Brighton DomeWunderbar is packed with surreal sugar – delightful animals and gobbledegook – but the pill of messianic politics is hard to swallow‘This is my last tour before politics,” says Eddie Izzard, who plans to stand as an MP at the next election…
Continue ReadingThe Irish standup, writer and actor on the things that make her laugh the mostHow am I supposed to answer that? It’s like asking about your favourite kid, or the best ice-cream, or naming one good book … ugh, Michelle Wolf in Melbourne. Continue readin…
Continue ReadingBack on tour for the first time in 15 years, the trailblazing comedian has some scores to settle. How can he be a sellout, he asks, if he was never radical to begin with?They say you shouldn’t meet your heroes – but my inner 13-year-old would never for…
Continue ReadingIn 1987, Dan Watson’s dance routine failed to nab first prize from a panel of pesky bluecoats. He revisits this haunting childhood experience in his new comedy show, VenusGood art often chimes with our own life experiences and gives us cause to reflect…
Continue ReadingComedian will make his West End stage debut as Shakespeare in comedy adaptation promising troubles, twins and a dancing bearBen Elton’s sitcom Upstart Crow, which imagines the beleaguered personal and professional lives of a floridly loquacious William…
Continue ReadingTwo of the Three Amigos are hitting the road with a banter and banjo-filled double act. But it’s not about nostalgia, they insist“I’m a Guardian subscriber!”Oh, come now, Steve, you’re just buttering me up.Steve Martin and Martin Short are at the SSE H…
Continue ReadingWembley Arena, London Though the timing is spot-on, the comedian’s outrageous swipes at every sexuality, race and even disability descend to cliche as their wickedness exceeds their wit It’s a big night for Bianca del Rio, breakout star of RuPaul’s Dra…
Continue ReadingThe standup, author and actor on the things that make her laugh the mostHas to be Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris. I read it on holiday with a mate and laughed so hard I annoyed her to the point that she chucked it in the bin. Continue reading…
Continue ReadingRoyal Concert Hall, NottinghamIf the domesticity subject matter is well-worn, the Crawley comic’s vivacity keeps it freshYou know your career has taken off when you become – as Romesh Ranganathan has – other comedians’ byword for ubiquity. The Crawley …
Continue ReadingFrom skewering Sarah Palin to handing us Liz Lemon on 30 Rock, here are 10 of the SNL legend’s most hilarious moments The 50 best comediansA nice girl with an anarchic bent and a tongue as sharp as a boning knife, Tina Fey has dominated sketch comedy (…
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