Comedian Judy Tenuta dead at 65
Some sad news is hitting the comedy community today. Comedian Judy Tenuta – best known for her campy and quirky… MORE
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Louis CK review – sordid, cynical and queasy comedy
Wembley Arena, LondonThe standup returns to the UK with a set on morality, sex and religion that often excels but also stalls with casual misanthropyThe last time Louis CK performed major UK gigs, he breathed the rarefied air of prestige standup supers…
Continue ReadingHasan Minhaj: The King’s Jester review – slick comedy boastfully told
NetflixThe campaigning US satirist covers politics, parenthood and ‘the jurisprudence of jokes’ in a brash set delivered with major brioYou can’t accuse Hasan Minhaj of not packing enough into The King’s Jester, his first Netflix special for five years…
Continue ReadingStandup Jim Gaffigan: ‘I never wanted to do us-and-them comedy’
The Grammy-nominated US comedian with a nice-guy reputation has warmed up for the pope and doesn’t swear on stage. But since he called out Trump on Twitter, are we seeing a new, spikier side to the ‘king of clean’?When I first wrote about Jim Gaffigan,…
Continue ReadingIsy Suttie review – charming comic on a wild childhood chase
Old Market, Brighton A thoroughly likable autobiographical show, comparing Suttie’s domestic midlife and her past daredevilry, hits the comic jackpot with its songsWhen Isy Suttie was a girl in Matlock, Derbyshire, she always had “an urge to look for t…
Continue ReadingIsy Suttie review – charming comic on a wild childhood chase
Old Market, Brighton A thoroughly likable autobiographical show, comparing Suttie’s domestic midlife and her past daredevilry, hits the comic jackpot with its songsWhen Isy Suttie was a girl in Matlock, Derbyshire, she always had “an urge to look for t…
Continue ReadingNoises Off review – Frayn’s exquisite farce-within-a-farce finds new humanity
Felicity Kendal, Tracy-Ann Oberman and especially Joseph Millson are comic gifts in this 40th anniversary version that fits our times almost too well Well, here’s a surprise. Michael Frayn’s exquisite farce – now celebrating its 40th anniversary – has …
Continue ReadingStewart Lee review – underpowered show still stronger than most
Leicester Square theatre, LondonLess richly structured than his best work, this looser-limbed evening has given the comic wing-spreading room to experiment“Pure. Simple. Classic.” That’s the refrain – a little tongue-in-cheek, would you believe? – in S…
Continue Reading‘Suga Mama by Beyoncé is the aspirational milf anthem’: Olga Koch’s honest playlist
The comedian is a karaoke evangelist and had a religious experience watching Maggie Rogers. But which ‘cool band’ does she lie about liking?The first single I ever boughtI don’t know if I bought a single, but I do remember distinctly buying my first ev…
Continue Reading‘I felt a responsibility to get it right’: the male standups using jokes to cope with miscarriage
Even though it affects one in five pregnancies, the loss of a baby is rarely talked about, especially among men. But standups Jacob Hawley and Will Duggan are using comedy to break that tabooIn 2019, the comedian Jacob Hawley was in his mid-20s and thi…
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