Canadian standups Ricky, Julian and Bubbles on the things that make them laugh the mostBubbles: Richard Pryor.Julian: Eddie Murphy’s Delirious.Bubbles: Yeah, and where do you think he got his whole routine from? Richard Pryor! Continue reading......
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Canadian standups Ricky, Julian and Bubbles on the things that make them laugh the mostBubbles: Richard Pryor.Julian: Eddie Murphy’s Delirious.Bubbles: Yeah, and where do you think he got his whole routine from? Richard Pryor! Continue reading......
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The American drag queen, comedian, actor and winner of RuPaul’s Drag Race on the things that make her laugh the mostTootsie with Dustin Hoffman from 1982 – I’m so old. If you’re a drag queen, you can relate to it, but also if you are an actor and you’re willing to do an...
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Esposito’s last show, Rape Jokes, was hailed as part of a new queer-friendly, woke brand of comedy for the #MeToo era. How does she follow it up?When Hannah Gadsby’s show Nanette went supernova earlier this year, we were told that it was going to change comedy. Nothing, apparently, would...
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Hammersmith Apollo, London The 31-year-old breathes new life into well-worn observational comedy in a masterful show that scorns pretensionKevin Bridges is in his 30s now, a time when fear of hangovers eclipses the joy of drinking, when young people start behaving mysteriously – and old friend...
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The actor and standup comedian on the things that make her laugh the mostI can’t decide between Nomad and I, Partridge. I love Robert Popper’s books, too. Continue reading...
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As the only brown person in the room at The Glang Show, I couldn’t shake a sense of otherness when a quip turned sourI’m a few months into a new career as a standup comedian. I’ve had some lovely gigs, some horrific gigs and I have started to get paid for being funny. The path to c...
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The classic Edinburgh comedy show lasts an hour, with a strong narrative component and an inevitable ‘sad bit’. But this rigid template is stifling creativityThe late Sean Hughes had a reasonable claim to inventing what we now know as the “Edinburgh show”. Before 1990, wannab...
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Pleasance Courtyard, Edinburgh In a spirited Edinburgh debut, the daughter of a former deputy PM of Russia tells her father’s fascinating storyPlenty of comics get good material from their parents’ behaviour, and plenty of comics talk politics. Seldom before have those species of comedy ...
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Pleasance Courtyard, Edinburgh In a spirited Edinburgh debut, the daughter of a former deputy PM of Russia tells her father’s fascinating storyPlenty of comics get good material from their parents’ behaviour, and plenty of comics talk politics. Seldom before have those species of comedy ...
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