Rose theatre, Kingston upon ThamesA rag puppet Montmorency, a fake moustache and an aria for reeking cheese add to the mischief of Jerome K Jerome’s very English storyBack from Lib Dem conference, Ed Davey watched this adaptation in his Kingston consti…
Continue ReadingThe banker turned standup turned actor shares her preshow rituals, what’s behind her ‘very swanky hairstyle’ and her joke about Indian Santa ClausHow did you go from investment banker to standup comedian? I didn’t go on purpose from one to the other. I…
Continue ReadingThe comedian went from being discovered by Chris Rock to making Saturday Night Live history. Now his new Netflix special, Buy the Dip, tackles timely topics with optimismThere is a single minute in Buy the Dip, Nimesh Patel’s new Netflix comedy special…
Continue ReadingHackney Empire, LondonThere is real skill in making us laugh about things that are depressing. And the gags come thick and fast in the ex-Mash Report host’s touring showNish Kumar is angry. And why shouldn’t he be? The world is one big, damning catastr…
Continue ReadingTheatre Royal BathThis heady mix of circus mayhem, cabaret sexiness, comedy antics and medieval tragedy is utterly irresistibleKneehigh’s take on this medieval legend was first staged in 2003, in the Cornish setting from which the story of knights, lov…
Continue ReadingPerth Concert HallFaux truculent and palpably adorable, the standup is in her element exposing her supposed flaws and the unseen idiocies of her TV careerTall Tales is Susan Calman’s first new standup set for 10 years, designed to show us the real Susa…
Continue ReadingMarylebone theatre, LondonDarren Raymond’s update drops Rylance’s impostor into a Jamaican-Nigerian wedding, with clever rhyming couplets but less political stingSpitting posh platitudes through false teeth so bucked they might enforce a liquid diet, r…
Continue ReadingStephen Joseph theatre, ScarboroughThe playwright explores our relationship with technology, asks if robots have souls and even questions the value of art in this sci-fi courtroom dramaFor play number 92, Alan Ayckbourn returns to his preoccupation of …
Continue ReadingThe Ali G and Borat creator is reported to be taking the lead in The Popinjay Cavalier, a swashbuckling comedy Tarantino is developing for early 2027He will soon be seen resuming his old Staines rudeboy persona in the film Ali G: Who Iz I?, but Sacha B…
Continue ReadingSoho theatre, LondonA dance teacher for toddlers dreams of bigger things in Julia Grogan’s frantic one-woman showThe mind of a performer, hungry for her big break, is cracked open in Julia Grogan’s one-woman follow-up to her drama Playfight. At first, …
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