After writing gigs on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon, the American standup is heading for the big time via a show at the Edinburgh festival fringeLosing control of your bladder in a grocery st…
Comedians once embraced a signature quip or look, so why have such tropes fallen out of favour? Related: Stand down: when comics make unfunny big-screen comedies Imagine a museum devoted to …
Think Ricky Gervais and Frankie Boyle are offensive? Then you won't have the stomach for standup Jerry Sadowitz. Their vitriol is fake, he says: his is the real dealLong before Frankie Boyle…
Our roundup of the best standup gags at this year's festivalI'm going to start doing Class-A drugs when I'm an OAP. Why wouldn't you? You don't have to get up in the morning, you'll never ha…
The standup community's displeasure at Cheggers recycling gags online shows how comedy's rulebook has changedOh, Cheggers. His career has taken some pretty unlikely turns (if not hairpin ben…
The All-Star Stand Up Tour | What Has The News Ever Done For Me? | Elliot SteelAs Stewart Lee has frequently noted, live comedy can be a tough proposition for audiences: you're asking someon…
Tom Neenan: The Andromeda Paradox | Namedroppers: Reginald D Hunter On Censorship & The N Word | Foil, Arms & Hog: SkiddlywupIn a world where any hipster with a fondness for craft be…
Tom Lucy | Jonny & The Baptists: The End Is Nigh | Brett GoldsteinIt surely won't be long before we're talking about the first major standup born in the new millennium. 1996 is about as …
Bridget Christie | John Robins | Will FrankenBridget Christie is probably much too modest to claim to be the godmother of a comedy movement, but she is. While she's far from the first to put…
Adam Riches Is Coach Coach | Richard Gadd: Waiting For Gaddot | Gein's Family GiftshopGiven that 2011 Edinburgh comedy award-winner Adam Riches is best known for creating moments of big, bro…
Rob Delaney: Meat | Glasgow International Comedy Festival | John KearnsA few years back, Rob Delaney used to sell out gigs in Britain purely on the basis of his enormously popular Twitter ac…
Dane Baptiste | Russell Howard | Omid DjaliliOver in the States, talking about the supposed differences between white and black people is such a staple of stand-up that it's become a cliche.…
Russell Kane: Right Man, Wrong Age | Sarah Kendall: A Day In October | Ed Aczel: The Random Flapping Of A Butterfly's WingsAgeing can feel like a curse to many of us, but it must be especial…
Richard Herring: Happy Now? | Lolly Adefope | Adam Hills: Clown HeartThe default position for a stand-up comedian is that of a surly complainer: from Billy Connolly to Josh Widdicombe, gripi…
Romesh Ranganathan: Irrational | Wring Out The Clowns | Bowieoke CircusThere are loads of comics who do material about the struggle of coping with family life and the pressures of being a da…
Joseph Morpurgo: Soothing Sounds For Baby | 25 Years Of Reeves And Mortimer: The Poignant Moments | Sean Lock: Keep It LightNot everyone likes comedy that seeks to do something radically dif…
Kieran Hodgson: Lance | Tony Law: Frillemorphesis | Tom Stade: You're WelcomeThis one-man character comedy show about a young boy's deep and abiding love of Lance Armstrong was one of the ho…
From DiCaprio's astonishing The Revenant to "tea and catastrophe" with Caryl Churchill and the Comic Strip's take on the phone-hacking scandal, here are this week's cultural highlightsFILMTh…
Isy Suttie: The Actual One | Ivo Graham: No Filter | Tiff Stevenson: Mad MenFor years, Isy Suttie was one of the London circuit's hidden treasures " an unassuming, occasionally guitar-wieldi…
From Tarantino's unholy fusion of Agatha Christie and Reservoir Dogs, to the chart-storming Maccabees and return of Tracey Ullman, here are this week's cultural highlightsFILMThe Hateful Eig…
Gary Delaney: There's Something About Gary | Mark Watson | The Noise Next DoorBending comedy into new shapes is all very well, but you may feel that there was nothing all that wrong with the…
Seymour Mace: Niche As F*ck | Arthur Smith: Mindlessness For Beginners | Jason ByrneAs you can tell from the title, Seymour Mace revels in the fact that his act is not for everyone: if you c…
Freeze! | New Year's Eve | Funz & Gamez ToozTom Basden and Tim Key are a phenomenal comedy double act. When they get the chance to be, that is: both are obliged to spend far more time at…
Skepta shuts down Brixton, Margaret Cho stakes out some comedic space, and films get festive across the country; here are all this week's cultural highlightsFILM EVENTSChristmas film events …
Margaret Cho | Jen Brister | Sara Pascoe's Christmas AssemblyThere are lots of different ways that comedians use filth. Sometimes it's just about shock: thinking of the worst thing you can p…