Battersea Arts Centre, LondonTarget’s absurdist show Splosh! – about swimming and his childhood in Houston – cocks a quiet snook at machismoIt’s my dream with this show, says Ben Target, “to send someone in this room – myself excluded – to sleep”. Splo…
Continue ReadingWyvern theatre, SwindonCartoonish characters and an operatic vomiting routine animate conventional observations about Brits abroad, marriage and moving to the provinces A “fast, mental, neurotic bastard” is how Russell Kane describes himself – and ther…
Continue ReadingThe Britain’s Got Talent winner, who has cerebral palsy and uses a voice box in his standup act, talks about ditching his day job – and the thorny issue of being inspiringIn April 2015, Lee Ridley wrote an email to his parents and sister. “Hi family, I…
Continue ReadingHe was the Kurt Cobain of comedy, railing against advertising, politicians, the war on drugs, even waffle waitresses. What do the new generation make of the chain-smoking motormouth?Comedy Central, Channel 4, Rolling Stone: whenever there’s a poll of t…
Continue ReadingThe actor and comic known for his character Brian Gittins on the things that make him laugh the mostHarry Hill. In the 90s. The Hawth, Crawley. Laughed more that hour than any other. Reason I wanted to get on stage. I secretly blame him for everything….
Continue ReadingA night in a cemetery, a trip to a strip club, five hours in A&E … comics relive their woeful romantic rendezvousIvo Graham: Motion Sickness is on a UK tour.Ken Cheng: Best Dad Ever is on a UK tour.Sofie Hagen: Bubblewrap/Happy Fat is on a UK tour….
Continue ReadingHaving been repeatedly told that he looks like David Tomlinson, Miles Jupp now finds himself playing the mildly aristocratic character actorThere is something unnerving about feeling that someone else has lived through your career before you’ve even ha…
Continue ReadingThe What Would Beyonce Do? standup on the things that make her laugh the mostSister Act. Or Booty Call, a really obscure film with Jamie Foxx in it. It’s about two guys that are trying to have sex with their girlfriends. It’s a very 80s vibe. Continue …
Continue Reading‘I don’t have any intention of workshopping any of my traumas on stage again,’ Gadsby says of her new live show, which will tour US and is named for her dog DouglasAustralian comedian Hannah Gadsby has announced she will be embarking on her first US to…
Continue ReadingThe comedian on Brexit, being born too old and attending the Oscars drunkBorn in London, Nish Kumar, 33, began his comedy career in 2006 on the standup circuit. A regular on radio and television, he stars in the Comedy Central travel show Joel & Ni…
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