Russell Howard
- 44 years old
- English
- Writer and stand-up comedian
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Russell Howard brings limitless energy to Recalibrate
Sometimes you wish the special would slow down and take a second, but at the same time you can't help but grin at the absurd degree to which this audience is getting their money's worth.
Graham Techler, Paste Magazine, 31st December 2017The 10 most memorable comedy gigs of 2017
Every year, I see more than 300 gigs as Chortle's editor and chief reviewer. Here's my personal round-up of the ten most memorable of 2017. Not necessarily the best - though that's a good metric - but the performances that will stay with me.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 29th December 2017Russell Howard: Recalibrate review
An audacious stand-up but mediocre example of British comedy
Utkarsh Srivastava, FirstPost.com, 26th December 2017Russell Howard: Recalibrate review
Whenever the material teeters towards mawkishness or a trite feelgood message - which is relatively frequently - Howard always undercuts it with a daft image or some sniggering sexual material, not always sophisticated, but done with flair.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 20th December 2017The Russell Howard Hour Series 2 confirmed for 2018
The Russell Howard Hour is to return to Sky One in 2018 for a second series. The news has been confirmed as it's confirmed John Oliver will make his first British TV appearance in over a decade on the show.
British Comedy Guide, 28th November 2017Russell Howard condemed for race advice remarks
Russell Howard has been criticised for claiming white people in the UK should not take advice from ethnic minorities on how to speak about race.
Ben Kentish, The Independent, 20th November 2017Michael McIntyre's Charity Show review
The comic is all laughs with a touch of Kim Jong-un about him...
Bruce Dessau, Evening Standard, 7th November 2017Russell Howard: what I learned about comedy (& Brexit)
Russell Howard has truly gone global.
Alex Nelson, i Newspaper, 13th October 2017Adam Hills, Alex Brooker and Josh Widdicombe return for their 12th live series of Friday night irreverence, poking sharpened satirical sticks into the underside of events from the past seven days. Tonight's guests helping the triumvirate of tomfoolery tackle talking points from the worlds of comedy, entertainment and politics are New Avenger/Ab Fabber Joanna Lumley and - no stranger to topically tinged standup himself - Russell Howard.
Mark Gibbings-Jones, The Guardian, 29th September 2017The Russell Howard Hour review
From puppyish stand-up to spiky satire.
Michael Hogan, The Telegraph, 22nd September 2017