Menier Chocolate Factory, LondonThe misadventures of a hapless hero led astray by his false friend are funny but don't quite fill three dimensions There was a setback last month for this pla…
Leicester Square theatre, LondonThe comic who showered Fifa's Sepp Blatter with banknotes reveals little of the person under the character comedy mask What a coy coming-out party of a show …
Haley McGee, James McNicholas and Mo Gilligan talk about the tricky business of turning stage performances into a reading experience When developing her solo show The Ex-Boyfriend Yard Sale,…
Royal Festival Hall, LondonThe artist's energetic live show splices together standup, anecdotes and singing " all inspiring us to flee the monochrome and mundane "Ted Talk " the panto!" is h…
Salisbury PlayhouseIan McDiarmid is outstanding in two pieces, one as an angry audience member and one a composer's coda Halfway through Vigilance, the first act of Ian McDiarmid's solo show…
Milton Keynes theatreGood albeit digressive gags keep the routines endearingly amusing in the comic's new touring show Regional Trinket "I hate being camp," says Alan Carr, which would be su…
Theatre Royal BathThe much-loved TV series becomes a series of set-pieces rather than a satisfying drama in this stage adaptation Much is made, in the publicity around this stage refit of Th…
Soho theatre, LondonKingsman spoofs the look-at-me egotism that sometimes animates solo shows, as she heaps meta layer upon layer in a tour de force It seems like five minutes ago that Phoeb…
Hammersmith Apollo, LondonGilligan's cartoonish parade of misunderstandings and manipulations have perspective and heart When you get rich and famous for your relatable comedy, how do you st…
Soho theatre, LondonAmrou Al-Kadhi's drag alter ego, poised between self-absorption and self-irony, delivers a tart, funny and swaggering tale "Too gay for Iraq, too Iraq for gay." That's Am…
Soho theatre, LondonMcGrath is smart and sardonic about the after-effects of British imperialism in Africa " even if she's just skimming the surface The Berlin Conference of 1884, the legacy…
NetflixRather than explore the blind spots within modern gender and racial thinking, the comedian's latest special triples down on the phobia 'I'm going all the way," is Dave Chappelle's ref…
Bloomsbury theatre, LondonThe comedian is on ebullient form in a gossipy touring show about entering one's seventh decade You can understand why Jenny Eclair might focus her standup on the e…
London PalladiumChris and Rosie Ramsey's material about their married life is jolly enough, but a five-minute advertorial is rather less so It has 65m downloads and counting. It claims the r…
London PalladiumThe veteran provocateur, with his usual equal offensiveness policy, is amusing when he isn't railing at straw men in this revival of his 2019 show Supernature "I'm a white he…
Harold Pinter theatre, London A lovely physical performance by Saunders brings moments of joy to an otherwise unsettled production of Noël Coward's comedy You can have a seance to get in …
Royal and Derngate, Northampton The spiritual comedian's lofty aspirations make way for funny riffs on fatherhood and lockdown in a self-ridiculing set Are we here for laughs, or spiritual h…
Shakespeare's Globe, LondonThe Mock the Week man clearly enjoys his turn on the prestige stage, and Jen Brister, Athena Kugblenu and Nina Conti are able supporting players If you must enter …
Soho theatre, LondonThe Russian-born comic racks up the punchlines as she auditions to be a Bond girl, considers British quirks and recalls her schooldays The comedian from far afield, obser…
London Wonderground, Earls Court, LondonJarred Christmas's human cartoon antics and Hobbit's virtuoso microphone skills jolly the crowd along " but the show wasn't as interactive as billed S…
Soho theatre, LondonThe comedian flops in a New York hotel room, sheds his inhibitions at an ayahuasca ceremony and visits a Berlin sex club as he explores his midlife crisis No one zeroes i…
The producer whose TV hits include The Royle Family and Gavin and Stacey on finding the poignancy in life's little moments, and heading back to the comedy circuit with his poetry Comedians b…
Assembly Festival Garden, CoventryOlivia Miller dazzles in this tart and punky solo show, which reimagines the Tudor monarch as an in-yer-face Gen-Z teen You might consider the fraught life …
Soho theatre, London After months of being starved of social contact, David Selley's celebration of togetherness couldn't be better timed Diane Chorley's show made a splash two years ago on …
Online@theSpaceUKGuileless hero Christopher Blank is 'born without a single funny bone in his body' in a one-man play that paints a near future US in broad brushstrokes Comedians becoming po…