We ask our favourite Australian comics for links that never fail to make them laugh. For this one, it’s mostly displays of hubris, idiocy and misfortuneI hate watching comedy. I know, it’s weird for someone who has performed as a comedian for a decade …
Continue ReadingWe ask our favourite Australian comics for links that never fail to make them laugh. For this one, it’s mostly displays of hubris, idiocy and misfortuneI hate watching comedy. I know, it’s weird for someone who has performed as a comedian for a decade …
Continue ReadingI’ve been doing standup at the fringe almost every year since 2006. And despite the stress, lousy lodging and worse food there’s nothing I’d rather do It’s the last week of July and, like most comedians in the country, in any other year I’d be about to…
Continue ReadingWhen you’ve shared jokes since childhood, you can be brutally honest with each other. Flo & Joan and Ruby Wax’s daughters, Maddy and Marina Bye, on becoming family double acts They’ve been described as “the other popular comedy duo” from TV’s golde…
Continue ReadingAlan Partridge’s Sidekick Simon takes it out on his own hapless wingman – but Enya’s repeated interruptions slow the flowI’ve missed live comedy very much since the closure of theatres. But I haven’t had to miss Tim Key. His shows were a special event …
Continue ReadingThe Irish standup comedian and actor on the things that make him laugh the mostBilly Connolly when I was about 13 or 14. It really was a good night. I’ve seen loads of great acts since but he was the first and, as such, left an amazing impression. Rela…
Continue ReadingIn the final part of our series, UK arts figures give the lowdown on the precious places that nurtured their careers‘I’ve wrestled, climbed the walls and got a black eye there’Robert Softley Gale is the artistic director of Birds of Paradise.Laura Carm…
Continue ReadingNadia Albina, Ivo Graham, Cherylee Houston and more share memories of the theatres that they call homeIvo Graham’s Game of Life UK tour has been rescheduled. Read more about Pleasance Courtyard.Nadia Albina stars in the Royal Shakespeare Company’s Othe…
Continue ReadingKerry Godliman, Genevieve Barr, James Graham and more share memories of the theatres that changed their livesKerry Godliman’s new podcast, Memory Lane, is released by Entale in August. Read more about the White Bear.Hannah Khalil is under commission to…
Continue ReadingMichael Longhurst, Rebecca Front, Nathaniel Martello-White and more discuss the theatres that have inspired and challenged themMichael Longhurst is the artistic director of the Donmar Warehouse. His National Theatre production of Amadeus is online unti…
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