While falling short of announcing a full slate of in-person performances for the summer, the folks at Just For Laughs in Montreal did commit themselves today to bringing the comedy industry back together this July in some form or fashion. JFL announced…
Continue ReadingHere’s some great news for comedy fans. After an unpredictable 2020 that forced every festival taking place after mid-March to… MORE
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Our series on films about theatre continues with a boozy, darkly funny comedy that captures the event’s pick’n’mix qualityNo matter how much you miss theatre, you still wouldn’t want to see Lakes Sister, an earnest one-woman show about Dorothy Wordswor…
Continue ReadingAvailable onlineFelicity Ward and Tony Law star in the event’s opening cabaret, First Night Funnies, with false starts and flat-out laughs“Thank you all so much for coming out,” is how Prince Abdi greets us at the top of his set. If only it were so! I’…
Continue ReadingAvailable onlineFelicity Ward and Tony Law star in the event’s opening cabaret, First Night Funnies, with false starts and flat-out laughs“Thank you all so much for coming out,” is how Prince Abdi greets us at the top of his set. If only it were so! I’…
Continue ReadingSouthbank Centre onlineThis Zoom gig of eyecatching diversity closed the Unlimited festival and felt like a family gathering with its affectionate mutual mockery‘‘Disabled entertainment,” jokes comedian Steve Day, “is a dog-eat-dog world.” He does some…
Continue ReadingJust like every other festival, the Adult Swim Festival has to change the way they do things to accommodate 2020.… MORE
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Almost 600 cultural groups across England to benefit from latest funding roundComedy clubs, circuses, choirs and theatres across England are in line to receive a share of £76m of government funding for the cultural sector.The Military Wives Choirs, Som…
Continue ReadingNational Maritime MuseumSara Pascoe, Rich Hall and Aisling Bea warm to an excited crowd – and a divine heckler – in the chilly outdoors‘Comedy isn’t essential?” asks Rich Hall, incredulously. “This isn’t essential?” After the government announced finan…
Continue ReadingWith the Edinburgh festival shelved by Covid, standups have turned a garden shed into a stage for an online extravaganza. Our writer enjoys flashes of brilliance amid a dislocating experienceThere are precedents when it comes to memorable Edinburgh fri…
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