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Trevor Noah: Off the Record review – zapping comedy cliches back to life
Routines about rude Parisians and airline seats should have passed their tell-by date long ago – but Noah’s skill reanimates the fun
Brian Logan
24, Nov, 2023 @2:56 PM
Ruby Wax: I’m Not As Well As I Thought I Was review – wandering towards wellness
This one-woman play aims to dramatise Wax’s globe-trotting spiritual quest but gets sidetracked into anecdote
Brian Logan
22, Nov, 2023 @4:00 PM
Soho’s new home for cabaret is so slick it’s like countercultural cosplay | Brian Logan
The opening shows at London’s Underbelly Boulevard – Bernie Dieter’s Club Kabarett and Batsu! – are less edgy than you might expect, and more pricey, but there are some impressive turns
Brian Logan
20, Nov, 2023 @4:47 PM
Rosalie Minnitt: Clementine review – a frilly-bonneted comedy for today
In this giddily inventive show, Minnitt plays a woman trying to bag a beau before her sentence to spinsterdom is declared
Brian Logan
17, Nov, 2023 @1:53 PM
Fascinating Aïda review – caustic comments and filthiness 40 years on
From a killer song about cosmetic surgery to ditties on doppelgangers and dogging, Dillie Keane, Adèle Anderson and Liza Pulman are still going strong
Brian Logan
15, Nov, 2023 @1:13 PM
Standup and be counted: Eddie Izzard and the comics who took politics by storm
Can the surreal comedy superstar parlay comedy chops into political power? Izzard certainly wouldn’t be the first standup to pivot from telling jokes to canvassing for votes
Brian Logan
14, Nov, 2023 @11:00 AM
To Have and to Hold review – fond family comedy from the writer of One Man, Two Guvnors
Richard Bean’s new play touches on ageing and alienation, care and family love, but focuses on making us laugh
Brian Logan
07, Nov, 2023 @1:37 PM
Park your cynicism! Michael McIntyre is a super-relatable well-oiled joke machine
The everyman standup delivers substantial comic payloads by itemising the oddity of human behaviour. A successful formula his new tour continues to exploit
Brian Logan
27, Oct, 2023 @12:54 PM
Tig Notaro: Hello Again review – all the right notes, except on piano
The comic brings an assured touch to tales of everyday humiliation, and even her terrible musicianship is endearing for a while
Brian Logan
18, Oct, 2023 @11:40 AM
Munya Chawawa review – YouTube star’s standup still a work in progress
This is a big stage for a streaming star who’s still a rookie standup, and at times his show feels over-engineered and effortful – but he still has enough honesty and charm to go far
Brian Logan
17, Oct, 2023 @12:28 PM
‘We’re all learning’: why Netflix needs Hannah Gadsby’s Gender Agenda
A mixed bill of standups, presented by the Nanette star and due to be recorded for the streamer, is a valuable response to its Dave Chappelle controversy
Brian Logan
13, Oct, 2023 @7:05 AM
Foodie funnies: James Acaster and Ed Gamble’s podcast Off Menu goes on the road
As it fills the Royal Albert Hall on tour, the comedians’ ‘dream restaurant’ show questions what ingredients a live performance really needs
Brian Logan
10, Oct, 2023 @1:55 PM
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