Chris Rock to perform live stand-up special on Netflix

Chris Rock is taking Netflix’s comedy line-up into the live-streaming era with a live stand-up special.

The comedian, writer, director and actor will be the first artist to perform live on Netflix, and it’s telling that the streamer’s first … Read More

Edinburgh Fringe 2022: NextUp to stream shows live

NextUp is teaming up with the Edinburgh Fringe Festival to bring shows from the 2022 even to people’s living rooms.

The subscription platform dedicated to stand-up comedy will live-stream more than 50 shows from this year’s Fringe, beaming videos of … Read More

Inside: Bo Burnham releases unseen material from Netflix special

Bo Burnham has dropped a surprise treat online for fans this week, with an hour of unseen material from his Netflix special Inside.

The comedian recorded his special during the Covid-19 pandemic without a crew or an audience, just him … Read More

Falling Upwards: Iain Stirling stand-up special heads to Amazon Prime Video

Iain Stirling is heading to Amazon Prime Video for his new stand-up special, Falling Upwards.

The comedian, who is best known as the voice of Love Island, also hosts ITV2 show CelebAbility and recently created and starred in the sitcom … Read More

NextUp streams Leicester Comedy Festival 2022

NextUp is teaming up with the Leicester Comedy Festival once again to bring the festival to living rooms across the UK.

Now in its 29th year, the event runs from 2nd to 20th February, with more than 560 shows packing … Read More

Trailer: Michael Che returns to Netflix for stand-up special

Michael Che is returning to Netflix for a new stand-up special and a new trailer gives us a first look.

Che, who was a correspondent on The Daily Show for a brief time, is no stranger to comedy fans, having … Read More

Trailer: Dave Chapelle returns to Netflix for The Closer

“Five specials in five years. How do you close a body of work that profound?” That’s the sound of Dave Chapelle returning to Netflix for one last stand-up comedy special.

The comic stepped back into the limelight after several years … Read More

Stand-up comedy review: Nish Kumar: Ruminations on the Nature of Subjectivity

Whenever someone on Twitter asks people to name a comedian they don’t find funny, there’s one name that inexplicably crops up at the top of the list: Nish Kunar. It’s not inexplicable because the racial prejudice that fuels this wall … Read More

Comedy review: Lazy Susan: Forgive Me, Mother!

“Can’t two women do a sketch show without a man sticking his oar in and trying to murder them?” ask Celeste Dring and Freya Parker, aka Lazy Susan, at the start of their hour-long comedy special – and, while the … Read More

UK TV review: Eddie Izzard: Force Majeure

Is there anything in life quite as delightfully absurd as Eddie Izzard in full flow? The comedian has been the queen of surreal stand-up for years, and in more than one language. She peppers English, German French throughout Force … Read More