The former TV executive on life lessons from Joan Rivers, paper-plane heckles and a ‘perfect day’ doing Live at the ApolloBefore becoming a full-time comedian, you were a high-profile TV exec and producer. Are there any transferable skills from this wo…
Continue ReadingThe US comedy sensation is making up for lost time after Covid with a new show – still self-obsessed, but ‘a bit darker’ – and an opportunity for us to observe a quintessentially millennial comic grow up in publicAs long as there has been standup, comi…
Continue ReadingHe used to upload sketches to YouTube while folding jeans in a shop. Now he gets chauffeur-driven through Hollywood. As his celebrity-studded new gameshow hits primetime, the comic shares his view from the topThe first time I interviewed the comedian –…
Continue ReadingMatthew Holness’s fictional horror author is on the road reading from his novel – prepare to be terrified at the tills while we dream of his full return to the stageWhen is a show not a show? When it’s a book tour, of course. Time was when book tours w…
Continue ReadingOnce an under-the-radar live comedy jewel, Mohammed’s alter-ego impresario is hogging the spotlight in two new stage shows. Is the character destined for TV?Any assessment of the best character acts of recent years – Colin Hoult’s Anna Mann, Zoë Coombs…
Continue ReadingScottish actor who graduated from the alternative comedy scene to become a major performer known for taking on complex and difficult roles Robbie Coltrane, whose acting career spanned everything from Bond films to Cracker to Harry Potter, has died aged…
Continue ReadingThe comedian and podcaster on the charms of British sitcoms, starting her own club night and hot new talent on the circuitWhat drew you to British comedy?Probably Skins or The Inbetweeners. Growing up in Texas I watched my fair share of BBC America – t…
Continue ReadingWembley Arena, LondonThe standup returns to the UK with a set on morality, sex and religion that often excels but also stalls with casual misanthropyThe last time Louis CK performed major UK gigs, he breathed the rarefied air of prestige standup supers…
Continue ReadingThe comedy writer shares his favourite jokes and sets, including a weirdly sexy Grover photo, a modern silent comedy and some badly designed ducksGet our weekend culture and lifestyle emailI have a theory about comedy. Or rather, I have a theory about …
Continue ReadingThe Ohio-raised star of movies and TV shows such as Shrill and I Think You Should Leave says comedy is a refuge from the impacts of being trans and that, right now, she’s happy to be in the UKNear the start of Patti Harrison’s untitled live comedy show…
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