Chloe Petts: the 10 funniest things I have ever seen (on the internet)

The British comedian shares what makes her laugh, including Eddie Izzard, a spectacular burp and some small children saying the darndest thingsGet our weekend culture and lifestyle emailYou know when you’re at a party and there is someone who you’re re…

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Nish Kumar: ‘I’d like to rap battle Drake. Even I could take him down right now’

The British comedian on his most controversial opinion, explaining Priti Patel overseas and what it is like being ‘the least Zen person alive’Get our weekend culture and lifestyle emailYou’re bringing your standup show to Australia. Are you looking for…

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Jacob Sacher: the 10 funniest things I have ever seen (on the internet)

The internet has permanently altered this comedian’s brain and fuelled his love for Nathan Fielder’s pet funeral, Onion articles and a Rachel Bloom song about the HolocaustSign up for the fun stuff with our rundown of must-reads, pop culture and tips f…

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From Blackpool to Play School: Johnny Ball on his days as a ‘bag of nerves’ comic

An emergency at Butlin’s gave the children’s TV presenter an early break. He recalls his shaky start as a standup and what he learned from Bob Monkhouse and Les DawsonAfter spending the summer as a Redcoat, I arrived at Butlin’s Metropole hotel in Blac…

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Sez: the 10 funniest things I have ever seen (on the internet)

This gen Z comedian is perfectly placed to pick the internet’s funniest titbits, including Natalie Portman rapping, Hot Department and crying over LMFAOThe first time I remember using a computer was my grandad’s chunky desktop. I remember playing a Fin…

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Tom Cashman: ‘Danny Bhoy thinks I’m still mad about Space Invaders. I really hope he reads this’

The comedian and host of Taskmaster Australia on athletics, germs and the skit that was ‘too sexual’ to airRead more 10 Chaotic QuestionsGet our weekend culture and lifestyle emailWhat’s been your most cringeworthy run-in with a celebrity?I was maybe 2…

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Dulcé Sloan review – former Daily Show correspondent’s dispatches from family life

Soho theatre, LondonUK-specific jokes land well as Sloan shapes the energy in a packed room with a slightly incoherent show held together by her charisma Dulcé Sloan, a seven-year veteran of The Daily Show, feared that that pedigree would leave her wit…

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Eddie Kadi: ‘People think I’m always ready to crack jokes. If you’re a doctor, I don’t ask you to operate on me!’

The standup and presenter on preshow prayers, blending dance with comedy and the night he bombed at the BBCHow did you get into comedy?I feel like comedy got into me. At university, I hosted talent shows as part of the African and Caribbean society, an…

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Demi Adejuyigbe’s must-see comedy backflip: ‘It’s kind of Evel Knievel!’

The Good Place writer didn’t know there were prizes at the Edinburgh fringe until his acrobatic debut show earned him a nomination. Now he hopes to spring similar surprisesIf you wanted a career that sums up the amorphous nature of modern comedy – from…

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Chris McCausland: ‘Yonks!’ review – mischievous Strictly winner goes back to the day job

Waterside theatre, AylesburyThe TV star’s tour covers childhood delinquency, celebrity encounters and a rectal examination – without ever getting especially personal‘Twenty one years of hard graft on the comedy scene, to now be best known for dancing.”…

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