stand up

Louise Young is a confident and natural comedian whose debut stand up hour feels extremely fresh and covers a real range of topics in a sensitive and humorous way. She…

I don’t know if I ever want to see any show like Howl ever again. I have never felt anything walking away from a comedy show as wrenching as Howl. Yet it might be…

Deep in the humid bunker of the Monkey Barrel, Ari Eldjárn is in fine form. In front of a tightly packed audience, the Icelandic comedian began his set by gathering together his…

If one thing becomes clear about Gail Porter, it is that she is true to herself, unflinching in her straight-talking whirlwind of a stand-up show in Studio Two. The question when…

Like Alison Spittle I love soup, the BT Tower and fresh strawberries.  Alison Spittle: Soup is an exploration of these things and more, touching on issues as serious as mental…

Lou Sanders is rarely if ever, one to limit herself to just one word. Instead, with a delightfully warm wit, she propels herself through a wacky and winding stream of…

Anybody who loves comedy and is a keen watcher of pretty much any comedy panel show ever – Mock the Week, Taskmaster, and the likes – will have heard of…

For his fourth outing at the Fringe, Josh Pugh delivers an hour of funny and surreal stories about trying for a baby, fatherhood, and his myriad flaws as a boyfriend.…