#comedy

#comedy

Observer critic Miranda Sawyer and gal-dem founder Liv Little team up to give their takes on the cultural zeitgeist, each bringing their own interests to cover everything from reality TV to fine art. First up, Little charts the massive rise of former Little Mixer Jade Thirlwall (the girlies are loving her), while Sawyer explores how true crime revolutionised podcasting and exploded into documentaries, drama and more.

The more s-t you give us, the stronger we get. And every good comic will take any kind of adversity and turn it into comic gold.

Tickets go on sale at 10 am unless otherwise noted. MUSIC Dirty Dancing in Concert Keller Auditorium (Jan 20, 2026) Dogs in a Pile Wonder Ballroom (Jan 24, 2026) GoldFord: Space of the Heart Tour Revolution Hall (Apr 5, 2026) Health x Carpenter Brut Roseland Theater (Apr 3, 2026) JADE - That's Showbiz Baby! The Tour Crystal Ballroom (Feb 5, 2026) New Year's Eve with Eagles of Death Metal Crystal Ballroom (Wed Dec 31)

After a full day of bluegrass in Golden Gate Park, keep the vibes going with Hardly Strictly Comedy: The Unofficial After Party. Whether you're hopping on the N Judah, 5 Fulton, or 7 Haight, we're just a few stops away at The Function - San Francisco's only Black-owned comedy club and lounge. 📅 Hardly Strictly Comedy - SHOWTIMES Friday, Oct 3 & Saturday, Oct 4

In primary school I wasn't very cool. I never got Hula Hoops in my packed lunches because my Polish mum would give me cucumbers and I hadn't seen High School Musical because we didn't have Sky. Without those two major assets, you had to find a thing and mine became trying to make people laugh. I made a YouTube channel when I was 14, then eventually worked at the Edinburgh fringe when I was 18, and saw some amazing standup.

Jonathan Goldstein's narrative pod about regrets, mistakes and the pursuit of closure cancelled by Spotify in 2023 makes its return this week under the Pushkin banner, and it's been worth the wait. Heavyweight does up-close-and-personal like few other shows, and this first episode about a son's fears around his parents' cluttered house, and a plot to relocate their trinkets to a barn is both warm and spiked with melancholy. Hannah J Davies Widely available, episodes weekly from Thu

John Cleese took a big risk when he helped create " Monty Python and the Holy Grail " back in 1975, as the idea of a series of parody sketches centered around King Arthur seemed absurd compared to comedy of the era. But it's the absurdity that made it such a hit. Fifty years later, Cleese, now 85, is still meeting new people who were moved by the film, and he's just as excited as ever to talk about what it was like to make it, and the impact it's had on the comedy world.