The Vaults, London Slapdash daftness propels Sleeping Trees' glam mashup of a Christmas show, though more risk-taking would summon the magic to really fly Sleeping Trees are known for their …
Soho theatre, LondonLyons raises her personal demons so she can publicly refuse to play by their rules in this complex comedy-horror crossover The eye-popping final sequence of Elf Lyons's R…
Milton Keynes theatreWhile not quite reaching previously attained heights of absurdity, the comic still pulls off a successful stream of nonsense It's been a decade of tumultuous change sinc…
Shakespeare's Globe, LondonThe comedian is as spontaneous as ever in this unadorned show featuring a one-ghost campaign to rewild the sanitised customs of All Hallows Eve 'Just a very long-w…
He breezed into the Edinburgh fringe late with just half a show " and won the 'Oscar of comedy'. In his first ever face-to-face interview, the eccentric Aussie standup reveals what's next ('…
Farnham Maltings, Surrey The Portsmouth native is good company, cheerfully goofing around for our entertainment, but the set feels one draft short of its full potential New baby. Spiking anx…
O2 Arena, London The controversial US podcaster finds fertile material challenging society's sensitivities " yet while his standup takes pains to short-circuit offence, fear of emasculation …
Soho theatre, LondonRubina Pabani and Poppy Jay hop between banter, song and comedy skits in a show with a solid emotional and political core You get a particular type of laughter, undergird…
When his show was pulled this summer over reports of nudity, sexism and racism, it caused a furore. In his first major interview since, the comedian explains why he will never tone down his …
Hammersmith Apollo, LondonFine crowd-work, choice joke-writing and a standout set-piece about the comedian's Kafkaesque efforts to trace his birth parents We have Covid to thank for So Where…
Fierce festival, BirminghamThis immersive cabaret invites you into a world of 'goblin core', drag ogres and live art happenings Birmingham's Fierce festival opened this week with a compellin…
Hackney Empire, LondonThe crossword-setting comic has lost none of his zest as he noodles in the nooks and deep-dives into the details Struggling for comedy work under lockdown, Dave Gorman …
The hotly tipped comic was the talk of Edinburgh with his blistering hour of hilariously hollow egomania " and audiences haven't a clue whether to pity or deplore him UK standup has a new su…
Leicester Square theatre, LondonThe American comedian goes straight for the jugular in a fearlessly off-colour and skilfully constructed show 'Oh, your queen died," says Michelle Wolf, faux-…
Wembley Arena, LondonThe standup returns to the UK with a set on morality, sex and religion that often excels but also stalls with casual misanthropy The last time Louis CK performed major U…
NetflixThe campaigning US satirist covers politics, parenthood and 'the jurisprudence of jokes' in a brash set delivered with major brio You can't accuse Hasan Minhaj of not packing enough i…
Soho theatre, London A brief but brazen set by the HBO series co-star shows a talent in full control of her own brand of scattershot comedy Emmy Award-nominated for playing a standup comedia…
Old Market, Brighton A thoroughly likable autobiographical show, comparing Suttie's domestic midlife and her past daredevilry, hits the comic jackpot with its songs When Isy Suttie was a gir…
Leicester Square theatre, LondonLess richly structured than his best work, this looser-limbed evening has given the comic wing-spreading room to experiment "Pure. Simple. Classic." That's th…
Soho theatre, LondonThe standup was planning an altogether sillier show, but life got in the way, resulting in a set that spins grief and loss into an uproarious hour Before Covid, and in co…
Soho theatre, LondonThe notorious comic and performance artist explores loneliness and the human/animal divide in an intricately assembled scrapbook show It's taken Kim Noble seven years to …
In Lullaby for Scavengers, the no-holds-barred performance artist returns to outfox and outrage audiences. He talks about trying to snog his mother, bathing with maggots and being an 'old wh…
New theatre, OxfordFrench heaps detail upon self-abasing detail as she shares hugely engaging stories from her 40-year career It's called semantic satiation, when you say a word so many time…
Shows like Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg exist to make politicians seem upright and substantial. ​Lycett rightly pointed out that some of them are not "Memo: don't put comedians on Que…
Assembly George Square, EdinburghThe Australian physical comedian conjures up a career for himself as a professional spear-thrower in this wacky if uneven show There is a distinguished, if n…