Kentish Town Forum, LondonThis is a big stage for a streaming star who's still a rookie standup, and at times his show feels over-engineered and effortful " but he still has enough honesty a…
A mixed bill of standups, presented by the Nanette star and due to be recorded for the streamer, is a valuable response to its Dave Chappelle controversy When Dave Chappelle released his Net…
As it fills the Royal Albert Hall on tour, the comedians' 'dream restaurant' show questions what ingredients a live performance really needs 'I can't believe this many people like your podca…
Assembly Hall theatre, Tunbridge Wells Heartfelt two-act show revels in the manic, painful and sometimes amusing fallout of recovering from alcoholism Has the advent of trauma-comedy been a…
Soho theatre, LondonThe comedian launches her campaign to become a national treasure with a show that has charm, smut, irony and laughs in equal measure Rosie Jones was going to write a gag-…
Soho theatre, LondonThe standup's loud and proud show about female self-sufficiency presents her as an attention-hogging misfit parading her indignities for our delight Aged 32, Helen Bauer …
Criterion theatre, LondonThere's plenty to enjoy here as a cast of non-magicians subvert conjuring convention with song, dance and synchronised skill As if a career confounding audiences in-…
Hackney Empire, LondonAs the dust settles on his recent tabloid notoriety, Walsh contrasts the domestic landscape of maturity with his wild youth We had a fun night, says Seann Walsh " "but …
Wyndham's theatre, LondonWhere other midlife male standups splash in the shallows of domesticity, dinner parties and feeling tired, Birbiglia dives right into family, death and the meaning o…
Soho Theatre, LondonAs they craft their extended sketches off the cuff, TJ Jagodowski and Dave Pasquesi deliver laughs with a surprisingly moving emotional twist Nothing in comedy defines ex…
Soho theatre, LondonThe electrifying Berlant recounts her fictional life in this sharp and silly show directed by Bo Burnham Comedies don't come hipper than this New York transfer from Kate …
Soho theatre, LondonThe Smiths' songs are transplanted on to the gothic horror of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein " and it works A lifelong fan of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, the New York cabar…
Fresh from this year's jubilant festival, I'm not the only one hoping that it has given up its addiction to growth "Ticket sales still 19% down on 2019." "Can the Edinburgh fringe survive?" …
Pleasance Dome, EdinburghThe TikTok star follows an atom through time, via a dinosaur, Julius Caesar's lunch and Van Gogh's ear, in an uncynical show with an excess of scene changes Injury t…
Underbelly Cowgate, EdinburghAstute, well-built set about suffering and its surprise elimination is charmingly at odds with other festival narratives We've seen shows about trauma, depressio…
Pleasance Courtyard, Edinburgh The comic pores over the insecurities that attended his twisty journey from Black Country boyhood to TV celebrity This isn't the first of Darren Harriott's sho…
Assembly George Square, Edinburgh Material about Hindu-Muslim relations aside, this award-winning performer's gags covers familiar confessional ground, delivered with engaging skill and grac…
The Edinburgh comedy award-winning show Ends is a superb set about Shah's grandfather, the standup's imminent wedding and multicultural Britain The cliche about Edinburgh fringe comedy is t…
Monkey Barrel Comedy at The Hive, EdinburghThe Edinburgh comedy award nominee dials up the silly to 11 as he delivers a series of shambolic gags There is no more uproarious opening sequence …
Pleasance Courtyard, EdinburghThe comic's material on years lost to drugs, booze and drama school is delivered with energy but this show lacks context and heft You know you're in trouble " o…
Pleasance Courtyard, EdinburghHer material may be crude but there is no denying the bawdy Brummie comedian's craft, nor her gift for getting the audience onside The defining routine of Linds…
Monkey Barrel at The Tron, EdinburghIn an act mining similar territory to Rhod Gilbert, Smith flounders in everyday life and revels in being the butt of the joke The little guy floundering a…
Monkey Barrel Comedy, EdinburghWritten in the shadow of grief and nominated for the Edinburgh comedy award, this barnstorming set takes in race, class and migration Quite the fringe journey …
Underbelly Bristo Square, EdinburghNominated for best newcomer at last year's fringe, Sonubi is a warm performer but this leisurely new show lacks shape 'I never asked to be so goddam gifted…
Julia Masli, Ahir Shah and Janine Harouni are on the eight-strong shortlist for the coveted £10,000 prize at the festival A clown-therapy show that takes place in the middle of the night.…