They move in mysterious ways: the delirious thrill of Figs in Wigs

The 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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Austin’s Cap City Comedy Club, which closed due to COVID, is reopening

Some more good news coming out of Austin, Texas. In addition to the recent news of The Creek & Cave… MORE
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Eddie Perfect gets introspective: ‘I had some success and some pretty epic public failures’

Broadway critics sneered at Perfect’s ‘Australian-bred’ musicals Beetlejuice and King Kong, but in his new stage show he has the last laughThey say the best revenge is a life lived well, but Eddie Perfect has trumped that. The savage theatre critics we…

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Watch the trailer for Brian Regan’s new Netflix special, “On The Rocks”

Brian Regan is back with a new Netflix special! One of the most popular comedians out there on the road… MORE
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All the fret of the fringe: Annie Griffin’s cringe-filled trip to the Edinburgh festival

Our series on films about theatre continues with a boozy, darkly funny comedy that captures the event’s pick’n’mix qualityNo matter how much you miss theatre, you still wouldn’t want to see Lakes Sister, an earnest one-woman show about Dorothy Wordswor…

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SiriusXM is releasing an audio documentary series chronicling the comedy boom of the 1980’s

The stand-up comedy boom of the 1980’s is a thing of legend that helped shape the art form into what… MORE
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Leicester Comedy festival review – gags, groans and heckling gremlins

Available onlineFelicity Ward and Tony Law star in the event’s opening cabaret, First Night Funnies, with false starts and flat-out laughs“Thank you all so much for coming out,” is how Prince Abdi greets us at the top of his set. If only it were so! I’…

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Leicester Comedy festival review – gags, groans and heckling gremlins

Available onlineFelicity Ward and Tony Law star in the event’s opening cabaret, First Night Funnies, with false starts and flat-out laughs“Thank you all so much for coming out,” is how Prince Abdi greets us at the top of his set. If only it were so! I’…

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Tim Key review – banter, bathing and terrific poems about our new normal

Angel Comedy onlineKey and sidekick Edward Easton deliver a delightful housebound hour of shtick, backchat and verseTake a supercilious comedian, let him deliver live comedy without leaving the house and what do you get? Something like this live-stream…

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The History of Sketch Comedy review – Keegan-Michael Key’s love letter to laughter

Podcast The comic actor’s exuberant 10-part history unpicks the nuts-and-bolts of what makes sketches funny, from overlooked past acts to SNL, and British favourites including the Two Ronnies“The sexy dangerous first cousin of standup,” Keegan-Michael …

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