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Can you love a stand-up special about loathing?
James Acaster's Cold Lasagne Hate Myself 1999 is an outstanding show about the worst year in his life. (His girlfriend left him for Mr. Bean, and it went downhill from there.)
Jason Zinoman, The New York Times, 22nd March 2021Review: James Acaster - Cold Lasagne Hate Myself 1999
He needs his audience, he hates himself for needing them, and he is filled with self-loathing about the whole giant mess.
Kathryn VanArendonk, Vulture, 9th March 2021James Acaster: latest special more personal than ever
The show was filmed in December 2019 at the EartH theatre in London after an extended world tour that included the West End. The title, Cold Lasagne Hate Myself 1999, is not explained in the special itself; rather, it's a reference to jokes that were cut before the taping (seen here on The Jonathan Ross Show), which feels uniquely fitting for this delightful hodgepodge.
Katie Mears, Vulture, 3rd March 2021UK's trans stand-ups find comedy in hostile climate
With opposition to transgender issues regularly expressed by mainstream British figures, the country's trans comedians are often just trying to assert their humanity.
Alex Marshall, The New York Times, 26th February 2021Hypothetical, Dave, review: Fun if a little forced
While the panel show leans into host James Acaster's surreal nature, it can feel too organised.
Rachael Sigee, i Newspaper, 11th February 2021Noel Fielding and more on Heat's Secret Crush 2021
Frank Skinner, Rob Beckett, Bill Bailey, Romesh Ranganathan, James Acaster and Noel Fielding appear on Heat's Secret Crush list.
Heat Magazine, 10th February 2021Comedy podcasts round-up 3
No fewer than three comics launch podcasts related to the one thing we can't do - travel.
Veronica Lee, The Arts Desk, 3rd February 2021Stand-ups unite for sitcom to save comedy club
When venues were closed by the pandemic, James Acaster, Maria Bamford and other top comics got to work on a web series to rescue The Bill Murray in London.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 21st January 2021Piers Morgan rages at 'pasty weasel' James Acaster
Piers Morgan let rip at James Acaster, branding him a "pasty weasel" after the comedian told Lorraine Kelly to "go f***herself" when, on The Last Leg, she selected Morgan as her hero.
The Mirror, 4th January 2021James Acaster is an audacious king of comedy
Two years on, the Kettering comic's show Cold Lasagne Hate Myself 1999 remains personal, painful and electrifying. What will he do next?
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 21st December 2020