The standup bought himself the appliance to escape the yoke of big bean and find grownup enlightenment. All he learned was that he doesn’t like the stuffI bought myself a coffee grinder in 2018 so I could grind beans at home, thus finalising my transit…
Continue ReadingSchool was a daily struggle for the standup. Now that she can write on her own terms, doing so serves as a release from lifeAt school, I feared English. My teacher, Mr Griffiths, was great, but my essays and coursework never lived up to much. I am not …
Continue ReadingThe standup, actor, writer and youngest comedian to perform a solo season in London’s West End on the things that make him laugh the mostPete Holmes as Lightweight James Bond. It’s the funniest thing I’ve seen in my life. Continue reading…
Continue ReadingIskander, a theatre-maker and former NHS executive, succeeds David Jubb, who called it a ‘fantastic appointment’Battersea Arts Centre in south London has appointed Tarek Iskander as its new artistic director and chief executive. Iskander plans to “rein…
Continue ReadingThe standup, writer and actor on the things that make him laugh the mostI saw Joan Rivers host the gala at the Montreal comedy festival in 2008. I hadn’t seen her on television for a while and I thought that, being in her mid 70s, she might not be as s…
Continue ReadingAfter four decades of festive fun in York, the actor and writer is hanging up his frock and hobnailed boots. He looks back at the Theatre Royal’s panto family‘I must say I never expected there to be quite this much fuss,” Berwick Kaler says, indicating…
Continue ReadingAfter the ‘attacks’, tabloid fear-mongering and a devastating horror film, clowns were meant to be all clapped out – with pirates and princesses muscling in. So why is business booming?Don’t be fooled by those painted-on smiles. If the rumours are to b…
Continue ReadingWe had volcanic eruptions from Nish Kumar, open-heart anguish from Jessie Cave and cold lasagne from James Acaster. But no one could beat the wild blazing brilliance of Flight of the ConchordsMore best culture 2018 I can’t remember a richer year to wat…
Continue ReadingThe standup, actor and drag superstar on the things that make him laugh the mostMyra DuBois. She’s the best standup on the gay scene in London. Best off script and she can rattle on without a break for two hours. Continue reading…
Continue ReadingAward-winning comic Louise Reay faced lawsuit for using personal material in her showThe estranged husband of an award-winning comedian who was suing her for defamation over material in her standup show has dropped the case.Thomas Reay was also suing L…
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