Tristram Fane Saunders
- Journalist and reviewer
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Sara Pascoe review
Jokes about dancing with Rushdie - and an awkward Hugh Grant prank.
Tristram Fane Saunders, The Telegraph, 13th February 2023Emily Wilson review
This young musical comedian definitely has the X factor.
Tristram Fane Saunders, The Telegraph, 13th January 2023Liz Kingsman: One Woman Show review
All hail Liz Kingsman, the comedian superbly puncturing an over-inflated Fleabag.
Tristram Fane Saunders, The Telegraph, 20th December 2022For comedians, being cancelled is good for business - and 2022 proved it
Soul-baring is out, nudity is in: our comedy critic Tristram Fane Saunders looks over the trends of 2022 - and picks out the year's best and worst shows.
Tristram Fane Saunders, The Telegraph, 14th December 2022Ricky Gervais: Armageddon review
The comedian's apparent desire to be liked sits awkwardly with material that too often takes easy shortcuts to a dark laugh.
Tristram Fane Saunders, The Telegraph, 7th December 2022Is Jerry Sadowitz the most offensive comedian on Earth?
Sadowitz brought his 'screaming racist shtick' to his biggest audience yet, and though the shocks were undeniable, some of them were stale.
Tristram Fane Saunders, The Telegraph, 16th November 2022Harry Hill displays a talent mainly to bemuse
The comedian is widely adored, but this set at Guildford's ill-suited G Live venue was seldom the stuff of belly laughs.
Tristram Fane Saunders, The Telegraph, 7th October 2022Stewart Lee, review: even basic Lee is basically still better than most
The famously aloof stand-up is thrilled to be back on stage, and, if his last show was a fraction sharper, this new one is a treat even so.
Tristram Fane Saunders, The Telegraph, 28th September 2022Dawn French Is A Huge T---, review
French is self-deprecating from the very first punchline.
Tristram Fane Saunders, The Telegraph, 15th September 2022Leo Reich interview
'It would be insane if people weren't embarrassed by going to Cambridge'
Tristram Fane Saunders, The Telegraph, 21st August 2022