The Last Jewish Joke by Michel Wieviorka
17/09/2025 … Stand-up comedy as we know it is largely a Jewish invention, with the children of immigrants developing the craft in mid-20th Century America in the nightclubs of…
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Here are our reviews of comedy Gigs
Wed 17 September 2025
He Huang: Live In London
Review of the visiting Chinese comedian
17/09/2025 … At the Melbourne comedy festival earlier this year, Australian-based Chinese comic He Huang won acclaim for her show confronting issues of race by performing full…
Tue 16 September 2025
© Manuel Harlan The Producers
Review of the new West End production of Mel Brooks' musical
16/09/2025 … There’s only one way to go when performing Mel Brooks’ The Producers, and that’s big.
Thu 11 September 2025
© Danny Kaan Every Brilliant Thing
Review of Sue Perkins in the West End production
11/09/2025 … Stepping into the shoes recently vacated by Lenny Henry, Sue Perkins proves to be the perfect guide through Every Brilliant Thing, playwright Duncan Macmillan’s…
Wed 10 September 2025
© Andy Hollingworth Ideal: Starring Johnny Vegas
Review of the stage revival of the cult sitcom
10/09/2025 … With 53 episodes, Ideal had an amazingly long run for a sitcom that never quite entered the national consciousness – but even so creator Graham Duff felt…
Mon 08 September 2025
© Lore Photography The Day I Accidentally Went To War
Review of comedian Bill Posley's account of serving in the US military
08/09/2025 … Bill Posley is not your stereotypical soldier: a gentle, easy-going, unathletic type who seems more likely to be battling gluten than Al Qaeda.
Fri 05 September 2025
© Rob Parfitt / Channel 4 Mitchell And Webb Are Not Helping
Review of duo's return to sketch comedy
05/09/2025 … Conventional wisdom has it that the TV sketch show is dead – even as viewers gobble up short-form content online.
Thu 04 September 2025
© Peacock TV LLC The Paper
Review of the new mockumentary in the same world as The Office
04/09/2025 … Where David Brent was awful and Michael Scott was adrift, Ned Sampson – the boss in the latest iteration of the workplace mockumentary – is…