The comedian turns 70 soon, and in her new book, she contemplates the years ahead. She explains why she loves a work in progress, the importance of anger in mourning, and how she gave up smoking – only to become a champion vaperHad Jo Brand, who turns …
Continue ReadingThe comedian turns 70 soon, and in her new book, she contemplates the years ahead. She explains why she loves a work in progress, the importance of anger in mourning, and how she gave up smoking – only to become a champion vaperHad Jo Brand, who turns …
Continue ReadingA few months ago, he was pulling pints. How did he end up writing for Sharon Horgan, acting with Jeff Goldblum and storming the West End?Until a few weeks ago, Freddie Meredith’s IMDb page was full of names like “Seb” and “George” and “Philip Noonan”. …
Continue ReadingAs a Traitors obsessive, Gamble is in his element hosting its hugely popular companion show, Uncloaked. He discusses keeping the show’s secrets, edgelord comics and how he became known as a ‘mega wife guy’Ed Gamble does not like seeing himself on scree…
Continue ReadingThe comedian on his lonely obsession with the Phantom, his love of Tom Lehrer, and his early life as a piracy criminalYour show Hero Complex is based on your childhood obsession with the Phantom. The comic book character doesn’t really have superpowers…
Continue ReadingThe comedian went from being discovered by Chris Rock to making Saturday Night Live history. Now his new Netflix special, Buy the Dip, tackles timely topics with optimismThere is a single minute in Buy the Dip, Nimesh Patel’s new Netflix comedy special…
Continue ReadingPerth Concert HallFaux truculent and palpably adorable, the standup is in her element exposing her supposed flaws and the unseen idiocies of her TV careerTall Tales is Susan Calman’s first new standup set for 10 years, designed to show us the real Susa…
Continue ReadingThe comedian and actor on his love of Ghostbusters, why Shaun Micallef made him stick his hand up a cow’s bum and trusting Robert Irwin with his lifeYou’re on the new season of Shaun Micallef’s Origin Odyssey, where you explored your Scottish roots. Wh…
Continue ReadingAfter a rocky few decades, the standup is nearing 60 – and finding contentment at last. But what does his grotesque retelling of The Owl and the Pussy-cat tell us about his inability to connect with people?Stewart Lee is somewhat fretfully tidying his …
Continue ReadingThe comedian and actor on her love for White Chicks, getting a bad Yelp review as a dog walker and doing stand-up during an earthquakeYou went to film school; what movie do you rewatch or return to most?This would not be an answer that my film school w…
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