This review first appeared in the Evening Standard here.
The trigger for Canadian comic Mae Martin’s latest show, Us, was her relationship break-up. When she was writing her Tinder profile to get back in the dating saddle she reflected on her sexuality. She had been “Gay Mae” but what was she now? And why label anyway?
Four-time Edinburgh Comedy Award-nominated James Acaster has announced a full UK tour this autumn. He will be performing his latest show Reset, following his upcoming 2016 run at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. The tour starts on September 21 in Cardiff and finishes at the Lyric Theatre in London on December 5.
The audition clip of The Boy With Tape On His Face on America's Got Talent has gone viral on YouTube.
At the time of writing it has not been up for much more than a day and has already been viewed almost five million times.
Update 8/7: Due to phenomenal demand Bill Burr has just added two more shows in Edinburgh - a matinee and a late show on August 9. Tickets on sale now. Click on Bill Burr advert above to buy tickets for all dates.
Update: Bill Burr has just added a second night at Eventim Apollo on August 6 and a late show in Edinburgh on August 8. Tickets go on sale on June 3 at 10am.
American stand-up legend Bill Burr is returning to the UK this summer for a short run of dates.
Amy Schumer is to perform in the UK this summer.
Schumer is one of the entertainment industry’s leading forces as a stand-up comedian, actress, writer, producer and director. She is the creator, star, writer and executive producer of the award winning Inside Amy Schumer, for Comedy Central, which premiered in April 2013 to the network’s highest season premiere ratings of that year, it is currently in its fourth series.
There was a time when Edinburgh Fringe Previews in London were thin on the ground. Not any more. The preview season is well and truly under way in the capital with performers hell bent on honing their hours. At times it feels like a festival in its own right.
Foster's is no longer the sponsor of the Edinburgh Comedy Awards.
Awards producer Nica Burns has announced that the new sponsor will be travel and lifestyle brand and one of the UK’s largest ticketing agents, lastminute.com.
Sitcom writer Carla Lane has died. She was 87.
Lane had a number of hits over a lengthy career, including Bread (pictured), Butterflies and The Liver Birds.
She was also famous for her love of animals and was a passionate animal rights activist. For a while she ran an animal sanctuary in Sussex.
Reece Shearsmith is to appear onstage in London later this year.
He will co-star with Ken Stott in a new production of Ronald Harwood's play The Dresser, directed by Sean Foley.
Legendary actor Burt Kwouk has died. He was 85.
Kwouk was one of the most familiar faces on TV and film for more than fifty years. Some of his earliest high profile roles were in the James Bond classics Goldfinger and You Only Live Twice, but he found major cinematic fame as Cato in the Pink Panther films opposite Peter Sellers. He also popped up in the 1960s Bond send-up Casino Royale.
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