Adam Brace
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How comedians are fighting cancer - with juvenile jokes, and courageous candour
Deluged by medical calamities, our stand-ups have hit back with terrific, transcendental shows that TV would be wise to learn from.
Tristram Fane Saunders, The Telegraph, 29th December 2024Chortle Awards 2024 results
Paddy Young, Sam Campbell, Lorna Rose Treen, Kiri Pritchard-McLean, John Kearns, James Acaster, Joe Lycett, Munya Chawawa, Fern Brady and Taskmaster are amongst the winners of the Chortle Awards 2024.
British Comedy Guide, 4th March 2024Best of 2023: Comedy
Comebacks, emotional journeys and assured debuts.
Veronica Lee, The Arts Desk, 30th December 2023British theatre is a shadow of its former self - but our comedy scene is thriving
Our theatre and comedy critics round up the best and worst shows of 2023 - and look ahead to an uncertain future.
Dominic Cavendish and Tristram Fane Saunders, The Telegraph, 14th December 2023Stand-up director Adam Brace dies aged 43
Adam Brace, the award-winning stand-up director, has died after a short illness.
British Comedy Guide, 2nd May 2023Adam Brace had a magic touch for comedy and theatre - both worlds will mourn his death
Brace, who has died aged 43, was a hugely talented playwright, dramaturg and director who worked on a string of hits including One-Woman Show and Age Is A Feeling.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 2nd May 2023Pleasance puts lots more Edinburgh shows on sale
The second Edinburgh Fringe announcement for the Pleasance Theatre Trust is a whopper with returning award-winning acts, amazing newcomers, European sensations, shows with fun for all the family and political chatterings.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 28th March 2023Adam Brace interview: Stand-up directing is hardcore dramaturgy
The 'directurg' of some of the year's best shows, Soho Theatre associate director Adam Brace is possibly the most high-profile director you've never heard of.
The Stage, 8th December 2022Jessie Cave: Sunrise review
There is an authenticity to Sunrise that makes it so watchable, and while the retelling is (hopefully) heightened for comic effect, Cave's show treads a fine line between being outrageously funny and recognisably true.
Maryam Philpott, The Reviews Hub, 2nd June 2021