Wyndham’s theatre, London Grant brings shock-haired vigour as a vain novelist forced to welcome his boho children’s surprise guests in comedy of clipped social embarrassmentHay Fever, now one of Noël Coward’s best-known and mos…
Continue ReadingAn addict meets his sponsor in David Ireland’s two-hander, Gillian Anderson dazzles in A Streetcar Named Desire and Winsome Pinnock’s audio dramas are revelatoryFor an addict in the Alcoholics Anonymous programme, the fifth of the 12 steps includes con…
Continue ReadingNearly a decade after it was first staged, Jocelyn Bioh’s study of girlhood in 1980s Ghana is better than ever in irresistible new production After its 2017 premiere off-Broadway, School Girls; Or, the African Mean Girls Play transferred to Los Angeles…
Continue ReadingSoho theatre, LondonThis latest bulletin from the Irish standup’s fraught life delves deep into her OCD and dismay at her own foiblesPeople talking about their mental health is boring, says Catherine Bohart. Even listening to herself do so frays the pa…
Continue ReadingOVO Hydro, GlasgowAhead of the sitcom’s new series in 2027 the full TV cast reunite for a masterclass in comfort comedy, adding musical interludes to the familiar suburban bedlamIt may have started as a one-off special in 2013, but seven series and fiv…
Continue ReadingThe comedian on his lonely obsession with the Phantom, his love of Tom Lehrer, and his early life as a piracy criminalYour show Hero Complex is based on your childhood obsession with the Phantom. The comic book character doesn’t really have superpowers…
Continue ReadingKiln theatre, LondonMarisha Wallace and Jamael Westman play exes who reconvene over dinner in Douglas Lyons’ sparky old-school charmerThis incorrigibly likable romcom comes to the UK with a series of sold out runs in New York and Los Angeles in its wak…
Continue ReadingKiln theatre, LondonMarisha Wallace and Jamael Westman play exes who reconvene over dinner in Douglas Lyons’ sparky old-school charmerThis incorrigibly likable romcom comes to the UK with a series of sold out runs in New York and Los Angeles in its wak…
Continue ReadingKiln theatre, LondonMarisha Wallace and Jamael Westman play exes who reconvene over dinner in Douglas Lyons’ sparky old-school charmerThis incorrigibly likable romcom comes to the UK with a series of sold out runs in New York and Los Angeles in its wak…
Continue ReadingSoho Theatre Walthamstow, LondonThe standup delivers older and wiser musings and mockery, whether it’s about taches, a passion for Gail’s or a distaste for cyclistsLots has changed in the world of Phil Wang since his last tour. He has mastered the art …
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