© Netflix Real comedy, real trauma
07/05/2024 … Comedy is opening up spaces for silences to be broken and trauma stories to be told.
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Tue 07 May 2024
© Netflix Fri 26 April 2024
Motherhood's isolating enough without being kicked out of a comedy show
Comic Dylan Dodds on the Arj Barker controversy
26/04/2024 … As a comedian, I am a professional fence-sitter.
Mon 22 April 2024
I just made an album of comedy songs with AI... here's what I learned
Ashley Freize on whether it's cheating – or even ethical – to use the technology
22/04/2024 … So I just released an album of comedy songs co-written with an AI.
Fri 19 April 2024
My hottest comedy tip for 2024 so far
19/04/2024 … Reviewer Tim Harding gives a rundown of the best comedy he's been watching in London this past fortnight.
Tue 16 April 2024
Curb Your Enthusiasm bows out after 24 years – or does it?
Nathan Abrams hails Larry David's genius
16/04/2024 … Curb Your Enthusiasm, the show that revelled in awkward social encounters and misanthropy, came to an end on April 7 2024.
Thu 11 April 2024
© Netflix My comedy career was on a high... but the stalking was too much to bear
Richard Gadd on his new Netflix series Baby Reindeer
11/04/2024 … Sometimes in the pit of despair, inspiration emerges.
Fri 05 April 2024
Is this the birth of a new artform?
05/04/2024 … Reviewer Tim Harding gives a rundown of the best comedy he's been watching in London this past fortnight.
Thu 04 April 2024
© Dancing Ledge/Channel 4 In praise of Big Mood
04/04/2024 … Big Mood starts boldly.