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Glitching maps, missing bees and antique cheese – take the Thursday quiz

Questions on general knowledge and topical trivia, plus a few jokes, every Thursday. How will you fare?

The Guardian - UK

Nikesh Patel: 'People want to dial back woke... not on my watch!'

Nikesh Patel has been bringing the laughs - and the trauma - to the Bush Theatre in the acclaimed comedy-drama Speed, and it may just have changed his outlook on the stories he wants to tell

Evening Standard

Alice Snedden at Soho Theatre review: a wonderfully witty turn from the versatile Kiwi comic

4/5 This is Snedden’s first show in five years - not that you’d know it

Evening Standard

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Rose Matafeo's "unhinged manifesto"

"Things are going backward in terms of actual rights," the comedian said while talking about her Max comedy special

Salon

Rose Matafeo: ‘When you walk into a pub quiz and see a table of old geezers, you’re screwed’

The Kiwi comedian on Junior Taskmaster, her love of games, and her bizarre childhood Christmases featuring… the lollyman

The Guardian - UK

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

New on HBO and Max in December 2024 — all the new shows and movies to watch

Max and HBO have a solid lineup of movies and shows arriving this December.

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TV tonight: Loaded magazine’s wild story of naughty 90s nostalgia

Miranda Sawyer, Gail Porter and lads’ mag editor James Brown on the highs and lows of their hedonistic years. Plus: a new Death in Paradise spin-off, set in Australia. Here’s what to watch this evening

The Guardian - UK

The week in TV: Until I Kill You; The Day of the Jackal; Junior Taskmaster; Asia – review

Anna Maxwell Martin and Shaun Evans grip in an edgy true crime drama; Eddie Redmayne’s suave lone assassin meets his match; Junior Taskmaster is a chip off the old block. Plus, sea bunnies with David Attenborough

The Guardian - UK

Junior Taskmaster review – they’ve messed with perfection … and it’s a triumph

This child-based spinoff of the entertainment behemoth is hilarious, charming and hugely fun. Rose Matafeo and Mike Wozniak’s chemistry as hosts is spot on and the children so delightful the casting directors deserve awards

The Guardian - UK

TV tonight: the Taskmaster spin-off that fans have been waiting for

Rose Matafeo and Mike Wozniak put canny kids to the test. Plus, Greg Davies cleans up for the last time. Here’s what to watch this evening

The Guardian - UK

Junior Taskmaster: release date, hosts, tasks and everything we know

Rose Matafeo and Mike Wozniak are throwing down the gauntlet in Taskmaster's Channel 4 spin-off.

WhatToWatch

‘The kids didn’t subject me to violence … largely speaking’: inside the super-sassy world of Junior Taskmaster

The comedy hit conquered the UK, then the world, and now it’s taking over the nation’s youth. Its co-host Mike Wozniak talks being mercilessly mocked, fart mishaps and why kids make the best contestants

The Guardian - UK

Rose Matafeo at Arcola Theatre review: a volcanic, zinger-filled set

Matafeo is an instantly engaging stage presence, a whipsmart whirlwind whose show proves a bracingly funny success

Evening Standard

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The Guardian - UK

Edinburgh comedy awards champ Amy Gledhill is a delightful standup now set for breakout success

The festival’s top prize has gone to a warmly witty act, previously nominated for best newcomer, with the chops to become a household name

The Guardian - UK

New Zealand culture is booming around the world – do we have Jacinda Ardern to thank for it?

As a half Kiwi, the only cultural exports I had growing up were the bloke from Crowded House and Shortland Street. How times have changed, writes Nell Frizzell

The Guardian - UK

Rose Matafeo: On and On and On review – a star-crossed love life laid hilariously bare

TV success has only sharpened the Starstruck creator’s punches as she overshares about the indignities of dating, her fine gags closer to the bleeding edge than ever before

The Guardian - UK

Fringe benefits: 10 of the best shows to catch at this year’s Edinburgh festival

From ruminations on life, love and being Keir Starmer to dance-theatre unpacking toxic masculinity, here’s our pick of 2024’s ‘Burgh necessities

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The Independent UK

Edinburgh Fringe 2024: From Hannah Gadsby’s return to two Gwyneth musicals, our ultimate guide to what to see

With more than 3,500 shows, the world’s biggest arts festival is back at full power. But what’s worth running up and down the Royal Mile for? Tim Bano picks the best theatre and comedy to see

The Guardian - UK

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

The Guardian - UK

‘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 Independent UK

Rose Matafeo recalls excruciating Meghan Markle exchange at Royal Variety Performance

Comedian performed ‘bad Christmas cracker jokes’ on stage, but said that the ‘irony’ was ‘really lost’

The Independent UK

Rose Matafeo recalls excruciating Meghan Markle exchange at Royal Variety Performance

Comedian performed ‘bad Christmas cracker jokes’ on stage, but said that the ‘irony’ was ‘really lost’

The Guardian - UK

From Starstruck to The Bear: why are text messages on TV so impossible to read?

Characters’ messages are often so tiny you’re left squinting at the screen, or shown so fast it’s like peering over a stranger’s shoulder on the bus. Television has a major texting problem

The Week

Starstruck review: another series of the delightful BBC Three romcom

“I was nervous” about watching the third season of the BBC Three romcom “Starstruck”, because I so enjoyed the first two, said Deborah Ross in The Mail on Sunday. I needn’t have worried: “it’s witty and warm and terrific, all over again”. “The premise, essentially, is ‘Notting Hill’ in reverse.”…

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