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Jonny Cole - Fitz of Laughter Comedy Club tickets

Edit Skiddle 02 Jul 2016
Jonny Cole - Fitz of Laughter Comedy Club on Fri 5th August 2016 ... In all honesty he is “going to be a comedy monster”(Matt Price, Comic) and “deserves to go a long way”(Steve Hall, We Are Klang) for his “wickedly funny, beautifully timed observations”(View From Newspapers) ... 'Observational comedy recited with great comic timing….honest and hilarious in equal measure!' - Broadway Baby ****....

Zoe Coombs Marr brings Dave back in award-winning show Trigger Warning

Edit Sydney Morning Herald 30 Jun 2016
What to do when every time you open your mouth, you offend someone? What way forward is there for a stand-up comic whose act is a showcase of everything you don't ever want to see in comedy again? ... Dave has carved out an unusual career in comedy ... Dave is the comedy Everyman, doing those jokes about the differences between men and women and lots of really bad observational comedy."....

Ronald K. Brown, Joyce Theater: ‘Rich nuance’

Edit Financial Times 30 Jun 2016
Two programmes spanning decades of dance had everything from spiritual striving to acutely observed comedy ... ....

Susan Sarandon: five best moments

Edit The Guardian 24 Jun 2016
(Although an impending move to the small screen to play Bette Davis in Ryan Murphy’s TV show Feud promises her more deserved screen time.) This week, she shifts into rare leading actor mode in the acutely observed comedy The Meddler, where she’s on top form as the overbearing mother of Rose Byrne’s beleaguered screenwriter....

Chicagoan Deon Cole juggles many gigs in his busy career

Edit Chicago Sun-Times 22 Jun 2016
The Chicago native’s jam-packed schedule includes his writing and performing jobs for Conan O’Brien’s daily “Conan” chatfest, plus co-starring on two sitcoms — “Black-ish” and “Angie Tribeca.” On top of all that, Cole’s Comedy Central special — “Deon Cole ... “It’s a seminar that is observant about what’s going on today. It’s observational comedy....

What to watch this month on Netflix, Amazon and NOW TV

Edit Empire 08 Jun 2016
For fans of sharply-observed comedies, Noah Baumbach’s quirky metropolitans and the ever-watchable Greta Gerwig just being a bit of a buffoon, Mistress America ticks all the boxes this month ... woes, the messiness of teenage life, sharply-observed period detail and trippy animated bits into a poignant comedy-drama that’s well worth your time....

Siri's best hidden answers: Apple's talking sidekick does zero division, dirty talk and sarcastic poems

Edit Digital Spy 07 Jun 2016
Helpful PA, pub-bet decider, argument-ender, baby-saver, Siri is a modern day hero amongst digital personal assistants ... 1. THE KING OF ALL SPOILERS NO! JUST NO! Game of Thrones spoilers are off limits… oh, hang on, you're taking the piss, carry on ... 2 ... 3 ... 4 ... 5 ... 6 ... Cue a number of unhelpful retorts. 7 ... 8 ... 9. A MASTER OF OBSERVATIONAL COMEDY Like a Michael McIntyre joke, Siri's sense of humour and irony is largely observational....

'Popstar' Makes The Most Of Its Big, Chest-Thumping Joke

Edit National Public Radio 02 Jun 2016
Samberg's breakout success as a TV and movie star likely informs this subplot, with The Style Boyz as a stand-in for The Lonely Island, but a comedy this untroubled doesn't hint at any true discord. Conner's image as a runaway egotist and conspicuous spender feeds into blockbuster scope of Popstar, which doesn't allow for the more modest observational comedy of Spinal Tap or a Christopher Guest comedy like A Mighty Wind....

Trevor Noah Will Never, Ever Be Good at His Job

Edit Alternet 18 May 2016
It will not offer comedy that informs and entertains ... So why should we be surprised that the show has abdicated its place as a source of politically significant comedy? ... “People have found solace in a comedy show ... We’re a comedy network.” ... The Guardian describes his style as “a mix of observational >comedy and knowing jabs at racial stereotypes,” which has little, if anything, to do with political satire....

BBC Two's new comedy Mum is a beautiful observational comedy, says star Lisa McGrillis

Edit Digital Spy 13 May 2016
BBC Two debuts its latest comedy tonight, and it might just be one of 2016's best ... "I've done comedies before which have been quite more like one-liners and gags, which I really appreciate and love, but this is observational comedy and much more my tastes. "There's something so incredible about observing human behaviour, and I think that's what Stefan captures so beautifully in Mum ... ....

How It Works: The Dad review – are the Ladybird spoof books funny?

Edit The Guardian 12 May 2016
The hugely successful series of books, perfect till-reads, combine satirical observation and absurdism ... The high concept comedy book is often not particularly funny, and often isn’t meant to be ... Pages of simple language in the classic Ladybird font, round and friendly, run to perhaps two thousand words of satirical observation ... The straight observational comedy, meanwhile, is very sketchy ... The observations are competent....

How It Works: The Dad review – are the Ladybird spoof books funny or anti-funny?

Edit The Guardian 12 May 2016
The hugely successful series of books, perfect till-reads, combine satirical observation and absurdism ... The high concept comedy book is often not particularly funny, and often isn’t meant to be ... Pages of simple language in the classic Ladybird font, round and friendly, run to perhaps two thousand words of satirical observation ... The straight observational comedy, meanwhile, is very sketchy ... The observations are competent....

Comedy Store Opens in Bukoto

Edit All Africa 09 May 2016
[Observer] With comedy taking over Kampala, the weekly menu continues to grow each passing day. From Bat Valley theatre's Akandolindoli (Tuesdays) to Theatre La Bonita's Comedy Files (Wednesdays), Laftaz comedy lounge (Wednesdays), National theatre's Fun Factory (Thursdays) and Chez Johnson (Thursdays), you now have another choice at Diners lounge in Bukoto every Thursday, writes FELIX EUPAL ... ....
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