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FORGOTTEN HISTORY: Kate berlant - Caught on Camera

"Maddie's Secret" is perfectly imperfect

In his brilliant tribute to the TV movie melodrama, comedian John Early puts on the wig and expels his inhibitions

Salon

‘Vegetarian Nigella’ and flirty hair flips: John Early and Kate Berlant take on diet culture in new influencer satire

In his directorial debut Maddie’s Secret, Early plays a food influencer with bulimia in a wild flip on the modern melodrama

The Guardian - US

John Early: ‘There was electricity to playing a psycho – playing a nice guy almost felt self-serving’

INTERVIEW: Thanks to the Elizabeth Olsen romcom ‘Eternity’, the stand-up comedian and star of cult comedy series ‘Search Party’ is about to experience his mainstream breakthrough – but ambition isn’t the reason he’s stopped playing millennial monsters, he tells Adam White

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Kylie Jenner and Alexander Skarsgard to star in Charli XCX’s A24 film

Rachel Sennott, Rosanna Arquette, Kate Berlant and Jamie Demetriou will also appear in ‘The Moment’

The Independent UK

John Early: The Album Tour review – a rich slice of larky self-mockery

Chatty waiters, visiting the loo in company and over-investing in sexual role-play are uproariously discussed alongside covers of Madonna, Britney and Dolly Parton

The Guardian - UK

Search Party’s John Early: ‘You can only take a narcissistic monster for so long – it grates after 10 years’

Dropping the droll, self-obsessed character from his early standup shows, the comic and TV star is swapping millennial irony for the sincerity of song

The Guardian - UK

Sometimes, vegan cheese tastes better

Plonts, a new plant-based cheese, is taking an irreverent approach to swaying consumers

Salon

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Greta Titelman: Exquisite Lies review – mesmeric standup with plenty to shriek about

The comic traces a path from Arizona to Manhattan with a musical set that never quite lands

The Guardian - UK

Chelsea Peretti's comedy film First Time Female Director premieres March 8

Brooklyn Nine-Nine alum Chelsea Peretti makes her directorial debut in First Time Female Director, a hilarious and meta comedy featuring an all-star cast. ...

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Olivia Wilde Opens Up About Life With Her 2 "Cool" Kids: "They're So Great"

Proud mama over here!

Marie Claire

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

The Guardian - UK

Netflix star Kate Berlant: ‘Thank God I didn’t get work as a child actor. I’d probably be dead – or even more insufferable’

The US comedian is wowing London audiences with her metatheatrical one-woman show ‘Kate’. She speaks to Annabel Nugent about child stardom, being a ‘nepo baby’ (or at least being seen as one), and why critics won’t comment on her hotness

The Independent UK

Kate Berlant is Kate review – wicked and winningly daft performance lives up to the hype

The electrifying Berlant recounts her fictional life in this sharp and silly show directed by Bo Burnham

The Guardian - UK

‘I identify as a deeply lazy person’: comedian Kate Berlant on absurdity, life reflecting art – and inventing herself on stage

Kate Berlant is turning the rules of what’s funny upside down. Now the US standup is bringing her surreal one-woman show to the UK

The Guardian - UK

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From The Blackening to One Piece: a complete guide to this week’s entertainment

Whether it’s a satirical spin on Black horror tropes or a fantasy based on Japan’s bestselling manga, our critics have you covered for the next seven days

The Guardian - US

Kate Berlant and the one-woman show to end all one-woman shows

The comedian teams up with Bo Burnham for a subversive and striking performance that plays into her knack for the absurd

The Guardian - UK

Leo Reich review – uproarious Gen-Z narcissist blazes through

Reich’s flouncing, self-obsessed comedy is a brittle skewering of irony and anxiety – and a must-see

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