Available onlineDeception is rife and amazement is constant in this uplifting night of gripping tricks, full of audience interactionMagical Bones has got me ripping up playing cards in my living room, which he promises will be worth it. After tearing f…
Continue ReadingA few weeks ago, we announced that Bert Kreischer and Jim Gaffigan were starting to do some drive-in comedy shows.… MORE
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Sidi’s new online soap opera brings all the overheated thrills of Mexican telenovelas to the home countiesIf a Mexican TV company set a Spanish-language soap opera in a bland British town, peppering the script with gratuitous references to the NHS and …
Continue ReadingAvailable onlineThe scuzzy end of show business and all its sozzled, sentimental excesses are captured by the ex-standup in a heartfelt monologueI last saw Les Dennis on stage two years ago, playing a washed-up, old-school comic in the Park theatre’s&n…
Continue ReadingAmazon Prime VideoQuinoa, veganism and lakehouses are ticked off on the Bronx comic’s journey to affluence but her charm shines throughLockdown laughs: where to watch online comedyThe British are obsessed with class, it’s said – unlike in egalitarian A…
Continue ReadingConsummate host Kiri Pritchard-McLean sets the stage for Frankie Boyle and others in a show with true comedy-club feel Lockdown laughs: where to watch online comedyThe Covid Arms started life as an online “pub” where a group of friends met during lockd…
Continue ReadingThe comedian, comedy writer and TV producer on the things that make her laugh the mostMaria Bamford. I saw her in Edinburgh about 10 years ago and I don’t think it gets better than that. Related: The Guide: Staying In – sign up for our home entertainme…
Continue ReadingWe asked Australian comedians what they turn to to cheer them up online. For Rhys Nicholson, it’s dark sketches, surreal specials and furious women Ah, the internet. Where would we be without it? Probably not in severe civil unrest. As a self-empl…
Continue ReadingAvailable online With weariness and seething frustration, the comedian sounds off in style about gender inequality and sexismThe starting point of Jen Brister’s 2018 show Meaningless, now available online from Soho theatre, is that the Bright…
Continue ReadingHow do you make audiences laugh in a town that hates show-offs and loves to hassle performers? Our writer gets some hot tips as she continues her comedy tourIn 2005, you could fit the whole Cardiff comedy scene into a small minibus, says comic Elis Jam…
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