Comedy
Calls May be Recorded for Training and Monitoring Purposes review – provocative and absurd
Calls May be Recorded for Training and Monitoring Purposes review – provocative and absurd
In her new novel, Katharina Volckmer trades the absurdity of therapy for the monotonous grind of a call centre
Flight of the Conchords star Rhys Darby: ‘My biggest failure? I’m yet to fail’
Flight of the Conchords star Rhys Darby: ‘My biggest failure? I’m yet to fail’
He grew up with Monty Python, Andy Kaufman and Peter Jackson – a career in absurdist comedy was inevitable
The Change star Bridget Christie: ‘You’ve got to make a real effort to evolve when you get to 50’
The Change star Bridget Christie: ‘You’ve got to make a real effort to evolve when you get to 50’
The Change star and writer Bridget Christie was a late starter, so her mum never saw her success. She’d love to tell her all about it
Ghosts star Kiell Smith-Bynoe: ‘Wonky Donkey is one of the best TV segments of all time’
Ghosts star Kiell Smith-Bynoe: ‘Wonky Donkey is one of the best TV segments of all time’
Brits are uncomfortable talking about money and debt. Can comedy change that?
Brits are uncomfortable talking about money and debt. Can comedy change that?
The Change’s Bridget Christie: ‘I see women everywhere with potential but they face horrific violence’
The Change’s Bridget Christie: ‘I see women everywhere with potential but they face horrific violence’
BBC’s Crongton is a ‘celebration of Alex Wheatle’s incredible life and powerful stories’
BBC’s Crongton is a ‘celebration of Alex Wheatle’s incredible life and powerful stories’
40 years since it started, what’s the point of Comic Relief?
40 years since it started, what’s the point of Comic Relief?
Writer and comedian Mark Steel: ‘Doing my car tax was more stressful than having cancer’
Writer and comedian Mark Steel: ‘Doing my car tax was more stressful than having cancer’
This frontman of a Glaswegian sci-fi punk-rock band is turning the rock star memoir on its head
This frontman of a Glaswegian sci-fi punk-rock band is turning the rock star memoir on its head
Comedian Babatunde Aléshé: ‘My biggest regret? Not having therapy in my 20s’
Comedian Babatunde Aléshé: ‘My biggest regret? Not having therapy in my 20s’
Fats Timbo: ‘It was hard growing up with dwarfism – but I’m going to change the world’
Fats Timbo: ‘It was hard growing up with dwarfism – but I’m going to change the world’
Top 5 comic novels, chosen by comedy screenwriter James Alistair Henry
Top 5 comic novels, chosen by comedy screenwriter James Alistair Henry
The Last Laugh: Why there’s such nostalgia for the funny men who brought the nation together
The Last Laugh: Why there’s such nostalgia for the funny men who brought the nation together
Amandaland skewers parenting with uncanny accuracy – it should come with a trigger warning
Amandaland skewers parenting with uncanny accuracy – it should come with a trigger warning
Edinburgh Fringe should be a place for artists to grow – but working class people are priced out
Edinburgh Fringe should be a place for artists to grow – but working class people are priced out
Philomena Cunk: ‘Oasis? You may as well just watch it on YouTube and throw lager at yourself’
Philomena Cunk: ‘Oasis? You may as well just watch it on YouTube and throw lager at yourself’
Strictly winner Chris McCausland: ‘The standout moment of 2024? Jürgen Klopp leaving Liverpool’
Strictly winner Chris McCausland: ‘The standout moment of 2024? Jürgen Klopp leaving Liverpool’
This man wasn’t ready to say goodbye to his dead cat. So he resurrected him as an AI robot
This man wasn’t ready to say goodbye to his dead cat. So he resurrected him as an AI robot
Chris McCausland: ‘I’d tell my younger self he’s going to sit on the same toilets as his heroes’
Chris McCausland: ‘I’d tell my younger self he’s going to sit on the same toilets as his heroes’
Comedian Kate McKinnon: ‘Being yourself is harder than it sounds’
Comedian Kate McKinnon: ‘Being yourself is harder than it sounds’
Comedian Munya Chawawa: ‘There’s a dictatorship brewing with Trump’
Comedian Munya Chawawa: ‘There’s a dictatorship brewing with Trump’
Mo Gilligan on the motivational effect of Nike Air Max trainers
Mo Gilligan on the motivational effect of Nike Air Max trainers
Why laughter is not a perfect way of measuring the success of a comedian
