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The best comedy on TV this Christmas

Here are the best comedy shows to keep you chuckling despite being with your family

Evening Standard

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

Chills, chuckles and Cate Blanchett in Chekhov: the best theatre, dance and comedy coming in 2025

Gary Oldman’s tackling Beckett, Strictly winner Chris McCausland is on a huge standup tour – and mods can rev their scooters to a dance Quadrophenia

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The best theatre, comedy and dance of 2024

Sarah Snook put Succession behind her, Hofesh Shechter found horror in Albion and Rhod Gilbert was ecstatic to be alive, in our critics’ picks of the best stage shows of the year

The Guardian - UK

Jordan Brookes: Fontanelle review – heady mix of uneasy laughs, sexual candour and Titanic spoof

A show about unresolved masculinity combines elements of musical theatre with the experimental comic’s own ruminations on ego and oblivion

The Guardian - UK

Edinburgh Fringe 2024: Where to catch the best comics before they head up for the festival

Want to get ahead of the curve and see some of the best comedy talent before they head up to the biggest arts festival in the world? Here’s our pick of who’s playing in London over the next month

Evening Standard

Edinburgh festival 2024: find the funny with these 20 comedy shows

A one-woman 90s romcom, boundary-testing standups and a new Taskmaster contestant make our comedy critic’s list of the fringe’s most promising tickets

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‘You absolutely can’t make money’: can the Edinburgh Fringe survive?

The world’s biggest arts festival is back this month, at a time when discussions about the cost of taking a show to the Fringe have never been louder. Isobel Lewis speaks to performers, producers, food stall owners and community organisers about the problems facing the festival and whether it can…

The Independent UK

The Edinburgh comedy awards have been saved. But are they a fringe benefit?

At a late hour, the former Perrier has found new sponsors. Some winners have mixed feelings about it but the prize brings attention to an art form that doesn’t get enough appreciation

The Guardian - UK

Manchester comedy club that hosted early performances from Peter Kay celebrates 25th anniversary with support from Joe Lycett

XS Malarkey is marking its silver anniversary of mirth-making in the city

Manchester Evening News

Australian comic Sam Campbell wins top prize at Dave’s Edinburgh Comedy Awards

Campbell took the best comedy show prize, while Lara Ricote was named best newcomer.

The Independent UK

Crizards review – classic double act outlawin’ all over the wild west

Debut show directed by Jordan Brookes sees Will Rowland and Eddy Hare deliver a familiar odd-couple turn with real freshness

The Guardian - UK

Edinburgh fringe 2022: 10 comedy shows you shouldn’t miss

More picks from this year’s festival, including Jordan Brookes, The Delightful Sausage, plus dance from Circa and theatre

The Guardian - UK

Edinburgh Fringe 2022: this year’s highlights from comedy, theatre and dance

The Fringe is back, which means an overwhelming choice of thousands of shows. Isobel Lewis and Jessie Thompson bring you their unmissable highlights

The Independent UK

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Edinburgh Fringe 2022: this year’s highlights from comedy, theatre and dance

The Fringe is back, which means an overwhelming choice of thousands of shows. Isobel Lewis and Jessie Thompson bring you their unmissable highlights

The Guardian - UK

Beyond The Comic Strip: what does ‘alternative comedy’ mean in 2022?

A scene that started as a counter to straight standup at the end of the 1970s is still hard to peg – but it’s much more than just weird stuff that doesn’t work on telly

The Guardian - UK

Edinburgh fringe 2022: 20 theatre, comedy and dance shows you shouldn’t miss

In the first of our festival previews, we round up some of the best offerings we’ve already reviewed – including Tim Key, Liz Kingsman, La Clique and Hungry

The Independent UK

The Week on Stage: From The Glass Menagerie to Jordan Brookes

The highs and lows of the week’s theatre

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Jordan Brookes review – a disconcerting deep-dive into existential morality

The comedian’s latest show is quarried from the darker subsoil of a disturbed soul, delivered by a man whose warmest smile still stirs a tincture of unease

Manchester Evening News

Food Awards England 2022: All 20 Greater Manchester food and drink businesses going for gold

The winners will be crowned at a black-tie ceremony inside the Mercure Manchester Piccadilly

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