Best known for his inventive work with Tim and Eric, the absurdist comic talks about playing it straight as a ‘legit’ singer-songwriter, and his newest creation: a ‘belligerent and terrible’ standup comedianGrowing up, Tim Heidecker didn’t know who he …
Continue ReadingBest known for his inventive work with Tim and Eric, the absurdist comic talks about playing it straight as a ‘legit’ singer-songwriter, and his newest creation: a ‘belligerent and terrible’ standup comedianGrowing up, Tim Heidecker didn’t know who he …
Continue ReadingSoho theatre, LondonAustralian comic delivers a compelling but messy exploration of grief – but where’s the bear?The “dead dad” show has become a standup genre unto itself in recent years – but that isn’t the half of it in Aussie act Michelle Brasier’s…
Continue ReadingWhen a podcast by Seamas Carey created a storm, he began investigating second homes, cream on scones …. and where local pride meets unwelcoming xenophobia. Now he’s taking his one man show on the roadAfter Seamas Carey interviewed Eden Project founder …
Continue ReadingAfter several years away, the cheeky cockney comic is doubling down on his good-old-days brand – but despite his geezerish nostalgia he’s no anti-woke crusaderMicky Flanagan was worried, he says, that audiences might have moved on. Fair enough: it has …
Continue ReadingA new sibling to Montreal’s big comedy shindig has launched in the UK and despite the corporate guff there was a lot to laugh aboutYou’ve heard of Just for Laughs Montreal: it’s one of the world’s biggest comedy festivals. But Just for Laughs London? T…
Continue ReadingRich Hardisty cut himself, Harriet Dyer numbed her pain with drugs. A new wave of comics are working out their issues in their acts. But is it really helping them? And should we be laughing?The first and maybe only rule of comedy is that it has to be f…
Continue ReadingComedian lays into victimhood, Jada Pinkett Smith and her husband during his new standup show, saying ‘she hurt him way more than he hurt me’Chris Rock has spoken at length for the first time about being slapped by Will Smith during the Oscars, almost …
Continue ReadingAlex Borstein is getting her first ever comedy special next month, Corsets & Clown Suits. The special premieres on Amazon’s… MORE
Alex Borstein’s first comedy special, “Corsets & Clown Suits,” to premiere on Prime Video appeared fi…
EartH Hackney, LondonADHD, Tory supremacy and the limited appeal of ‘Sir Keir’ combine in another unrestrained report from the standup’s struggles to hang on to optimismSome comics alight on a new theme for each show. Josie Long’s theme remains the sam…
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