Union Chapel, LondonLife still holds surprises for a woman of 54, including the US presidency, and Sykes plays them for everything they’ve gotThe first half hour of Wanda Sykes’ maiden London gig is the biggest-hitting anti-Trump tirade I’ve heard yet …
Continue ReadingThe Russian-born standup on the things that make her laugh the mostAhir Shah. I wonder if he’s ever going to see this? Hi, Ahir! You’re very good! Continue reading…
Continue ReadingBattersea Arts Centre, LondonThe storyteller sets out to list all 20,000 of his possessions in a show that misfires despite some delightful apercus‘I have a house with lots of things in it,” says Daniel Kitson, “and this is a show about those things.” …
Continue ReadingSoho theatre, LondonThe standup’s debut show insightfully dissects the travails of long-term commitment and the tsunami of having childrenSindhu Vee has a more interesting hinterland than most debut standups. She’s an ex-banker, has been married for 20…
Continue ReadingThe standup and former banker on the things that make her laugh the mostWhen I was a kid I could not get enough of the Carol Burnett Show and it’s still one of the things I watch on YouTube all the time. Continue reading…
Continue ReadingBlanchett and Hiddleston get sexual, there are chills in a Glasgow tower block, Matthew Bourne takes on the star-crossed lovers, plus Catherine Tate, Tim Minchin and Ben Elton return to the road Continue reading…
Continue ReadingThe 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…
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