Hammersmith Apollo, LondonNow in his mid-60s, the comedian is still delivering beautifully honed, brilliantly timed observations on everyday life‘I feel like a blacksmith up here sometimes,” says Jerry Seinfeld in a routine addressing 21st-century comm…
Continue ReadingThe world’s biggest arts festival has no shortage of talent, but it could suffer this year from a lack of media coverageThe Edinburgh festival does not look as if it is in crisis. When tens of thousands of visitors pour into the Scottish capital in Aug…
Continue ReadingSofie Hagen, Phil Wang, Nish Kumar and others reveal their favourite festival spots, from Portobello Beach to the middle of the Royal MileMy girlfriend did a show in Ciao Roma and ever since the owner has treated her like his child. When we walk in, it…
Continue ReadingFrom micro pigs to the doping dangers of a poppy seed bagel, how life may be imitating the US sitcomWhen Jerry Seinfeld starts his UK tour, listen out for a science joke. From early on in his TV career, the comedian poked fun at science. In his 1981 HB…
Continue ReadingHis viral videos earned him a sell-out tour and a new late night TV show – can the character comedian become the Instagram era’s Chris Evans?Two years ago, Mo Gilligan was selling jeans in the Levi’s store in Covent Garden. This month, he’s fronting – …
Continue ReadingAwards, with three categories including £10,000 prize for best comedy show, will be known as DavesThe television channel Dave is to follow fizzy water, finance, lager and online travel as the sponsor of the Edinburgh comedy awards.The announcement was …
Continue ReadingThe region has long been a national punchline. Funny, then, that it’s where you’ll find some of the country’s sharpest witsIf ever, on a weekend, I get the train out of London and up through the countryside, I watch the buildings turn from stained crea…
Continue ReadingShe unleashed Phoebe Waller-Bridge on the Edinburgh fringe. The former actor with the Midas touch tells us her recipe for a hit show‘We had wine. It was late.” Producer Francesca Moody shrugs as if that combination is where all genius lies. Six years a…
Continue ReadingThe actor, writer and standup on the things that make her laugh the mostIt changes constantly, but she’s always a she. Josie Long singing baby songs. Suzi Ruffell doing a bit on doctors. Desiree Burch on dating dicks. Continue reading…
Continue ReadingThe queen of the caustic punchline talks about plastic surgery, embarrassing her daughter – and turning her life as a single mum into a sitcomKatherine Ryan is busily scrolling through a neighbourhood Facebook group when we meet. “Someone’s dog attacke…
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