The BBC’s new comedy series brings together half-hour sets from Kiri Pritchard-McLean, Imran Yusuf and Joz Norris Netflix, Amazon Prime … Radio 4? It’s not just global content platforms carving up the standup market. Radio 4 has broadcast sets in recen…
Continue ReadingSouthbank Centre onlineThis Zoom gig of eyecatching diversity closed the Unlimited festival and felt like a family gathering with its affectionate mutual mockery‘‘Disabled entertainment,” jokes comedian Steve Day, “is a dog-eat-dog world.” He does some…
Continue ReadingLast year, literally days before it was set to begin, the annual SXSW Festival in Austin, Texas was canceled for… MORE
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Netflix The standup is back with an extended version of his 2018 special Tamborine that better captures the spirit of a live gigWhat persistent itch, I wonder, persuaded Chris Rock to revisit his 2018 special Tamborine, re-edit it, and release an exten…
Continue ReadingThere has been a huge comedy boom on the gaming platform, enabling acts such as Bilal Zafar to gain creative control and reach new audiencesA Bonjela-addicted football manager berates his pixelated players. A CEO builds a cat-milk empire. A cannon fire…
Continue ReadingAfter a year that featured so many setbacks and hardships to the comedy community comes another sad blow. Jeff Scott,… MORE
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Available onlineOn top of running a marathon – while doubling as a chatshow host – every day this month, the comedian is reprising old favouritesEddie Izzard’s last comedy gigs were her swansong, she told us – because politics beckoned. Since then, she…
Continue ReadingFamiliar faces Jerry Seinfeld, Patton Oswalt and Jim Gaffigan feature on this year’s shortlist – an award dominated by Netflix specials with nary an indie voice in sightWhat do we expect of a shortlist for best comedy album at the Grammys? I’ve not, in…
Continue ReadingModern masterpiece Jerusalem storms back and Trevor Nunn goes underground with Beckett, while Bob Marley gets a musical and Frankenstein becomes a ballet Continue reading…
Continue ReadingWhen Sam Morril released his special I Got This on YouTube earlier this year, it didn’t take very long for… MORE
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