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Jade Franks on how cleaning toilets at Cambridge inspired her hit show: ‘I’m not watering down the fury – just sneaking it through the back door’
17+ hour, 33+ min ago (335+ words) The Merseyside comic used her experiences of Oxbridge to create the fringe hit Eat the Rich, but struggled in ways her well-off contemporaries didn't. Now she's determined to use success to bring more working-class voices into comedy Taking inspiration from…...
Dozens of writers boycott Adelaide festival after it dumps pro-Palestine academic Randa Abdel-Fattah
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (737+ words) Miles Franklin winner Michelle de Kretser among more than 24 people who have pulled out of annual writers" festival to protest Abdel-Fattah"s axing Dozens of authors, journalists, media personalities and a sponsor are boycotting the Adelaide festival after it dumped…...
Becoming Victoria Wood review – intimate and hilarious portrait of the trailblazing standup
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (617+ words) Featuring Wood, her famous sidekicks Julie Waters and Celia Imrie and other female standups, this documentary is tender, moving and an absolute hootThere is a moment at the start of this documentary about the comedian Victoria Wood when you realise…...
Adelaide festival dumps prominent academic Randa Abdel-Fattah over ‘cultural sensitivity’ concerns after Bondi attack
1+ day, 14+ hour ago (1161+ words) Abdel-Fattah accuses the board of "blatant and shameless" anti-Palestinian racism and censorship, as other authors pull out in solidarity The Adelaide festival has removed prominent academic and Palestine advocate Randa Abdel-Fattah from its lineup citing concerns over "cultural sensitivity" after…...
‘I’d never told the same joke twice!’: the explosive rise of Ayoade Bamgboye, Edinburgh’s best new comedian
2+ day, 17+ hour ago (1058+ words) The Londoner from Lagos wowed the fringe with a show about language, family and cross-cultural identity. She talks about dread, dreams and her bid for "controlled chaos'Before her first Edinburgh fringe run last summer, Ayoade Bamgboye put a question to…...
‘Melancholy magic’: how Judi Dench and a host of stars came under the spell of the greatest comedy in history
3+ day, 15+ hour ago (588+ words) Melancholy magic: how Judi Dench and a host of stars came under the spell of the greatest comedy in history'The Guardian Melancholy magic: how Judi Dench and a host of stars came under the spell of the greatest comedy in…...
The Rivals review – heady, flapper-ish revival is stylishly silly Christmas fun
5+ day, 13+ hour ago (290+ words) Orange Tree theatre, LondonComedy's upper-class antics are transposed to 1920s Bath and bring a crowd-pleasing mix of anarchic spirit and silliness, though it slackens occasionallyRichard Brinsley Sheridan's comedy is a perfect revival for the festive period for its crowd-pleasing mix of…...
Conserving energy for lazy people: the Becky Barnicoat cartoon
6+ day, 15+ hour ago (11+ words) Continue reading... Conserving energy for lazy people: the Becky Barnicoat cartoon...
‘Shakespeare? I’d have a go!’ Paul Chuckle on his 50-year comedy career and his new gangster film
1+ week, 1+ day ago (382+ words) As he dons sunglasses to play a tough guy on screen, the actor, AKA Paul Elliott, answers your questions about moustaches, Gogglebox, Bond, Judge Jules, Liam Gallagher and missing his brother, Barry What's your favourite episode? CropolitePlaying football at [former…...
The best theatre to stream this month: the rollicking return of One Man, Two Guvnors
1+ week, 1+ day ago (394+ words) James Corden got his ticket to Hollywood after this first-rate farce. Plus: the biggest stars in musicals gather for a night of big hits and breakdancers interpret Bach's baroque music From a rootin'-tootin' Carrie Hope Fletcher as Calamity Jane…...