The actor and comedian, otherwise known as Groom of the Stool, on the things that make him laugh the mostI love Hannibal Buress, his show Comedy Camisado is hilarious. I saw him in Edinburgh maybe 10 years ago and have been following him ever since. He…
Continue ReadingAfter three COVID-related delays, Skankfest is officially on for 2021, and for the first second third time in its history… MORE
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Regent’s Park Open Air theatre, LondonThe Irish comedian and guests Nish Kumar and Fatiha El-Ghorri lift their crowd’s soggy spirits with some choice gagsAisling Bea is getting soaked; so are the rest of us. Her 4 July open-air gig was meant to be a su…
Continue ReadingThe award-winning comedy duo on the things that make them laugh the mostBen Ashenden John Mulaney did an hour at the Soho Theatre that felt like 30 seconds. A total master of making an audience fall in love. Related: The Guide: Staying In – sign up for…
Continue ReadingThe festival has shrunk because of Covid but there are plenty of shows in person and online this summer – here’s our pick of the first to be announcedSex Education Xplorers (S.E.X.)What did they miss out in your sex ed at school? Mamoru Iriguchi fills …
Continue ReadingThe comedy duo Adam Drake and Ben Rowse on the things that make them laugh the mostAdam Drake The first time I saw Lolly Adefope do her character Gemma.Ben Rowse The first ever Horne Section in Edinburgh in 2010, with Mark Watson singing about bouncy c…
Continue ReadingThe explosively funny standup has joked provocatively about race, leftwing politics and gender. Next up, his mother-in-lawIn 2019, a performance of Fin Taylor’s #MeToo-themed When Harassy Met Sally prompted outrage in an article for the Independent. “T…
Continue ReadingThe comedian and artist on the things that make him laugh the mostI once saw Neil Hamburger and laughed uncontrollably … it was actually embarrassing. I was part of a group that went for dinner with him afterwards and then started sobbing uncontrollabl…
Continue ReadingWill Smith is heading over to Netflix. It’s been announced that the actor has been tapped to host an untitled… MORE
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This strange time needs to be described and explored – and US comedian Bo Burnham has produced something specialIn the spring, I wrote about a wariness surrounding art that reflects on the pandemic – and how we nonetheless need to address it culturally…
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