The chummy everyman seemed to let his facade slip as he brutally ejected two hecklers from a recent gig – a misstep that showed he’s out of touch with the current cut-and-thrust of standupPeter Kay isn’t the first comedian to deal harshly with hecklers…
Continue ReadingComedian says it was ‘no longer fair’ to others in audience, after being accused of overreaction at Manchester showPeter Kay has defended his decision to throw hecklers out of a recent gig after a backlash from audience members who accused him of overr…
Continue ReadingAndrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice have created songs for a Theatreland mystery by Humphrey Ker and David Reed. We find out how they doubled up for the detective’s ‘gory’ new caseNew songs by musical colossi Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice. A script by …
Continue ReadingOxford PlayhouseMorphing from shock-jock lupine to hand-wringing liberal, Lee lambasts the comedy of cruelty in scathing, slapstick style‘Sick of comedy, sick of me, sick of my own thoughts.” That’s where we find comedy’s most esteemed curmudgeon at th…
Continue ReadingOxford PlayhouseMorphing from shock-jock lupine to hand-wringing liberal, Lee lambasts the comedy of cruelty in scathing, slapstick style‘Sick of comedy, sick of me, sick of my own thoughts.” That’s where we find comedy’s most esteemed curmudgeon at th…
Continue ReadingOxford PlayhouseMorphing from shock-jock lupine to hand-wringing liberal, Lee lambasts the comedy of cruelty in scathing, slapstick style‘Sick of comedy, sick of me, sick of my own thoughts.” That’s where we find comedy’s most esteemed curmudgeon at th…
Continue ReadingThe New Zealand comedian delivers a crash course on Kiwi pride: a drunk PM, yodelling lesbians, and (of course) Flight of the ConchordsMore summer essentialsGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastI really appreciate this opportunity…
Continue ReadingSoho theatre, LondonThe Yorkshireman’s half-banal half-profound ruminations on the subject of sight won me overA career that might be more successful if only he could describe to people what he’s actually doing. That’s how Rob Auton describes his life’…
Continue ReadingWyndham’s; Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, LondonSteve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith turn into their own live tribute act; plus, a bold attempt to make sense of Shakespeare’s wayward late tragicomedyGleaming with comic gore, intricately written, showered wit…
Continue ReadingPark theatre, LondonAn anonymously delivered box of something unmentionable sends an advertising worker into a spiral in Dave Florez’s comedyA cake box arrives in the post, sent special delivery to Colin (Nicholas Burns), a 40-something north Londoner …
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