News Hour, with Jerry Caesar

Aside from the technical miracle of punning - and the sitcom/stand-up rhythm of a set-up, joke, set-up, joke - the best comedy, to me, comes from vulnerability. This makes us laugh because there's a shock value to seeing someone exposing themselves l...

Catch 23 is a competitive improv night, so you might expect that a team arriving 'fresh' from a 33 hour improvathon would be at a disadvantage. Oh no: because, despite having to ask for a time-out during one of their scenes - an attempt at a two pers...

A night of solo improvising begins with Steve Roe, who promises honesty and delivers it as if you were sitting opposite him after five pints in the pub. That is to say, with a level of commitment that's followed by a slight surprise at the words comi...

Improv is always a bit like spinning plates, but what impressed me about Criminal is how many plates are spinning at once. First, there's the character each improviser is playing; second, there's the murder mystery plot, the structure of wh...

You could be forgiven for thinking Victoria Beckham doesn't have a sense of humour, especially after watching this toe-curlingly toady and superficial 'interview' with Vogue, in which the delivery of the word 'AIDS' becomes about as important as 'sun...

An all-lady improv night, hosted by Breaking & Entering (Lauren Shearing & Maria Peters) that also featured a dazzling additional cast: Cariad Lloyd, Briony Redman, Lucy Trodd, Susan Harrison and the mystery guest from UCB New York: Abra Taba...

Pitched somewhere between Inception and Ben Hur, the soundtrack that precedes Adam Riches' show seems designed to get the adrenaline pumping. Clues to coming attractions are dotted about. Monk-like figures stand moodily at the back, ready to unleash.