Harry Hill on Sean Lock: ‘The comedian’s comedian who took us all by surprise’

Sean’s crazily funny gags reminded me why I got into comedy – his dry humour was always balanced with his wide-eyed wonder at the world• Comedian Sean Lock dies aged 58Sean was maybe a year ahead of me on the London comedy club scene and already had a …

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Harry Hill on Sean Lock: ‘The comedian’s comedian who took us all by surprise’

Sean’s crazily funny gags reminded me why I got into comedy – his dry humour was always balanced with his wide-eyed wonder at the world• Comedian Sean Lock dies aged 58Sean was maybe a year ahead of me on the London comedy club scene and already had a …

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Pose star Sandra Bernhard: ‘I never tried to be revolutionary. That’s just who I was’

The trailblazing actor and comedian on asserting her bisexuality in the 80s, misogynistic male comics – and befriending MadonnaDuring nearly five decades in showbiz, Sandra Bernhard has racked up title after title – comedian, actor, singer, author, rad…

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Pose star Sandra Bernhard: ‘I never tried to be revolutionary. That’s just who I was’

The trailblazing actor and comedian on asserting her bisexuality in the 80s, misogynistic male comics – and befriending MadonnaDuring nearly five decades in showbiz, Sandra Bernhard has racked up title after title – comedian, actor, singer, author, rad…

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Pose star Sandra Bernhard: ‘I never tried to be revolutionary. That’s just who I was’

The trailblazing actor and comedian on asserting her bisexuality in the 80s, misogynistic male comics – and befriending MadonnaDuring nearly five decades in showbiz, Sandra Bernhard has racked up title after title – comedian, actor, singer, author, rad…

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Joan Rivers and Barbra Streisand: the myth of their lesbian play

Before they were superstars, Joan Rivers kissed and tried to kill a young Barbra Streisand on stage – or so she claimed. Now her tall tale has inspired drama The Funny GirlsIn the late 1950s, a 25-year-old struggling actor named Joan Molinsky – later t…

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Joan Rivers and Barbra Streisand: the myth of their lesbian play

Before they were superstars, Joan Rivers kissed and tried to kill a young Barbra Streisand on stage – or so she claimed. Now her tall tale has inspired drama The Funny GirlsIn the late 1950s, a 25-year-old struggling actor named Joan Molinsky – later t…

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Mark Thomas: Seriously Annoying review – heartfelt angry protest against proposed new law

Arcola theatreThe comedian draws on his Clapham childhood and violent dad as he rails against the dangers of the government’s police, crime, sentencing and courts bill“Behaviour that causes the public or a section of the public to suffer serious annoya…

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Mark Thomas: Seriously Annoying review – heartfelt angry protest against proposed new law

Arcola theatreThe comedian draws on his Clapham childhood and violent dad as he rails against the dangers of the government’s police, crime, sentencing and courts bill“Behaviour that causes the public or a section of the public to suffer serious annoya…

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Tom Mayhew review – self-effacing standup’s free-floating comedy

Available onlineThe comic riffs on arts careers and money while playing video games and fending off his spirit animal in a likable showTom Mayhew is performing live on Zoom every night of this year’s fringe, not from a stage but from his sofa. The stor…

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