Comedy
Funny Festival Live review – BBC series puts standups back on stage
This chance to see new comedy faces, including Judi Love, Michael Stranney and Toussaint Douglass, reaps easygoing rewards
Brian Logan
08, Mar, 2021 @1:22 PM
Sarah Silverman review – after a year of exile from the stage, a standup looks inward
Silverman shifts away from shock-peddling and scripted jokes in a Q&A that comes alive when she reflects on comedy itself
Brian Logan
07, Mar, 2021 @12:41 PM
Hugh Dennis: 'I try to go so fast that it's impossible for anyone to heckle'
The comedian, actor, writer, and standup on the things that make him laugh the most
05, Mar, 2021 @2:00 PM
Hottest front-room seats: the best theatre and dance to watch online
From live streams of new plays to classics from the archive, here are some of the top shows online now or coming soon
Chris Wiegand Stage editor
05, Mar, 2021 @12:02 PM
BGT standup sensation Nabil Abdulrashid: 'There's so many people to annoy!'
His routines about race, identity and a black Winston Churchill clocked 3,000 complaints. As he looks forward to touring again, the standup explains why he won’t be toning things down
Brian Logan
02, Mar, 2021 @3:55 PM
Improv your lockdown: the comedian delivering laughs and life hacks
Pippa Evans, star of improvised musical Showstopper!, has written a self-help book based on her stage experiences. ‘Yes … and?’ asks our comedy critic
Brian Logan
24, Feb, 2021 @4:00 PM
Garth Marenghi: how the Edinburgh award winner found his Darkplace
Our series exploring the stage origins of hit comedies continues with the cult hospital horror show that scared up audiences to become a fringe sensation
Rachael Healy
24, Feb, 2021 @6:00 AM
Odd couple: can a leftie comic teach a Tory baroness standup?
She used to chair the Conservatives. He used to perform in his underpants. Could Nick Helm turn Sayeeda Warsi into a comedian?
Michael Segalov
24, Feb, 2021 @6:00 AM
'People think it’s some weird rite of passage': standing up to sexual harassment in comedy
Live comedy’s lack of regulation has enabled sexist and predatory behaviour but a group of female standups have ambitious plans to overhaul the industry
Rachael Healy
22, Feb, 2021 @11:16 AM
After Hours with Margaret Cho review – say it with sexual adventure
Cho’s live-streamed Valentine’s Day sex advice workshop encompassed BDSM, bestiality and the fun that can be had with ‘pervertible’ household objects
Brian Logan
15, Feb, 2021 @3:13 PM
Comedians Telling Erotic Stories review – first snogs, orgies and a come-on from Boris
Rachel Fairburn’s showcase aroused funny bones, if not G-spots, with Shappi Khorsandi, Lou Sanders and Will Duggan
Brian Logan
14, Feb, 2021 @1:38 PM
Eddie Perfect gets introspective: ‘I had some success and some pretty epic public failures’
Broadway critics sneered at Perfect’s ‘Australian-bred’ musicals Beetlejuice and King Kong, but in his new stage show he has the last laugh
Jenny Valentish
11, Feb, 2021 @4:30 PM
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