Music and comedy can be difficult bedfellows – getting one right
is tricky enough, let alone perfecting the two together.
There’s a special belly laugh reserved for watching things go horribly wrong – and this show has belly laugh moments in spades.
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What drives an 87-year-old man to spend two hours on a Norwich stage? For Sir Bruce Forsyth, the answer seems to be a genuine love of entertaining.
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Canadian comedian Stewart Francis is back with a new tour called Pun Gent – but not all his jokes are that kindly.
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Mirror balls, muscular men in short-cropped jeans, and, er, the Iron Lady? It might not be an obvious combination but this show is an exuberant delight.
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There may have been a plot somewhere deep in Milton Jones’ latest show, but it really didn’t matter.
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Talking about comedy is seldom that funny, so aiming for an entertaining history of it was a brave move for the Reduced Shakespeare Comedy.
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Mark Watson thinks he’s flawed; his performance at the Norwich Playhouse suggests a lot of comic virtue.
Explore MoreThere’s something surprisingly, undeservedly, meek about Sara Pascoe.
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He’s a favourite on Radio Four and known for his emphatic political satire, but this was a very different show from Marcus Brigstocke.
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Betrayal is at the heart of comedian Mark Thomas’ latest show, which focuses on the extent arms manufacturers are alleged to have gone to to spy on ant-war campaigners.
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If only every comedian was as acerbic, smart and downright funny as Katherine Ryan.
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Some comedians tell a stream of gags, some a winding story. Alex Horne stealthily creates a contraption to ring a bell that would have made Heath Robinson proud.
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Watching poet Tim Key’s latest show is like a waking dream – and not just because the stage set prominently features a double bed.
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So this could be awkward: Bridget Christie is a woman and a feminist. We know this because she tells us, repeatedly. I’m a male journalist – and a target for a reasonable chunk of her material.
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