Hannah Gadsby’s Nanette pushed her peers to interrogate their approach. ‘As times change, it’s right that comedy can become outdated,’ Anderson saysWil Anderson and I are sitting outside a South Melbourne café, our ears burning in the sun. We’re here t…
Continue ReadingHannah Gadsby made butchness cool again. Now a crop of queer comics are channelling their inner bloke – and getting back to boots, quiffs and tachesSarah Keyworth has, she says, a “weird kind of relationship with masculinity”. She appears confident in …
Continue ReadingLIVR allows subscribers to catch up on theatre in 360-degree virtual reality. How does it compare with the fringe experience?I’m having a beer and enjoying an Edinburgh fringe show from the front row. But I’m on the sofa rather than a folding chair, th…
Continue ReadingThe comedian, actor and writer on the things that make him laugh the mostThere’s a sketch in Chris Morris’s Jam where a fight breaks out over some poppadoms and it doesn’t really bear describing but it has me in hysterics every time. Continue reading…..
Continue ReadingTom Stoppard gets personal, Cush Jumbo does Hamlet, Hollywood names bring everything from tragedy to comedy … plus dance confronts shame and there’s standup open heart surgery Related: Enter stage right: 12 theatre stars for 2020 Related: Vault festiv…
Continue ReadingLondon’s eight-week underground arts fest returns to Waterloo and the South Bank in January. Here’s a dozen picks to get started …James McNicholas: The Boxer30-31 JanuaryThe former Beasts sketch comic should have been a contender for the 2019 Edinburgh…
Continue ReadingSketch comedy double act Amy Gledhill and Chris Cantrill on the things that make them laugh the mostChris Cantrill: Cancel all your plans and seek out the undisputed queen of character comedy, Anna Mann. Continue reading…
Continue ReadingThe standup, writer and social media master on the things that make him laugh the mostAlan Partridge’s Nomad is perfect. Either that or Reach for the Ground, Jeffrey Bernard’s collected articles about pissing his life away. The title alone is worth buy…
Continue ReadingSoho theatre, LondonWith repurposed classics such as 12 Gays of Christmas, this festive satirical show delivers big-hitting performances and cunning lyricsIf you should find yourself at a carol concert this festive period after seeing Sex Shells’ XXXma…
Continue ReadingEntertainment and abusive despair … the comedian and columnist dissects his own work in this merciless look at the past three yearsThe American magazine writer EB White once declared: “Humour can be dissected, as a frog can, but the thing dies in the…
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