Catherine Cohen: Come for Me review – a hilarious social-mediated psyche set loose

Komedia, BrightonOutrageous comedy, self-glamorising songs and self-ironic ridiculousness in abundance from a comic with a sharp sense of her own daftnessYou mellow with age, they say. So whither, now she’s 31, the comedy of Catherine Cohen? When Cohen…

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Bert Kreischer is getting his own roast on OnlyFans TV

Bert Kreischer is heading to OnlyFans. Well, at least for a new roast he will be. Whitney Cummings recently teamed… MORE
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Tig Notaro: ‘Can I recall a bad gig? The first two years of my career’

The US comedian on heckling, why she gravitates towards silly people and the best and worst advice she’s ever been givenWho did you look up to when you started out?In the open mic comedy scene I was coming up in, I loved my friends Maria Bamford, Zach …

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Welcome Home review – madcap sci-fi adventure spins out of control

Soho theatre, LondonThis intergalactic show about sexuality and religious homophobia boasts a charismatic star in Willy Hudson but tips into chaosWilly Hudson’s “queer sci-fi epic” has an interstellar theme and rocket-fuelled energy, even if it ultimat…

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Patti Harrison review – mischievous and wildly funny standup

Soho theatre, LondonThe Ohio comic takes us on her narcissistic ‘therapy journey’ including ridiculous songs, played with a wickedly straight bat Patti Harrison’s last London show, she tells us with concern, upset some audiences. So tonight she comes a…

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Spitting Image stages revival – and this time the puppets are on a mission

Live theatre version of 1980s TV satire features Tom Cruise and other showbiz stars trying to save ‘broken Britain’Writing a political satire for the stage in today’s tumultuous times is no easy task, as the writers of the new Spitting Image Live were …

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Spitting Image stages revival – and this time the puppets are on a mission

Live theatre version of 1980s TV satire features Tom Cruise and other showbiz stars trying to save ‘broken Britain’Writing a political satire for the stage in today’s tumultuous times is no easy task, as the writers of the new Spitting Image Live were …

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John Mulaney review – upbeat tales of addiction and downfall

Hammersmith Apollo, LondonThe standup comedian may have lost some of the gloss on his reputation after nearly destroying himself with drugs, but his good cheer remains in place‘If you’ve seen me do standup before, I have a kind of different vibe now.” …

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Vittorio Angelone: Translations review – an eye-catching standup debut

Soho theatre, LondonThe Irish-Italian comic, nominated for best newcomer at the Edinburgh fringe, delivers his show with a light touch and ample self-ironyIt is exciting to encounter a young standup using Brian Friel’s play Translations, of all things,…

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Ben Stevenson: the 10 funniest things I have ever seen (on the internet)

The award-winning comedian is here to deliver only the internet’s finest, including Bo Burnham, a Seinfeld 9/11 script and two appearances from Paul RuddGet our weekend culture and lifestyle emailLook at us both, here on the internet. What a ghastly pl…

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