Comedy Fern Brady interview: ‘I was the worst lap dancer Scotland has ever seen’The Telegraph - By Helen BrownI wasn’t going to talk about stripping,” says Scots comedian Fern Brady. “Because when I’ve spoken about that part of my past with journalists they usually present it as empowering or degrading, which
Comedy Ahir Shah: Dots, Soho Theatre, review: a captivating, energising hourThe Telegraph - By Rob YoungAhir Shah’s latest stand-up show is about our (perhaps forgivable) yearning for tradition among crumbling modernity. After garnering two Edinburgh Award nominations in 2017 and 2018 and since doing the
ComedyEddie Izzard: Wunderbar, De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill-on-Sea, review: a master comedian – and future MP? – at the heightThe Telegraph - By Dominic CavendishOver the past decade, the comedian Eddie Izzard has undertaken daring (if foolhardy-sounding) feats of athletic endurance, first running 43 marathons in 51 days, and then topping that with 27 marathons
Comedy Romesh Ranganathan: The Cynic's Mixtape, Brighton Dome, review: the most irascible British stand-up since Jack DeeThe Telegraph - By David BennunIf the rise of Romesh Ranganathan has been both frictionless and irresistible – and from the outside it certainly looks that way – it owes a great deal to his knack of portraying himself as an entirely
ComedyBrydon, Mack and Mitchell: Town to Town review, Sheffield City Hall and touring: flying the flag for British humour’s enduring,The Telegraph - By Dominic CavendishWill historians look back on the autumn of 2019, consider the levels of acrimony surrounding Brexit, and wonder at the decisive role played by Brydon, Mack and Mitchell in helping to stave off the threat
Comedy 10 essential comedy shows and stand-up tours to book tickets for nowThe Telegraph - By Tristram Fane SaundersOur critic chooses the must-see live comedy for September-December, from the return of Tim Minchin to Ben Elton's first tour in 15 years Brookes won the Edinburgh Fringe’s top award for this weird, rubber-limbed
Edinburgh Fringe The 40 best jokes and funniest one-liners from the 2019 Edinburgh FringeThe Telegraph - By Telegraph ReportersThousands of comedians gather in Edinburgh every August to tickle the ribs of crowds at the world's largest arts festival. We asked them for the very best lines from their 2019 Fringe shows (and chose
ComedyBest comedy shows at the Edinburgh Fringe 2019: reviews of 40 of this year’s must see-comedians, including Jordan Brookes,The Telegraph - By Mark Monahan and Tristram Fane Saunders and Dominic CavendishThe Telegraph’s critics offer a star-rated guide to the best comedy shows at this year's Edinburgh Fringe In a nutshell... Reviewing Jordan Brookes’s impressive but overworked multimedia show last year,
Comedy Jordan Brookes’s Edinburgh win is a triumph for weird fringe comedyThe Telegraph - By Tristram Fane SaundersThe Edinburgh Comedy Awards are a strange beast. Formerly the Perrier, now sponsored by TV channel Dave, the world’s most prestigious comedy prize sometimes gives an early leg-up to mainstream stars –
Comedy Jordan Brookes and Catherine Cohen win Edinburgh Comedy AwardsThe Telegraph - By Telegraph ReportersJordan Brookes has won the Best Comedy Show award at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. The Merseyside-born comedian receives £10,000. Catherine Cohen has been awarded the £5,000 Best Newcomer prize. The were
ComedyBest comedy shows at the Edinburgh Fringe 2019: reviews of 40 of this year’s must see-comedians, including Jordan Brookes,The Telegraph - By Mark Monahan and Tristram Fane Saunders and Dominic CavendishThe Telegraph’s critics offer a star-rated guide to the best comedy shows at this year's Edinburgh Fringe In a nutshell... Laura Lexx was voted Best Performer by her fellow comics at Thursday’s Comedians’
Edinburgh Fringe The art of turning appalling misery into sparkling comedy at the 2019 Edinburgh FringeThe Telegraph - By Mark MonahanOne of stand-up comedy’s favourite tropes has always been the wringing of laughs from personal mishaps, and there’s certainly nothing new about Edinburgh Fringe shows inspired by the cruel workings of
ComedyBest comedy shows at the Edinburgh Fringe 2019: reviews of 34 of this year's must see-comedians, including Konstantin Kisin,The Telegraph - By Mark Monahan and Tristram Fane Saunders and Dominic CavendishThe Telegraph's critics offer a star-rated guide to the best comedy shows at this year's Edinburgh Fringe. In a nutshell... The smiley, charismatic (English-fluent) Russian comedian Konstantin Kisin made
Best comedy shows at Edinburgh Fringe 2019: reviews of 33 must see-comedians including Olga Koch, Demi Lardner & Tom Walker,The Telegraph - By Mark Monahan and Tristram Fane Saunders and Dominic CavendishThe Telegraph's critics offer a star-rated guide to the best comedy shows at this year's Edinburgh Fringe. In a nutshell... Olga Koch’s 2018 debut was inspired by a night when her father – a former Russian
Best comedy shows at Edinburgh Fringe 2019: reviews of 27 must see-comedians including Catherine Cohen, Emmy Blotnick andThe Telegraph - By Mark Monahan and Tristram Fane Saunders and Dominic CavendishThe Telegraph's critics offer a star-rated guide to the best comedy shows at this year's Edinburgh Fringe. In a nutshell... “Oh my god, I have an amazing voice!” says Catherine Cohen, in a spoof valley-girl
Olaf Falafel's best joke: the 40 funniest one-liners from the 2019 Edinburgh FringeThe Telegraph - By Telegraph ReportersThousands of comedians gather in Edinburgh every August to tickle the ribs of crowds at the world's largest arts festival. We asked them for the very best lines from their 2019 Fringe shows (and chose
Best comedy shows at Edinburgh Fringe 2019: reviews of 20 must see-comedians including Zoë Coombs Marr, Spencer Jones andThe Telegraph - By Mark Monahan and Dominic Cavendish and Tristram Fane SaundersThe Telegraph's critics offer a star-rated guide to the best comedy shows at this year's Edinburgh Fringe. In a nutshell... For the past six years, Zoë Coombs Marr has hidden behind a character – a neckbeard-wearing,
Spencer Jones: The Things We Leave Behind, Pleasance Courtyard, review: an irresistible celebration of pointlessnessThe Telegraph - By Tristram Fane SaundersSpencer Jones is the king of clutter. He finds bits of rubbish abandoned at the side of the road and turns them into puppets, Heath-Robinson contraptions and joyous visual gags. The Bafta-nominated clown
The 40 funniest jokes and one-liners from the 2019 Edinburgh FringeThe Telegraph - By Telegraph ReportersThousands of comedians gather in Edinburgh every August to tickle the ribs of crowds at the world's largest arts festival. We asked them for the very best lines from their 2019 Fringe shows (and chose
Chris McGlade: Forgiveness review, Laughing Horse @ City Café, Free Fringe, Edinburgh: genuine horror turned into a masterclassThe Telegraph - By Dominic CavendishIn a sweaty basement room in the heart of Edinburgh off the Royal Mile, a northern comedian called Chris McGlade, 54, is delivering one of the most enjoyable and life-affirming hours on the Fringe. What’s
Best comedy shows at Edinburgh Fringe 2019: reviews of 12 must see-comedians including Jonny Pelham, Lucy Porter and SofieThe Telegraph - By Mark Monahan and Dominic CavendishThe Telegraph's critics offer a star-rated guide to the best comedy shows at this year's Edinburgh Fringe. In a nutshell... Is it possible to wring an hour of breezy, beguiling stand-up from having been
Adam Riches: The Beakington Town Hall Murders, Edinburgh Fringe review: a wacky, rather wonderful whodunitThe Telegraph - By Mark MonahanIt may be Christmas (it really does come earlier every year), but these are dark times in the respectable village of Beakington. Last night, the turtle tombola was callously opened mid-spin, whereupon
The 30 funniest jokes and one-liners from the 2019 Edinburgh FringeThe Telegraph - By Telegraph ReportersThousands of comedians gather in Edinburgh every August to tickle the ribs of crowds at the world's largest arts festival. We asked them for the very best lines from their 2019 Fringe shows Goose: My came
The 30 funniest jokes and one-liners from the 2019 Edinburgh FringeThe Telegraph - By Telegraph ReportersThousands of comedians gather in Edinburgh every August to tickle the ribs of crowds at the world's largest arts festival. We asked them for the very best lines from their 2019 Fringe shows Goose: My came
Superstar, Edinburgh Fringe review: Chris Martin's little sister is one of the finds of the festivalThe Telegraph - By Dominic CavendishThe sure-fire way of quickly drumming up business at the Fringe is by trading on a famous name. Write a play about someone known to millions. Better still, be related to someone famous. Last year, everyone
I created a monster in woke warrior Titania McGrath – and now I'm bringing her to life onstageThe Telegraph - By Andrew DoyleFor a long time, it was generally accepted that anyone who unironically used the word “woke” was a cretin. But over the past few years, hyper-zealous social justice activists have happily embraced the
Jerry Seinfeld, Eventim Apollo, review: yes, a true comedy great – but monotonously, familiarly greatThe Telegraph - By Tristram Fane SaundersAt 65, Jerry Seinfeld is still the king of observational comedy. His “show about nothing” Seinfeld – arguably the greatest American sitcom of them all – first aired 30 years ago this month. Its success
'What are they planting to grow the seedless watermelon?': Jerry Seinfeld's 30 funniest one-linersThe Telegraph - By Michael HoganThirty years ago this week, the debut episode of seminal sitcom Seinfeld aired on NBC. The “show about nothing” went on to run for nine years and break ratings records, with its finale watched by an estimated
The garage that impressed Jesus: Jerry Seinfeld’s multi-million-dollar car collectionThe Telegraph - By Martin ChiltonIn the American Dad Christmas special of 2009, Jesus Christ visits New York and is taken by Ricky Rapture to “the lair of the Antichrist, the dark epicentre of all that is evil… Jerry Seinfeld’s car garage.”
