This comedian has gone through the entire internet to find the funniest videos, including a Bo Burnham song, Issa Rae’s web series and Rowan Atkinson interviewing Elton JohnGet our weekend culture and lifestyle email and listen to our podcastOlå, Oli h…
Continue ReadingThe comedian and former face of Tip Top bread in New Zealand shares her favourite videos, including an orchestral mishap and Obama’s ‘anger management translator’Get our weekend culture and lifestyle email and listen to our podcast!I have an all or not…
Continue ReadingMenier Chocolate Factory, LondonThe misadventures of a hapless hero led astray by his false friend are funny but don’t quite fill three dimensionsThere was a setback last month for this play inspired by a hit podcast when co-writer and performer Harry …
Continue ReadingFrom foul-mouthed ad spoofs to reading Fifty Shades to his gran, the ‘front-facing camera comic’ has become a legend in his own living roomEven if he wanted to, Alistair Green can’t redecorate his living room. The plain white walls that backdrop the co…
Continue ReadingFrom foul-mouthed ad spoofs to reading Fifty Shades to his gran, the ‘front-facing camera comic’ has become a legend in his own living roomEven if he wanted to, Alistair Green can’t redecorate his living room. The plain white walls that backdrop the co…
Continue ReadingAvailable onlineThe age of peak podcast meets its match in John-Luke Roberts and his procession of hilariously titled imaginary showsIn 2018, John-Luke Roberts’s Edinburgh show consisted entirely of names of hitherto unheard-of Spice Girls. He’s up to …
Continue ReadingThe comedian’s new podcast is bursting with enthusiasm for poems. If standup forces him to be funny, here he forces himself to be true‘Phwooar – Ginsy Ginsy Ginsy, I love you so much!” You won’t find that in FR Leavis. The “Ginsy” in question is beat p…
Continue ReadingComedians’ old YouTube skits are enjoying a revival in lockdown. And now standups are returning to online video – to push its possibilities even furtherAt a house party in the north-east of England, teenagers are congregating around a computer, recitin…
Continue ReadingFrom Iain Stirling’s Fifa banter to Jayde Adams live from her lounge, comedians isolated by the lockdown are reaching audiences onlineHottest front-room seats: theatre and dance to watchThe best arts and entertainment during isolationFor Scottish comed…
Continue ReadingSelf-isolating comedians are working from home to bring a little light relief to the nation. Here’s a roundup of some of the funniestWarning: contains strong language• See all our coronavirus coverage• Coronavirus and culture – a list of major cancella…
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