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Here are the latest external articles about live comedy.
Banned! Fern Brady's advert ruled too offensive to show
Watchdogs at the Advertising Standards Agency have said the ad for her next tour I Gave You Milk To Drink can no long run - and cautioned her about overstepping the line.
Chortle, 20th November 2024Suzi Ruffell: "If a story is good enough for the pub, I'll give it a go on stage"
The stand-up on her first gig, why she pretended to be a stage manager for The Lion King and the best service station in the country.
Liam Pape, The Guardian, 20th November 2024Kemah Bob review
Texan's full-length debut is a personal story.
Veronica Lee, The Arts Desk, 20th November 2024
Ian Stone review
Whatever your pet peeve in life, Ian Stone is here to help you see the funny side in a two hour show of solid laughs that won't disappoint.
Simon Finn, Everything Theatre, 19th November 2024
Frank Skinner reveals the beloved British rock band he'd banish forever
British comedy icon Frank Skinner explains why he'd choose to send one of the UK's biggest 21st century rock bands to Room 101
Merlin Alderslade, Louder Sound, 19th November 2024
Mark Thomas review
For 39 years now he has not only been our sharpest political comedian, railing against injustices and political shortcomings, but has and continues to be an energetic, inventive and effective campaigner.
Elfyn Griffith, Louder Than War, 18th November 2024
Henry Rowley review
The TikTok comedian struggles with a bigger stage.
Ceci Browning, The Times, 18th November 2024
The comedian Eleanor Tiernan on being compared to her famous cousin
From TikTok fame in Nigeria to the Irish comedy circuit, the stand-up explains why she's more interested in saying something useful than being famous.
Lauren Murphy, The Sunday Times, 17th November 2024
Review: F**king Legend - Riverside Studios London
Olly Hawes opens his show with unapologetic gusto,.
Harry Conway, The Reviews Hub, 16th November 2024
Sandi Toksvig and the QI Elves review
This QI onstage experiment is worth repeating.
Dominic Maxwell, The Times, 14th November 2024
Russell Kane: "I'm a parent and still have sex with my wife five times a week"
"We fancy the pants off of each other but tone it down around our friends because it breeds resentment," the comedian and writer tells Genevieve Roberts, i's parenting columnist.
Genevieve Roberts, i Newspaper, 13th November 2024
Ruby Carr review
"For the last fifteen years, I have been an eBay enthusiast, and it has NOTHING to do with my mental health."
Little Lark of London, 12th November 2024
Big Life Stuff: Felicity Ward on her new stand-up tour
Felicity Ward returns to Scotland after a six-year hiatus, bringing raw humour and life lessons to her new show I'm Exhausting!
Ben Venables, The Skinny, 12th November 2024
Juno Birch: Probed review
"She's beauty, she's grace, she's from outer space!"
Little Lark of London, 12th November 2024
Natalie Palamides: Weer review
Comic plays male and female roles simultaneously.
Veronica Lee, The Arts Desk, 12th November 2024
Andrew White: Young, Gay And A Third Thing
Young, Gay And A Third Thing was an agent's advice to Andrew White about how he should sell himself, reducing himself to clear classifications to be easily marketable and instantly identifiable... even if she was a terribly vague about what the third category should be.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 11th November 2024
Tim Harding's comedy diary
Emma Sidi brought her Fringe show Emma Sidi Is Sue Gray to the Soho Theatre, pushing her character comedy to its limit with a whole show dedicated to a single persona, the titular high-ranking bureaucrat who she plays as a kind of East End wide girl, turning parliamentary intrigues into Towie-coded gossip and drama seshes around the water cooler.
Tim Harding, Chortle, 11th November 2024
Only Fools And Horses, Edinburgh review
Only Fools And Horses is a heartfelt tribute to a much-loved television classic that now seems to speak to us from a different world.
Joyce McMillan, The Scotsman, 11th November 2024
Joe Kent-Walters: "I used to do a strip tease with carrier bags"
The Yorkshire-born stand-ups's surreal take on a working men's club has bagged him comedy awards and a BBC radio pilot. But even as he dreams of a Mrs Merton-style talkshow, he's still insistent on keeping things surreal.
Rachael Healy, The Guardian, 11th November 2024
Red Richardson: Bugatti Live review
He's slightly lacking in the USP that would make him stand out from the crowded field of other roguish thirtysomething men who a pretty good at stand-up - nothing here could be described as a pure 'Red Richardson' routine - but he's certainly a funny and skilled practitioner of his art.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 11th November 2024
Lil Wenker review
"Bangtail is a whirlwind of comedy, chaos, and heart."
Stimpson, A Young(ish) Perspective, 10th November 2024
In Conversation with: Coral Bevan
Coral Bevan talks about her show, Fisherman Jon.
A Young(ish) Perspective, 9th November 2024
Grace Campbell Is On Heat review
Her main performance passed very quickly and she left a large section of the fan base wanting more, but certainly not for everyone.
Gordon Kerr, The Reviews Hub, 8th November 2024
Juno Birch: Probed review
A good fun camp old time that you can chuckle along to, with some solid comedy moments.
Mark Lloyd, A Young(ish) Perspective, 8th November 2024
Kemah Bob review
Miss Fortunate is a clever, deftly structured storytelling piece, brimming over with laughs.
Bruce Dessau, Evening Standard, 8th November 2024
Palestine benefit gig with Josh Widdicombe, Ivo Graham, Jamali Maddix, Rob Beckett, Kerry Godliman
An all-star line-up is performing a night of comedy in support of Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) on January 16.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 8th November 2024
Glasgow Comedy Festival announces its first shows of 2025
Including Frankie Boyle, Susie McCabe - and Nicola Sturgeon.
Chortle, 8th November 2024
Russell Kane review
Kane is a quite brilliant comic with a relatability, intelligence and style of delivery that makes it difficult to take your eyes off him.
Graham Corsby, Reyt Good Magazine, 7th November 2024
Juno Birch: Probed review
She looks, well, out of this world, with blue face and towering peroxide beehive, dressed in wonderful 1960s-era psychedelic cropped trousers and waistcoat. Juno Birch's shtick is that she's from an alien world - well, Runcorn, really, but close enough - while insisting: "I come in peace".
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 7th November 2024
Colin Hoult interview
Until recently, Colin Hoult was doing very nicely indeed as a character-based comic and actor. Now, Hoult is touring a brand new show that takes a brand new tack: it's called Colin and is essentially stand-up, with Hoult as himself for the first time.
Andy Murray, Northern Soul, 7th November 2024