despite his geezerish nostalgia he’s no anti-woke crusaderMicky Flanagan was worried, he says, that audiences might have moved on. Fair enough: it has …
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