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John Kearns: Tilting at Windmills review – a handful of dust (and prawn cocktail crisps) in riff on TS Eliot

The comedian addresses a relationship breakup via The Waste Land, Aldi and a dimwit estate agent

The Guardian - UK

Cynthia Erivo is Dracula, Gentleman Jack does ballet and Phil Wang’s mega-tour: theatre, dance and comedy in 2026

Lesley Manville and Aidan Turner unite for Les Liaisons Dangereuses, Michael Sheen launches Welsh National Theatre and Bridget Christie revs up for a return to the stage

The Guardian - UK

The best theatre, comedy and dance of 2025

A meet-cute between Humanity and Earth, a mod ballet and Nick Mohammed’s career-best standup set – our critics pick the best stage shows of the year

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Rob Copland on his head-banging, daredevil comedy: ‘I want it to feel like a punk rock show’

Featuring moshpits and acrobatics, the comic’s wildly physical brand of standup leaves audiences buzzing for hours. Now he’s taking his Edinburgh award-winning set on tour – if he can get through it without serious injury

The Guardian - UK

Adam Riches and John Kearns ARE Ball & Boe review – a deliciously silly sendup

Impersonating chart-topping singing duo Michael Ball and Alfie Boe, the comics trade trills and gags as showbiz egos clash and simmering tension comes to the boil

The Guardian - UK

‘We’re not as good as them!’: why are comics Adam Riches and John Kearns becoming crooners Ball & Boe?

Two Edinburgh fringe favourites have teamed up to play mainstream entertainment titans Michael Ball and Alfie Boe in this festive season’s most unlikely stage show

The Guardian - UK

Let it show: find an event for every day until Christmas with our culture advent calendar

From The Nutcracker in Glasgow and the Human League in Cardiff to Messiaen in Manchester and Maggie Mistletoe in Farnham, our critics pick the best cultural events in the run-up to Christmas

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TV tonight: a moreish new gameshow to have fun with on Saturday nights

Stephen Mangan hosts Password, with team captains Daisy May Cooper and Alan Carr. Plus: a gripping new French drama. Here’s what to watch this evening

The Guardian - UK

Taskmaster’s best series, ranked: who will come out on top?

Out of the hit comedy gameshow’s 17 seasons, which ones rise to the top?

Evening Standard

‘It’s been a thrill!’ My first time at the mind-boggling Melbourne comedy festival

At the world’s biggest barrel of laughs, Hannah Gadsby, John Kearns and Rose Matafeo rub shoulders with homegrown stars-in-the-making. Our writer has the time of his life

The Guardian - UK

John Kearns: the 10 funniest things I have ever seen (on the internet)

The British standup loves watching people falling off chairs, old men earnestly explain sandwiches and Will Ferrell bloopers. But who doesn’t?

The Guardian - AU

The best theatre, comedy and dance of 2023

Our critics’ highlights of the year include a 24-hour marathon, a standup welcoming hecklers, a reboot of The Matrix and a bus ride filled with emotion

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Brighton Comedy Garden review – Rose Matafeo and Phil Wang are in fine form as they battle the gulls

Matafeo offers up heartbreak hilarity and Wang brings his dad jacket to the charming outdoor event with the nastiest hecklers on the south coast

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John Kearns review – hilarious oddball marvels at the beautiful banal

The standup delivers the finest set of his career – touching on fatherhood, bin bags and Van Gogh Lego

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From Magic Mike to Paramore: a complete guide to this week’s entertainment

Whether it’s Channing Tatum whipping his kit off in the well-oiled franchise or the return of Hayley Williams’s powerpop punks, our critics have you culturally covered for the next seven days

Irish Mirror

Irishman, 91, miraculously escapes from gas explosion that completely destroyed his home

The force of the blast sent a window flying into a neighbour’s garden

Nottingham Post

Channel 4 Taskmaster creator Alex Horne replies to complaints over first task

"I hate and love this show it’s so infuriating"

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