Ari Eldjárn: Pardon My Icelandic review – footie, Thor and Scandi noir

NetflixPuncturing his country’s national stereotypes stays just the right side of charming in Eldjárn’s twinkly routine‘First Icelandic standup on Netflix” may be as hollow a claim as “the most Nobel prize-winners in the world per capita” – a compatrio…

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Nate: A One Man Show review – outrageous and electrifying comedy

Natalie Palamides’s drag king show remains both raucous and subtle, as it explores grey areas around consentThere can be sacrifices when live comedy transfers to TV – and I expected them with Natalie Palamides’ hot-button anarcho-clown show Nate. But s…

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Nate: A One Man Show review – outrageous and electrifying comedy

Natalie Palamides’s drag king show remains both raucous and subtle, as it explores grey areas around consentThere can be sacrifices when live comedy transfers to TV – and I expected them with Natalie Palamides’ hot-button anarcho-clown show Nate. But s…

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Bill Bailey: ‘Strictly’s been extraordinary! I’ve even surprised myself’

The comic has dazzled viewers with his dancing skills. He explains how he has used lockdown to learn exotic musical instruments, how the arts are being devastated by the pandemic, and why we’re all sick of ‘jackanape’ politiciansBill Bailey is not sitt…

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Bill Bailey: ‘Strictly’s been extraordinary! I’ve even surprised myself’

The comic has dazzled viewers with his dancing skills. He explains how he has used lockdown to learn exotic musical instruments, how the arts are being devastated by the pandemic, and why we’re all sick of ‘jackanape’ politiciansBill Bailey is not sitt…

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‘I feel joy’: how Bisha K Ali went from struggling standup to Marvel maestro

She was living on beans. Now she’s in LA writing Ms Marvel, the eagerly awaited TV series starring MCU’s first Muslim superhero. The writer talks about joyriding premiers and how to silence trollsBefore she became a Marvel screenwriter, Bisha K Ali was…

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The trailer for “Big Mouth” season four is here

They’re back. Netflix just dropped the trailer for season four of Big Mouth. And if you were expecting things to… MORE
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John Mulaney joins the writing staff of “Late Night with Seth Meyers”

He may be one of the biggest names in comedy, with countless specials under his belt, an Emmy award, and… MORE
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Bake Off Extra’s Tom Allen: ‘I wanted to be an actor – but it turned out I was just gay’

As he publishes a moving memoir, the comedian and Bake Off contestant tormentor talks about homophobic heckles, still living with his parents – and why he’s never been in loveIn a deserted office overlooking the Thames, Tom Allen is admiring the view. …

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Here’s the late night hosts weighing in on the election results

All of last week, there was lots of tensions as to who the next President would be. If you were… MORE
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