Soho theatre, LondonThis odd-couple double act of east London MC and toffee-nosed children’s entertainer are great fun for adultsThe world of children’s entertainment has provided a rich seam for comedians: see Justin Edwards’ alcoholic clown Jeremy Li…
Continue ReadingThe comedian on Jon Ronson’s take on the culture wars, an app for menopausal women, and a life-affirming book about deathBorn in Gloucester in 1971, comedian Bridget Christie’s debut BBC Radio 4 series, Bridget Christie Minds the Gap, was first broadca…
Continue ReadingPinpoint parodies of ‘weird church ladies and soccer moms’ made the Ohio comic famous during the pandemic – even if progressives mistake her for the real thingMegan Stalter put a video online recently of a churchgoer from the US midwest distressed to b…
Continue ReadingThe prominent critics of ‘cancel culture’ received nominations for best spoken word album and best comedy album, respectivelyControversial comedians Dave Chappelle and Louis CK, who have both forcefully decried so-called “cancel culture”, have received…
Continue ReadingKomedia, BrightonThe comic’s swaggering take on religion is ebullient before a handbrake-turn brings emotional candour tooLuisa Omielan’s last show, Politics for Bitches, ostensibly about public affairs, devolved into a personal tale of her mother’s de…
Continue ReadingGet Off! was set up by Kiri Pritchard-McLean and Nina Gilligan in order to create safer workplaces within little-regulated industryAn organisation has been established to tackle sexual harassment in the UK comedy industry. Get Off! Live Comedy was laun…
Continue ReadingLondon PalladiumThe clubbable comic casts himself as master of ceremonies in a self-effacing musical story of his life – with celeb mimicry‘I’ve done so many strange things in my career,” says Rob Brydon – not the least of which is journeying from the …
Continue ReadingSoho theatre, LondonThe standup’s rich and playful show about the menopause combines ingenious silliness with campaigning ferocityA handful of times in the opening stages of Bridget Christie’s new show, she stumbles over or forgets her lines. The criti…
Continue ReadingAbove the Stag, LondonThe gags come thick and fast in this bawdy adult panto, which is set in a funeral parlour and channels Joe OrtonWho loves Dick? It’s hard not to in the bawdy adult panto from Jon Bradfield and Martin Hooper. Dick Whittington: A Ne…
Continue ReadingSoho theatre, LondonThe American standup delivers so-bad-they’re-good music parodies and sends up millennial entitlement in a bright UK debutBest known in the UK for her scene-stealing turn in BBC sitcom Shrill, Patti Harrison is prominent among a gene…
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