The Horne Section’s Christmas Shindig review – peas and harmony from Taskmaster star

Indigo at the O2, LondonAlex Horne’s musical comedy band serve up peachy and puerile puns in an endearing, occasionally festive showThe Horne Section. A Christmas show. You can see the logic. They’re a jolly bunch, Alex Horne is forever pulling goodies…

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The Horne Section’s Christmas Shindig review – peas and harmony from Taskmaster star

Indigo at the O2, LondonAlex Horne’s musical comedy band serve up peachy and puerile puns in an endearing, occasionally festive showThe Horne Section. A Christmas show. You can see the logic. They’re a jolly bunch, Alex Horne is forever pulling goodies…

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Ivo Graham: “Organised Fun” at Edinburgh Fringe 2023

***1/2 (out of 5) As the crowd shuffles into Pleasance Courtyard’s Beyond theatre, we’re treated to a montage of clips from this most recent 15th …

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Cult standup John Kearns: ‘You might not like my show for 20 minutes, but you’ll leave happy!’

The self-deprecating star has won two Edinburgh awards but remains a niche concern. Will a recent breakout turn on Taskmaster and a huge nationwide tour bring his absurdist comedy to the mainstream?In 2014 John Kearns became the first – and thus far th…

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Sophie Duker: ‘You have to laugh at yourself – you’ll never be in the right for long’

Having defeated impostor syndrome, the standup is taking on Taskmaster and returning to the Edinburgh fringe with ‘sexy and chaotic’ new show HagSophie Duker’s just shared a Taskmaster secret: every contestant has to have two identical versions of thei…

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Sophie Duker: ‘You have to laugh at yourself – you’ll never be in the right for long’

Having defeated impostor syndrome, the standup is taking on Taskmaster and returning to the Edinburgh fringe with ‘sexy and chaotic’ new show HagSophie Duker’s just shared a Taskmaster secret: every contestant has to have two identical versions of thei…

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Kerry Godliman review – relatable laughs that get the job done

Blackheath Halls, LondonThe After Life star invites us to join her as the butt of the joke in her clever, gag-filled observations on life in the internet ageKerry Godliman’s show title, Bosh, is taken from a Greg Davies phrase on Channel 4’s Taskmaster…

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‘One of the few things that makes me angry is Abba’: Alex Horne’s honest playlist

Taskmaster’s creator is happy to belt out a tune when fronting the Horne Section. But what’s on his stereo when there’s no one around to judge him?The Loco-Motion by Kylie Minogue. My brother and I were both big Kylie fans and I still stand by it: she’…

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Episode #343: Rose Matafeo

Rose Matafeo is a comedian, writer and actor from New Zealand who began her comedy career at age 15. In 2018, her stand-up show Horndog won the top comedy prize at the Edinburgh Fringe, and she subsequently recorded Horndog in posterity for HBO Max in …

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The CW importing Taskmaster For Summer 2020

Taskmaster is crossing the pond this summer, allowing American audiences this August to get a taste of what comedians and actors are willing to put themselves through to entertain comedian/actor Greg Davies. Comedy Central put out one season of an Amer…

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