Blackheath Halls, LondonThe After Life star invites us to join her as the butt of the joke in her clever, gag-filled observations on life in the internet age Kerry Godliman's show title, Bos…
He was the shellshocked genius who channelled his anarchic brilliance into The Goon Show. Ian Hislop and Nick Newman explain why they've written a play about Spike Milligan " while comedians…
NetflixIntercut with footage from 20 years ago, the US comic's new show considers the pandemic, politics and allegations made against him Aziz Ansari's career has been dramatically carved in…
Soho theatre, LondonAn account of a terrible gig opens 'a silly window' on the Mash Report comic's mental health and the rise of nativism Why is Nish Kumar such a bete noir for angry rightwi…
King's Head theatre, LondonSigmund Freud and CS Lewis have a debate about religion that applies the lost notion of civilised disagreement in Mark St Germain's trenchant play Give or take th…
Living Record festival Noack's attempts to compare comedy routines to evangelising would have been more persuasive with discernible jokes Standup resembles biblical preaching, according to A…
Old Red Lion, LondonThis revival of Hanoch Levin's odd, over-long 1970s play has minor thrills but ultimately misfires You might think, in our age of safe spaces and "cowering" from Covid (i…
Soho theatre, LondonHigh-camp songs and OTT costumes grab the attention in drag duo's cheap-and-cheerful songs-from-the-shows extravaganza Good luck generating festive cheer on the same day…
Bournemouth International CentreTree snails, Coldplay and the current cabinet all get the full Bailey treatment in a zinging performance Sometime around the second curtain call, you begin to…
Chaotic life, lots of sex, little sense of purpose … the Anglo-Aussie's hilarious takedown of Fleabag and the booming 'messy-woman genre' was halted by Covid. Now, after a year and a half …
Brighton DomeThe comedy writers behind one of the BBC's most successful series perform an entertaining, behind-the-scenes double act 'If you're going to cry, cry tears of laughter," they si…
Palace theatre, SouthendAided by audience volunteers, the fleet-footed comic balances several difficult tricks at the same time before a finale set in an erotic fire station Is there an act …
Old Market, Hove The YouTuber drily responds to some chucklesome internet footage, and plays the part of a frustrated political adviser, in onstage re-enactments of his best clips As a rule,…
Soho theatre, LondonAs a wannabe stage and screen queen in the spotlight, the American comedian brings to life her character's unquenchable thirst for attention 'You guys are a horrible audi…
Soho theatre, LondonThis odd-couple double act of east London MC and toffee-nosed children's entertainer are great fun for adults The world of children's entertainment has provided a rich se…
Battersea Arts Centre, LondonCaptain Hook and the Big Bad Wolf are sent back to school in a flippant festive mashup that's carried along by its goofy charm Imagine a reform school for baddie…
Lyric Hammersmith, LondonSatire has a disconcerting consequence in Vikki Stone's punchy and superbly sung version of the traditional panto I'm sure there have been Peppa Pig World jokes in p…
Pinpoint parodies of 'weird church ladies and soccer moms' made the Ohio comic famous during the pandemic " even if progressives mistake her for the real thing Megan Stalter put a video onli…
Komedia, BrightonThe comic's swaggering take on religion is ebullient before a handbrake-turn brings emotional candour too Luisa Omielan's last show, Politics for Bitches, ostensibly about p…
London PalladiumThe clubbable comic casts himself as master of ceremonies in a self-effacing musical story of his life " with celeb mimicry 'I've done so many strange things in my career," s…
Soho theatre, LondonThe standup's rich and playful show about the menopause combines ingenious silliness with campaigning ferocity A handful of times in the opening stages of Bridget Christi…
Soho theatre, LondonThe American standup delivers so-bad-they're-good music parodies and sends up millennial entitlement in a bright UK debut Best known in the UK for her scene-stealing turn…
Soho theatre, LondonThe twisty satirist considers mental health, white privilege and youth with vividly acted, wittily phrased jokes Comedy audiences, we're told, are too sensitive these day…
Speech is out. Daft captions are in. Nearly everyone is beautiful. And one guy amassed 11m followers while living in emergency accommodation with his mum. Our critic samples TikTok comedy I'…
Soho theatre, LondonCoronavirus and woke capitalism lead to pleasing, if patchy, polemics in the comic's latest show "A chronicle of everything that's happened to me over the last 18 months,…