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Comedy

September 2026

  • Top: The Odyssey, Spider-Man: Brand New Day Bottom: Obsession, One Night Only

    Summer box office 2026: what can we learn from the hits and misses?

    It was a bumper season for Hollywood, almost back to pre-pandemic levels, with Tom Holland blockbusters winning out, but there was still a string of disappointments
  • Katie Norris, as Mother Succubus, sits regally while a man bows over her lap

    Katie Norris: Mother Succubus review – gothic comic enters a wickedly funny new era

  • Culture Preview Autum 2026 - Stage - Kevin Bridges, Tilda Swinton in Manfred Karge’s Man to Man

    Autumn arts preview 2026
    Tilda Swinton’s blast from the past, Kevin Bridges at large and a deepfake ballet: theatre, comedy and dance to see this autumn

  • Comedian Dom McGovern performs on stage holding a microphone

    Dom McGovern: Prize Hog review – a sharp standup who is sure to go stellar

    The Chicken Shop Date co-writer gives a gossipy, erudite account of his relationship with how he looks in this assured debut
  • Comedian Iain Stirling lying on a bed, recreating a photo of him as a teenager

    Flashback
    Iain Stirling looks back: ‘I was worried about doing the Love Island voiceover, but it opened doors I thought would close’

    The comedian on being a weird emo teen, the audition he didn’t show up for and why he was jealous of Rob Beckett
  • Stewart Lee standing in a wooded cemetery with he left arm stretched out and his left hand leaning on a pillar

    ‘I was miserable for a lot of this century’: Stewart Lee on divorce, his adoption and the twisted children’s poem that explains his life

    After a rocky few decades, the standup is nearing 60 – and finding contentment at last. But what does his grotesque retelling of The Owl and the Pussy-cat tell us about his inability to connect with people?
  • Omar Badawy.

    Omar Badawy: Guided Detour review – dizzying tales of decision paralysis

  • Actors from Underground Monk Show embrace and laugh together in dark robes on stage

    Underground Monk Show review – hysterical visions enrobed in mystery

  • Comedian Chris Cantrill laughs while speaking into a microphone on stage

    Fourth time lucky as Chris Cantrill’s spoof whodunnit wins Edinburgh comedy award 2026

  • Chris Cantrill grimaces while standing at a microphone on stage

    Chris Cantrill: Rewilding review – a rural whodunnit told with midlife mirth

  • Comedian Spencer Jones in a fur-hooded coat holds a snarling dog wearing matching glasses and fur hood

    Spencer Jones: Dogs review – barking comic sniffs out community through canines

  • Russ Abbot in a sketch from the BBC television series The Russ Abbot Show on 1 April 1989.

    Russ Abbot: a class act, on stage and off

  • Tom Towelling.

    Tom Towelling Teaches You to Knit review – quirky yarns and a pop quiz in maths

  • Li Jin Hao, with dark wavy hair, wears a black shirt, looking to the side against a blue background

    Li Jin Hao: Falling from a Moon review – comedy’s Mr Nostalgia is now the man of the moment

  • Clown Show review – after 250 years, the American dream explodes over one anarchic night

  • Marty Gleeson: Dog Ear review – hangdog standup with an unexpected request for Santa

  • Autumn arts preview 2026
    ‘I’m not even an actor – I was just grieving!’ Rising star Lara Ricote on the heartache behind her new breakup comedy

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    Freddie Meredith: Need a Light? review – one hilarious hour of cringe

    Watching a man labouring to strike up conversations in the smoking area of a nightclub proves not just funny but also touching and uplifting
  • Tim Curry as Pennywise the clown, close-up with white face paint and a sinister grin

    ‘He could arch both eyebrows and curl his lips in every direction all at once’: Tim Curry’s five best screen roles

    The actor fully embraced his physical talents and outsized personality with a line in theatrical baddies teetering deliciously on the edge of serious and silly
  • O'Shea Jackson Jr and Dave Franco in Idiots

    Idiots review – throwback bro comedy is an entertaining summer seat-filler

    Dave Franco and O’Shea Jackson Jr lead a goofy roadtrip comedy that is just sharp enough to keep you strapped in
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