Comedy
Mark Thomas: 100 Acts of Minor Dissent, Connaught Theatre Ritz Studio, WorthingSaturday, 05 October 2013
Mark Thomas is telling us how he organised a large gay rights comedy gig outside the Russian consulate in Edinburgh (where this show was part of the Fringe), how it was a huge success, how the local police chief affably arranged for the street to be... Read more... |
Brighton Comedy Festival, 4-20 OctoberTuesday, 17 September 2013
Tickets are now on sale for the Brighton Comedy Festival (4-20 October), which takes place in several venues in the South Coast town.As ever, the opening-night gala at the Brighton Dome is in aid of Sussex Beacon, and this year the event is hosted... Read more... |
Ardal O'Hanlon, TouringMonday, 16 September 2013
Ardal O'Hanlon is best known as Father Dougal in the much missed Father Ted (created by Arthur Mathews and Graham Linehan), but he started life as a stand-up and he clearly brought many of his own qualities – although not the dimwittedness – to the... Read more... |
Ronny Chieng, Soho TheatreTuesday, 03 September 2013
Newcomer Ronny Chieng doesn't waste any time trying to get the audience on his side. He outlines his interesting ethnic background – born in Malaysia to Chinese parents, several years spent in the United States and Singapore, and he did a law degree... Read more... |
Matt Okine, Soho TheatreFriday, 30 August 2013
Australian stand-up Matt Okine made his UK debut at the Edinburgh Fringe last month and earned himself a best newcomer nomination in the Edinburgh Comedy Awards, to add to his best newcomer award at 2012's Melbourne Comedy Festival (jointly won with... Read more... |
My Hero: Ben Miller on Tony Hancock, BBC OneWednesday, 28 August 2013
Tony Hancock stopped producing the work on which his reputation rests the best part of half a century ago. He still casts a long old shadow. Many years before BBC Four embarked on its series of biodramas, a life of Hancock starring Alfred Molina... Read more... |
Edinburgh 2013: Tig Notaro/Joe LycettSaturday, 24 August 2013
Tig Notaro, Gilded Balloon ****“I've been busy. I've been growing my hair out.” Not the the most animated start to an hour of comedy, but that's how American Tig Notaro begins Boyish-Girl Interrupted, one of the most original 60 minutes I've seen at... Read more... |
Edinburgh 2013: Glenn Wool/ Gary Delaney/ Carl DonnellyTuesday, 20 August 2013
Glenn Wool, Assembly George Square ****There are some comics who can always be relied upon to create engaging and funny shows, and the Canadian Glenn Wool is one of them. His comedy appears to be straightforward stand-up – anecdotes are interspersed... Read more... |
Edinburgh 2013: John Lloyd/ WitTank/ Romesh RanganathanFriday, 16 August 2013
John Lloyd, Underbelly Bristo Square **** John Lloyd is a comedy god to any aficionado of the art form. He has written or produced some of the best radio and television comedy of the past 40 years, including (and these are just brief highlights... Read more... |
Edinburgh 2013: Carey Marx/ Sam Lloyd: Fully Committed/ BaconfaceWednesday, 14 August 2013
Carey Marx, Gilded Balloon **** Carey Marx couldn't come to the Fringe last year, because of the small matter of having a heart attack. But, looking on the bright side, the experience has given him his new show, Intensive Carey, in which the... Read more... |
Edinburgh 2013: Gyles Brandreth/ Airnadette/ Benny BootMonday, 12 August 2013
Gyles Brandreth, Pleasance Courtyard ***This is an agreeable hour of theatre and political anecdotes that former MP and now BBC presenter Gyles Brandreth tells with great aplomb. He drops a lot of names, but he's very good mimic – John Gielgud,... Read more... |
Rubberbandits, Soho TheatreWednesday, 24 July 2013
Rubberbandits embody that modern entertainment industry phenomenon – a huge YouTube hit who have moved into the mainstream with ease. The prankster hip hop duo – Mr Chrome and Blindboy Boatclub (aka Bob McGlynn and Dave Chambers) – have notched up... Read more... |
