Soho theatre, LondonThe Irish comedian refines gossip to a high art in a big-hitting show packed with whipsmart jokes about the panic of settling down in your 30sThe dates on Catherine Bohart’s new tour are being advertised, she tells us, as “relaxed p…
Continue ReadingGrowing up, Rosy Carrick was fascinated by Schwarzenegger, Lundgren and other shredded 80s screen stars. Now she is exploring what they helped her realise about her sex lifeIs there a gap between our private desires and the ones we are brave enough to …
Continue ReadingThe beloved comedian can hardly believe her success. But two tragedies last year left the former Bake Off star grappling with life after lossGet our weekend culture and lifestyle emailJust after 7am and Melbourne is still waking up. On the drive from t…
Continue ReadingSoho theatre, LondonWith fine one-liners, the crowd-pleasing east Midlander traces their relationship with their parents in a touching showSarah Keyworth launched their standup career with two thoughtful solo shows deconstructing gender and the meaning…
Continue ReadingThey’ve been called ‘a disaster for the arts’ and lambasted for ‘pursuing a heavily woke agenda’. So what actually happens at a comedy workshop? Our writer joins 30 working-class standups determined to break into TV A bunch of comedians are pouring int…
Continue ReadingThe standup on delusional confidence, her heroes and bugbears – and why she hasn’t bought a gold-plated toilet with her OnlyFans contest winningsWhy did you get into standup?I always liked performing. I did dance and piano when I was younger – to a med…
Continue ReadingBrighton DomeThe comedian guides us through this life-and-death tale of seizure, diagnosis and treatment with his usual brand of self-deprecationWe have all seen comedians die on stage. Is Miles Jupp’s new show about a comedian dying offstage? “We’ll f…
Continue ReadingThirty years after his death, the Texan who set out to ‘topple idols’ remains an outlaw truth-teller for many but his raging material can land with a clunkI could mark out my comedy critic’s life in Bill Hicks anniversaries. When I first started writin…
Continue ReadingSoho theatre, LondonThe fringe award-winner compares her romantic relationship to how she feels about her audience in this mildly evasive investigation of inner knottinessThere’s a formula for a comedian’s first show, and it’s “this is me”: an hour abo…
Continue ReadingThoughtifier, a new European tour, brings familiar whimsy from the Strictly Come Dancing champ. But does the mirth cramp his musical stylings?Forty years into his performing career, you know what you’re going to get with Bill Bailey. Musical noodling: …
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