From a mind-scrambling breakup drama to a tender video game, our critics suggest popular culture inspired by matters of the heartYes, it all takes place after Joel (Jim Carrey) and Clementine (Kate Winslet) have bitterly broken up, but Michel Gondry’s …
Continue ReadingAvailable onlineWeaver chairs as Suzi Ruffell and Paul Sinha field questions from the crowd, Nathan Caton riffs on lockdown with a new girlfriend and Jessica Fostekew talks no-nonsense parentingYou can’t accuse Jackie Weaver of not seizing the opportun…
Continue ReadingAvailable onlineThe American standup takes aim at anti-vaxxers and rightwingers but his contempt also erodes the funAs high-wire openings to a standup show go, this will take some beating. David Cross begins I’m from the Future with the narrative of a …
Continue ReadingDe La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill-on-Sea The twisty little lexical tricks just keep coming as Hawaiian-shirted Jones explores the infinite flexibilities of the English languageYou thought of him as a big-haired, Hawaiian-shirted master of one-liners. But it…
Continue ReadingThe Irish standup faced the Covid situation newly single, dealing with OCD and with her livelihood in tatters. Now she’s back on tour, making comedy from mental health and heartbreakYou thought you had a challenging lockdown? Imagine this scenario. The…
Continue ReadingBlackheath Halls, LondonThe After Life star invites us to join her as the butt of the joke in her clever, gag-filled observations on life in the internet ageKerry Godliman’s show title, Bosh, is taken from a Greg Davies phrase on Channel 4’s Taskmaster…
Continue ReadingA generous-hearted jokesmith, Cryer created laughs for generations of comics, was a consummate performer and had a lifelong commitment to wit‘An honorary uncle to countless comics’: Jack Dee on CryerThe best work of Barry Cryer, who has died aged 86, w…
Continue ReadingWill it be Miss Scarlett with the lead pipe? Or that horrid Colonel Mustard? Mark Bell explains why the board game’s enduring appeal makes it ideal for the stage”There are always moments in a comedy which you’re convinced are going to bring the house d…
Continue ReadingThe comedian pays tribute to his sometime co-conspirator on BBC Radio 4’s I’m Sorry I Haven’t a ClueBarry Cryer dies aged 86There cannot have been anyone from the world of British comedy in the last 60 years that Barry Cryer didn’t know, work with or h…
Continue ReadingAfter a career spanning six decades, the veteran comedy writer and performer has died, aged 86. We highlight his finest hours, from The Frost Report to I’m Sorry I Haven’t a Clue Continue reading…
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