The X-rated stories still provoke a titter but this recorded performance is a limp substitute for her rousing originalLondon Hughes was acting like a superstar when she was performing in a pokey attic on the Edinburgh fringe. Now the world catches up, …
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Available online This online stream of a 2016 Soho theatre show whips through the young comic’s angst and uncertaintyThere’s a moment in Rhys James’s 2016 show Forgives when the 25-year-old composes a letter to his 40-year-old self. He can’t have known…
Continue ReadingBack in September, an unnamed buyer purchased the former Miami Township fire station in Yellow Springs, Ohio. And now, that… MORE
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Two years on, the Kettering comic’s show Cold Lasagne Hate Myself 1999 remains personal, painful and electrifying. What will he do next?In the drear of a socially isolated Christmas, it was something to celebrate: a live stream of James Acaster’s caree…
Continue ReadingThere wasn’t a lot to laugh about as venues closed and gigs were cancelled. But standups still delivered silly, edgy and heartfelt gags. Our critic picks his favourite new materialMore best culture of 2020 Continue reading…
Continue ReadingGood news for Full Frontal fans. You’ve got more new episodes to look forward to in 2021. Today, TBS announced… MORE
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Noël Coward theatre, LondonDescribed as ‘the cure for theatre’ by producer Sonia Friedman, Alex Owen and Ben Ashenden’s debut play is full of heart, pleasing pratfalls and endless flips of perspectiveAnnouncing it earlier this autumn, producer Sonia Fr…
Continue ReadingTell us about your standout show of the year – we’ll feature a selection of your favourites later this monthIt has been a tough year for theatre. But we are celebrating the shows that got us through 2020.Did you catch a play in between lockdowns? Did a…
Continue ReadingFrom Harry Hill to Helen Sharman, Ince’s Christmas mashup of comedy, science and music – Nine Lessons and Carols for Socially Distanced People – reached dizzy heightsIt’s Sunday morning, and Robin Ince is feeling dizzy after twentysomething hours of hi…
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