OnlineRachel Fairburn’s showcase aroused funny bones, if not G-spots, with Shappi Khorsandi, Lou Sanders and Will DugganIf ever there was a time for comedians to diversify their skills, it’s as we enter a second year of closed theatres. Rachel Fairburn…
Continue ReadingThe identically dressed quintet combines dance, comedy and DIY electro-punk in a world they have created for themselvesHow to describe the joy of watching people dancing in unison? Anthropologists talk about synchronous activities leading to a sense of…
Continue ReadingBroadway critics sneered at Perfect’s ‘Australian-bred’ musicals Beetlejuice and King Kong, but in his new stage show he has the last laughThey say the best revenge is a life lived well, but Eddie Perfect has trumped that. The savage theatre critics we…
Continue ReadingOur series on films about theatre continues with a boozy, darkly funny comedy that captures the event’s pick’n’mix qualityNo matter how much you miss theatre, you still wouldn’t want to see Lakes Sister, an earnest one-woman show about Dorothy Wordswor…
Continue ReadingAvailable onlineFelicity Ward and Tony Law star in the event’s opening cabaret, First Night Funnies, with false starts and flat-out laughs“Thank you all so much for coming out,” is how Prince Abdi greets us at the top of his set. If only it were so! I’…
Continue ReadingAvailable onlineFelicity Ward and Tony Law star in the event’s opening cabaret, First Night Funnies, with false starts and flat-out laughs“Thank you all so much for coming out,” is how Prince Abdi greets us at the top of his set. If only it were so! I’…
Continue ReadingAngel Comedy onlineKey and sidekick Edward Easton deliver a delightful housebound hour of shtick, backchat and verseTake a supercilious comedian, let him deliver live comedy without leaving the house and what do you get? Something like this live-stream…
Continue ReadingPodcast The comic actor’s exuberant 10-part history unpicks the nuts-and-bolts of what makes sketches funny, from overlooked past acts to SNL, and British favourites including the Two Ronnies“The sexy dangerous first cousin of standup,” Keegan-Michael …
Continue ReadingAvailable onlineBanter and live laughter help NextUp’s show – featuring a grumpy Jen Brister, a lovable Sarah Keyworth and more – replicate in-person comedy“What is this? What are we doing?” Jen Brister is going off on one. “This is our career now!” Ma…
Continue ReadingThe standup won a book deal after an idle tweet. Two books later, his love for publishing was over. He talks about why he’s persisting with the third book in his scifi trilogyA decade ago, a bored tweet landed standup comedian and singer Mitch Benn a b…
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