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‘I wanted to be serious – but people would laugh so hard’: Julia Masli on her accidental comedy masterpiece

Her midnight agony aunt clown show became the hot ticket of the fringe – despite the fact that the Estonian never regarded herself as a comic. In fact, she says, she much prefers making audiences cry

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Pandemonium at Soho Theatre review: does this weak show prove that Johnson, Sunak and co have killed satire?

Elegantly profane language can’t disguise undergraduate-level humour and an incoherent mess of a script

Evening Standard

No Direction Home at Soho Theatre review: Suella's sacking added zing to this memorable comedy night

The showcase mixing new comedians from refugee and migrant backgrounds with established stand-ups underlined how vital comedy is

Evening Standard

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Ahir Shah at the Soho Theatre review: poignant, powerful, extremely funny – this is truly outstanding stand-up

The show packs so much in: politics, class, race, grief, colonialism, marriage and the ubiquity of Ottolenghi cookbooks

Evening Standard

My London: The Witch of Hackney

East London’s resident witch Semra Haksever buys her textbooks from Treadwell’s, forages on Hackney Marshes and wants to transform the Edition into a hotel for cats

Evening Standard

Rosie Jones at Soho Theatre review: oozes cheeky charm and smutty wit in equal measure

Jones is so skilled she can take upsetting scenarios she has faced and flip them into sublime routines, claiming the last laugh

Evening Standard

Mumbai-based Urooj Ashfaq carves a niche in comedy circuit

Mumbai-based stand-up comedian Urooj Ashfaq recently won the Best Newcomer Award at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival for her show 'Oh No!'. She is the first India-based comedian and South Asian origin heritage to win the award in 40 years. Urooj's jokes draw on her personal stories and experiences, which she…

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Edinburgh Fringe 2023: the best theatre and comedy coming to London

For Londoners unable to make it to the biggest arts festival in the world, here’s our guide to our favourite shows travelling to the capital

Evening Standard

The Arc: A Trilogy of New Jewish Plays at Soho Theatre review – both too much and too little going on

The obvious intelligence of the writing is undermined by an absence of emotional truth

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Whitmer Thomas at Soho Theatre review: humour served with oddball sprinkles

This is an appealingly unusual show from an appealingly unusual performer

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Urooj Ashfaq at Soho Theatre: a fast-talking, quick-thinking pre-Edinburgh treat for Londoners

The theatre is championing south Asian comedians at the Fringe - if they’re all as good as this smart stand-up the festival will be a hoot

Evening Standard

Peter Smith’s Diana at Soho Theatre review: New York cabaret star’s show is lost in translation

Despite the title, the late Princess of Wales barely gets a word in

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Rob Newman at Soho Theatre review: an exquisitely well-crafted show

He may never play arenas again, but Newman remains one of comedy’s most skilled performers

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James Austin Johnson at Soho Theatre review: the SNL regular makes this look effortless

America’s best Trump impersonator seamlessly got the crowd onside

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Award-winning playwright and director dies aged 43 as Soho Theatre pays tribute

Soho Theatre has paid tribute to writer and director Adam Brace, who has died aged 43. Adam directed Just For Us at the Menier Chocolate Factory, which will go to Broadway this summer

The Independent UK

Adam Brace death: Theatre world mourns loss of ‘vital’ playwright and director, aged 43

‘He was a unique talent of our time,’ Soho Theatre and United Agents said in tribute

Manchester Evening News

Manchester theatre show cancelled after legendary drag queen found dead

Heklina, 54, was found dead in London on Monday morning

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