Available onlineOn top of running a marathon " while doubling as a chatshow host " every day this month, the comedian is reprising old favourites Eddie Izzard's last comedy gigs were her swa…
Familiar faces Jerry Seinfeld, Patton Oswalt and Jim Gaffigan feature on this year's shortlist " an award dominated by Netflix specials with nary an indie voice in sight What do we expect of…
The X-rated stories still provoke a titter but this recorded performance is a limp substitute for her rousing original London Hughes was acting like a superstar when she was performing in a …
Available online This online stream of a 2016 Soho theatre show whips through the young comic's angst and uncertainty There's a moment in Rhys James's 2016 show Forgives when the 25-year-old…
Two years on, the Kettering comic's show Cold Lasagne Hate Myself 1999 remains personal, painful and electrifying. What will he do next? In the drear of a socially isolated Christmas, it was…
There wasn't a lot to laugh about as venues closed and gigs were cancelled. But standups still delivered silly, edgy and heartfelt gags. Our critic picks his favourite new material More best…
Noël Coward theatre, LondonDescribed as 'the cure for theatre' by producer Sonia Friedman, Alex Owen and Ben Ashenden's debut play is full of heart, pleasing pratfalls and endless flips o…
From Harry Hill to Helen Sharman, Ince's Christmas mashup of comedy, science and music " Nine Lessons and Carols for Socially Distanced People " reached dizzy heights It's Sunday morning, an…
Garrick theatre, London Panto innuendo, outrageous caricatures and death by crispy pancake haunt a riotous Christmas whodunnit A cast of drag kings and queens have been summoned to a West En…
Available online The Pin's Alex Owen, Katy Wix and Lolly Adefope are among the cast in a superb series about a delusional wannabe auteur Where there is sitcom, there is (usually) self-delusi…
Available onlineThe I'm a Celebrity survivor and Masked Singer host makes irresistible use of his tabloid sex scandal in this fun set Standup doesn't work on TV, they used to say. But now TV…
The cult show that splices Evil Dead II with Elvis Presley hits is now on video cassette as standups hark back to retro formats The movie was a sequel to one of the original video nasties, s…
Turbine theatre, LondonWith high-end performers, rude jokes and lashes of self-irony, there's throwaway fun to be had " despite the Perspex screens For those who associate pantos with fun fo…
NetflixPuncturing his country's national stereotypes stays just the right side of charming in Eldjárn's twinkly routine 'First Icelandic standup on Netflix" may be as hollow a claim as "t…
Natalie Palamides's drag king show remains both raucous and subtle, as it explores grey areas around consent There can be sacrifices when live comedy transfers to TV " and I expected them wi…
Comedy duo The Pin have livened up lockdown with their Zoom send-ups. Now their end-of-the-pier stage debut is being hailed as 'the cure for theatre'. Is that why so many stars are lining up…
Live stream from Sydney, available onlineIf the performer gets in the way of himself and his impressive lyrical skills, the best of him still shines through in a fine set Reactions to Tim Mi…
NetflixThe US standup has his say on celebrity culture and Covid, but not the Oscars row, and ends up buffering his own ego in a new special 'It's my fucking household, I'm not holding back!…
YouTube In character as an offensively aggressive comic, Heidecker weaves dodgy jokes with engaging meta twists, but ultimately a lack of variety spoils the party Parody hack standup is a ge…
Amazon Prime VideoThe American comic largely abstains from telling about his adventures in celibacy in a slick and wry standup special It's an odd one, this. American comic Kevin James Doyle…
Rose Theatre, Kingston Before live comedy disappears once more, Kane delivers a terrific, barnstorming set sending up the pandemic " and the government's laughable response to it On Wednesda…
Some standups see it as their job to provide collective catharsis for the coronavirus, while others see pandemic gags as off-limits " even ones about Trump "I've been getting a lot out of l…
21Soho, LondonBritain's Got Talent botherer Nabil Abdulrashid leads an impressively forthright and sometimes edgy night of standup dealing with race and identity Comedian Nabil Abdulrashid …
Apollo theatre, London London's theatre district reopened its doors to stage an evening of well-aimed wrath that somehow finds comedy in kidney surgery After seven months away, the West End…
Battersea Arts Centre, London, and online Audience participation at arm's length via screen happily injects some welcome randomness into this six-person improvised sketch show How do you do …