Pippa Evans, star of improvised musical Showstopper!, has written a self-help book based on her stage experiences. ‘Yes … and?’ asks our comedy criticDid you ever think: I wish my life was more like Whose Line Is It Anyway? It’s not, I suspect, the fir…
Continue ReadingShe used to chair the Conservatives. He used to perform in his underpants. Could Nick Helm turn Sayeeda Warsi into a comedian?A Tory baroness and a leftwing comedian walk into a bar. As setups for a punchline go, it sounds fairly promising. But on day …
Continue ReadingOur series exploring the stage origins of hit comedies continues with the cult hospital horror show that scared up audiences to become a fringe sensationGarth Marenghi, serious horror writer and self-described “master of the macabre”, was born in 1950 …
Continue ReadingLive comedy’s lack of regulation has enabled sexist and predatory behaviour but a group of female standups have ambitious plans to overhaul the industryIrish comedian Ruth Hunter started standup in 2015. She immediately noticed “everyday sexism” – male…
Continue ReadingLast year, it was reported that the famed The Second City, which has theaters in Chicago, Toronto, and L.A., was… MORE
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OnlineCho’s live-streamed Valentine’s Day sex advice workshop encompassed BDSM, bestiality and the fun that can be had with ‘pervertible’ household objectsValentine’s Day is a celebration of love and romance, I’d thought, with a bit of commerce thrown …
Continue ReadingOnlineCho’s live-streamed Valentine’s Day sex advice workshop encompassed BDSM, bestiality and the fun that can be had with ‘pervertible’ household objectsValentine’s Day is a celebration of love and romance, I’d thought, with a bit of commerce thrown …
Continue ReadingOnlineRachel Fairburn’s showcase aroused funny bones, if not G-spots, with Shappi Khorsandi, Lou Sanders and Will DugganIf ever there was a time for comedians to diversify their skills, it’s as we enter a second year of closed theatres. Rachel Fairburn…
Continue ReadingOnlineRachel Fairburn’s showcase aroused funny bones, if not G-spots, with Shappi Khorsandi, Lou Sanders and Will DugganIf ever there was a time for comedians to diversify their skills, it’s as we enter a second year of closed theatres. Rachel Fairburn…
Continue ReadingThe identically dressed quintet combines dance, comedy and DIY electro-punk in a world they have created for themselvesHow to describe the joy of watching people dancing in unison? Anthropologists talk about synchronous activities leading to a sense of…
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