We asked Australian comedians to send us 10 links that make them laugh the hardest. For Hoo it’s weird skits, characters and dadsTrying to remember all of the funnies I’ve EVER watched on the internet was like recovering an old hard drive: some of the …
Continue ReadingFor years, sexual predators have infested the live comedy scene. But female comedians are demanding action. Is this British standup’s #MeToo moment?‘If this was a normal office where, on your first day, someone higher up than you goes: ‘Here’s a list o…
Continue ReadingWith this year’s Edinburgh festival cancelled, performers including Sara Pascoe, Deborah Frances-White and Gary McNair will be broadcasting live from the tiniest of venuesIt started as a throwaway pun. With the Edinburgh festival cancelled by Covid-19,…
Continue ReadingCadogan Hall, LondonIn a global livestream, the former Python delivers alimony gags, a bit of PC-baiting – and an amusingly grumpy lecture on how nobody knows anythingThe decision to postpone lockdown easing scotched plans to admit a socially distanced…
Continue ReadingThe standup, writer and comedian on the things that make her laugh the mostEddie Murphy doing an impression of Richard Pryor in Raw, telling outrageously accurate jokes about having a poo. Very relatable. Related: The Guide: Staying In – sign up for o…
Continue ReadingTristram Kenton’s photographs have accompanied reviews in the Guardian for more than 30 years. Ahead of a series of themed galleries, we open up his archive with 40 fabulous shots Continue reading…
Continue ReadingWe ask our favourite Australian comics for links that never fail to make them laugh. For this one, it’s mostly displays of hubris, idiocy and misfortuneI hate watching comedy. I know, it’s weird for someone who has performed as a comedian for a decade …
Continue ReadingWe ask our favourite Australian comics for links that never fail to make them laugh. For this one, it’s mostly displays of hubris, idiocy and misfortuneI hate watching comedy. I know, it’s weird for someone who has performed as a comedian for a decade …
Continue ReadingI’ve been doing standup at the fringe almost every year since 2006. And despite the stress, lousy lodging and worse food there’s nothing I’d rather do It’s the last week of July and, like most comedians in the country, in any other year I’d be about to…
Continue ReadingWhen you’ve shared jokes since childhood, you can be brutally honest with each other. Flo & Joan and Ruby Wax’s daughters, Maddy and Marina Bye, on becoming family double acts They’ve been described as “the other popular comedy duo” from TV’s golde…
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