Katy Brand
Good Luck to You, Leo Grande – Emma Thompson hires sex worker in charming comedy
Thompson gives an emotionally generous performance as a former teacher seeking sexual gratification in an amusing and compassionate two-hander
Peter Bradshaw
14, Jun, 2022 @4:03 PM
Paintball Massacre review – splatterhouse horror with scattershot acting
This school-reunion paintball outing struggles to live up to illustrious Brit comedy-horror predecessors like Hot Fuzz and Dog Soldiers
Leslie Felperin
30, Mar, 2021 @4:00 PM
Comedians pay tribute to Ian Cognito after standup dies on stage
Jimmy Carr and Katy Brand among those to pay public respect to ‘fearless’ comic who fell suddenly ill during Bicester gig
Chris Wiegand
12, Apr, 2019 @2:16 PM
3 Women review – many snappy returns in Katy Brand's barbed drama
The comedian’s debut play gives a double portrait of mother-daughter relationships on the eve of a wedding
Michael Billington
21, May, 2018 @9:12 AM
Katy Brand: 'We don’t want to replace men – we just want equal airtime'
The actor and comedian explains how her debut play, 3Women, captures the age divide within feminism – and the defiance of the #MeToo era
Katy Brand
14, May, 2018 @5:00 AM
Katy Brand review – standup goes on an interstellar adventure
I Could Have Been an Astronaut is an amusing ramble through Brand’s childhood obsessions, fate and the factors that make us who we are
Brian Logan
21, Sep, 2017 @12:33 PM
Katy Brand: ‘Victoria Wood's Two Soups is the funniest sketch ever’
The comedian and sketch-show doyenne on the things that make her laugh the most
Rachel Aroesti
28, Apr, 2017 @12:00 PM
I spent new year by myself in Sharm el-Sheikh. I’ve never felt happier | Katy Brand
In 2007, after my cul-de-sac of a relationship came to an end, I decided to take my first holiday alone. I discovered that I was excellent company
Katy Brand
31, Dec, 2016 @2:04 PM
Katy Brand at Edinburgh festival review – confessions of a former teen Christian
In her first solo standup show, Brand shares honest but shapeless stories about an adolescent fling with evangelical religion
Brian Logan
07, Aug, 2016 @1:43 PM
Katy Brand: 'I was praying demons out of people at 15'
The comedian relives her teenage years as a fervent evangelical Christian in her new show. As she prepares for the Edinburgh festival, she talks about preaching in shopping centres and comic resurrection
Brian Logan
04, Jul, 2016 @6:00 AM
Katy Brand: We're not good at talking about sex. Laughter is a useful way to start the conversation
Katy Brand: Comedy may help address some of our greatest taboos, but nothing should be off-limits
Katy Brand
28, Sep, 2014 @11:00 AM
Heard the one about women on TV?
Victoria Coren Mitchell: Not getting on the box means female comics don’t earn the money to tour and hone their skills
Victoria Coren Mitchell
26, Jul, 2014 @11:08 PM
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