The former Mash Report star’s latest show takes aim at his manosphere-courting, Saudi comedy festival-attending peers. Could he be the angry progressive standup we need right now?Nish Kuma…
Having enjoyed breakout fame on Taskmaster and Last One Laughing, the subversive Australian comic has been handed the reins of his own, very strange sitcom. Get ready for feet animations and…
The idiosyncratic comic's sprawling CV includes poetry, Alan Partridge and a spell in a pigeon costume but his latest career destination might be his most unlikely yet " Hollywood No, Tim Ke…
Long derided, improvisational comedy is now attracting big-name stars such as Kiell Smith-Bynoe and One Day's Ambika Mod. There's more to it than showing off, they say " and don't get them s…
When Amy Gledhill and Harriet Kemsley both realised the other was newly unattached, the standups decided to create Single Ladies in Your Area, a hit podcast about divorces, dating and unwant…
After Starstruck and Taskmaster, the new project sees Sidi play a profane, lowbrow version of Keir Starmer's former chief of staff. She explains why her latest comedy creation is breaking-ne…
Standup has enjoyed a rapid rise in India over the last decade, and now its leading lights are conquering the Edinburgh fringe and packing out the Royal Albert Hall. Where better to take aim…
Her Tory parody videos shot her to fame online in 2020. As her skits go on stage, she talks about her path into comedy and what a Labour win would mean for her act These days, Rosie Holt fin…
From Fern Brady to Hannah Gadsby, a host of comedians have discovered that they are autistic. What is it about standup that lends itself so well to neurodivergent people? In 2020, Pierre Nov…
Fawlty Towers, The Fast Show, Only Fools and Horses … the vogue for screen-to-stage shows taps into our need for nostalgia If you were craving a hit of comedy nostalgia, where would you go…
Off the heels of publishing a memoir, the star of Taskmaster and Mel Giedroyc: Unforgivable discusses unhappy readers, deleting Twitter, and outing Russell Brand "Can you say I wafted in loo…
As he gears up for his new tour, the cult US standup muses on parenthood, 'offensive' comedy, and the biggest regret of his career Most people aren't exactly delighted when their precious of…
Could the celebrated standup knock out an album of his own tunes? Yes, he says, with the aid of a dusty old drum kit, 40 musicians " and a novelty animal costume It started off, as many grea…
The comedian's new podcast plunders neighbourhood messageboards for fun, feuds, gossip and second-hand goldfish. She explains all " and looks ahead to her Edinburgh show, a support group for…
The actor, writer, musician, podcaster and comedian is returning to standup after overwork and parenthood left her burnt out. She discusses motherhood, Fomo and life after Peep Show In one v…
With the return of their unashamedly nice TV gameshow Hypothetical, the duo are out to prove you don't need to be mean-spirited to get laughs Josh Widdicombe is holding a banana to his ear w…
From career doldrums to fending off pantless stage invaders, the straight-talking Irish comic's journey to becoming a must-see act has been a wild ride At a recent gig, an audience member wa…
Can you do a whole standup set about blowjobs? The New York comedian thinks so, but don't assume her show is a feminist rallying cry "Even I would be irritated hearing about this show if I …
Comedy and music have always co-existed " but with artists from Dry Cleaning to Bo Burnham cleverly blurring the two, it's hard to tell where the jokes begin and end Some of my favourite mus…
Chris Rock, Jennifer Saunders and more have argued that 'wokeness' is stifling comedy. But the idea of the joke police is actually nonsense Is cancel culture destroying comedy? A lot of come…
After surviving the 'gross' world of standup, the comic is now starring in funny and frank film Shiva Baby. She talks about satirising erotic selfies and why cinema gets sex workers wrong Wh…
From Adult Swim to 'dank memes', modern comedy is confronting the illogicality of life in 2019 There is an episode in the first season of Broad City " the US sitcom about two twentysomething…
Best known as Alan Partridge's Sidekick Simon, the self-proclaimed Single White Slut has found a keen audience for his weird, unsettling comedy"I didn't have an elaborate cover story that I'…
The Canadian standup and actor on the things that make her laugh the most, from suede waistcoats to PG WodehouseThis is so hard. I feel sick. OK, I'm going to say Tom Allen taking out a drun…
The Guilty Feminist podcast host on the things that make her laugh the most, from Tim Minchin to Better Off DeadA tie between two Australians: Tim Minchin's Ready for This? and Hannah Gadsby…