Chi With a C review – YouTuber brings Ab Fab and Killing Eve skits to big screen

Rio Cinema, LondonLucia Keskin’s sense of fun and breakout potential radiates from these sketches shown at the Blue Tick festivalThere are leaps required of artists in this week’s Blue Tick festival, showcasing internet comedy on the big screen. It’s a…

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Chris Gethard: Half My Life review – arresting snapshots of a standup

Available onlinePart behind-the-scenes doc and part reiteration of Gethard’s faith in comedy, this is a vivid portrait of a peripatetic lifeChris Gethard’s new film opens with the 40-year-old performing at 9am to a pancake-guzzling audience in Buffalo,…

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Check out the trailer for “Too Late,” a horror film set in the world of stand-up

There’s a new horror film set in the world of stand-up. Too Late, which is the debut feature film from… MORE
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“Hysterical” offers an empowering look into being a woman in stand-up comedy

Last night, FX debuted a new documentary. Hysterical, after debuting at the virtual SXSW back in March. The film examines… MORE
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‘Rehab made me grateful to be alive’: Margaret Cho on sobriety, solitude and Stop Asian Hate

One of the world’s most outrageous comedians, Cho is leading the battle to end racism against Asian-Americans. She discusses hatred, hope and how humour saved her life● Warning: this article contains discussion of suicide from the startThe thing about …

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This Week In Comedy: Joel McHale is living “Happily” in new comedy thriller

This week in comedy: Joel McHale stars in a new dark comedy hitting theaters and VOD on Friday. Happily follows… MORE
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Eddie Izzard: ‘I’m just trying to create a space for myself’

The actor and comic on making her female pronouns permanent, shouting down abuse, enduring a marathon a day – and running for Labour Eddie Izzard doesn’t understand what all the fuss is about. In December, it was reported that the standup comic/actor/c…

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“Hysterical”, a new documentary highlighting some of the best women in comedy, to debut at SXSW

Last year, literally days before it was set to begin, the annual SXSW Festival in Austin, Texas was canceled for… MORE
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Petrichor review – cringingly funny web sitcom with a fantastic cast

Available online The Pin’s Alex Owen, Katy Wix and Lolly Adefope are among the cast in a superb series about a delusional wannabe auteurWhere there is sitcom, there is (usually) self-delusion: in the gap between self-image and reality, you’ll find Basi…

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Elvis meets the Evil Dead as comedy rewinds to the VHS era

The cult show that splices Evil Dead II with Elvis Presley hits is now on video cassette as standups hark back to retro formatsThe movie was a sequel to one of the original video nasties, so what better format for a stage show that pays it tribute? Com…

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