Soho theatre, LondonSanders is genial company in her new hour, Say Hello to Your New Step-Mummy, but this isn’t a big-hitting showLou Sanders made a big leap forward with her 2018 show Shame Pig, a tight hour exploring female shame and Sanders’ outre s…
Continue ReadingThe star of Father Ted and Death in Paradise on his ‘unstable’ personality, his revealing new standup show – and the terrifying bomb scare he endured as a childArdal O’Hanlon is too embarrassed to have his picture taken in the restaurant where we’ve ju…
Continue ReadingWatford ColosseumThe comedian has his buddy Jon Canter tee up one big-name anecdote after another in a cosy night that pays tribute … to himselfAt one point in his touring show, Lenny Henry recalls a Tiswas sketch he took part in that riffed on the onc…
Continue ReadingThe standup, Mock the Week panellist, and Absolute Radio newsreader on the things that make him laugh the mostHans Teeuwen on my first visit to the [Edinburgh] fringe as a punter in 2010. I laughed so hard I fell off my chair. Continue reading…
Continue ReadingNew Theatre, OxfordFollowing the success of her 2017 smash hit, the Australian comedian returns triumphant with a confident routine about her dog, her body and her out-and-proud neurodiversityHannah Gadsby’s not in America any more: she leaves an appla…
Continue ReadingThe comedian has written his first play – on whether science can prove that the Almighty exists. But first, there are some hecklers to deal with … Schrödinger’s cat can be both alive and dead – so surely David Baddiel can be both a comedian and a pla…
Continue ReadingThe comedian’s childhood was defined by racist abuse and his mother’s violence. As he publishes his autobiography, he talks about how it shaped him as a performer and activist“I’m fascinated by it. It’s history.” Lenny Henry is explaining why he has de…
Continue ReadingThe standup, Newsjack host and Fighting Talk panel member on the things that make him laugh the mostPatrice O’Neal is my favourite comic EVER. His last special, Elephant in the Room, is everything standup should be: unapologetically funny, honest and p…
Continue ReadingCliffs Pavilion, Southend The focus stays on the everyday as the standup works himself into a shrill rage. It would get repetitive if he wasn’t so good at it‘I realise that this show is me complaining a lot,” says Josh Widdicombe, “but that is what my …
Continue ReadingThe standup behind Baby Cobra found fame with her candid material on sex and pregnancy. Back with a memoir, she talks about her work ethic, the taboo of miscarriage – and performing in front of her in-lawsIn her memoir, written as letters to her two yo…
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