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Comedy superstar TIM MINCHIN returns to touring (again) with BACK ENCORE

November 18, 2021

Continuing his return to comedy, superstar Tim Minchin is back with, well, Back Encore, hitting Motorpoint Arena Cardiff next week.

Category: Comedy, Previews Region: South Wales

I left feeling rather depressed – THE TIGERFACE SHOW | STAGE REVIEW

October 25, 2021

Though billed as a comedy, The Tigerface Show at Newport's Riverfront left Lynda Nash feeling far from amused.

Category: Comedy, Culture, Reviews, Theatre

Cheek-achingly funny, unforeseeably educational – JAYDE ADAMS | STAGE REVIEW

October 20, 2021

Quick-witted with punchy delivery, Jayde Adams kept the jokes coming at Cardiff's Glee Club before you had chance to laugh off the previous.

Category: Comedy, Reviews Region: South Wales

CLINTON BAPTISTE | STAGE REVIEW

October 7, 2021

Carl Marsh arrived with high expectations for this gig, as a fan of the Clinton Baptiste podcasts, but reports that he hasn't laughed so much in years...

Category: Comedy, Reviews Region: South Wales

CLINTON BAPTISTE | INTERVIEW

October 4, 2021

Remember glamorous Lancashire clairvoyant Clinton Baptiste on Peter Kay’s Phoenix Nights? What were all that about? About to visit Cardiff as part of an extensive UK tour, that’s what, with the character having taken on a life of its own – recently in the podcast ‘medium’ and now once again in the live setting. Carl Marsh hopped on the psychic hotline.

Category: Comedy, Interviews Region: South Wales

SIMON AMSTELL | STAGE REVIEW

September 21, 2021

As promised by the enigmatic title and psychedelic poster design, Simon Amstell’s Spirit Hole brought to the stage all the beautiful, left-wing, loving open-mindedness one only fantasises about existing in the heart of the 1960s.

Category: Comedy, Reviews Region: South Wales

BRIDGET CHRISTIE | PREVIEW

September 14, 2021

This Gloucestershire-born comedian's show Who Am I? is a menopausal march through myriad ailments and complaints brought on by the passage of time.

Category: Comedy, Previews Region: Mid Wales, South Wales

MYRA DUBOIS | STAGE REVIEW

September 9, 2021

Have you ever imagined what you’d get if Bianca Del Rio was a character created by Victoria Wood? If not, then watch a Myra DuBois show.

Category: Comedy, Reviews Region: South Wales

SIMON AMSTELL | INTERVIEW

September 8, 2021

Simon Amstell has surfed the TV-to-standup-to-film-director pipeline with plenty of success, but like the best of us, he still wallows in shame, tied down by the society we live in. New live show Spirit Hole is about escaping that… hole, and ahead of its Cardiff date he spoke about it to Carl Marsh.

Category: Comedy, Interviews, Previews Region: South Wales

GHOSTS: THE CAST | INTERVIEW

August 16, 2021

BBC One’s Ghosts has been lauded for its supernatural achievement of making a sitcom that appeals equally to adults and kids. The denizens of the haunted Button House have just returned to screens for a third series, before which seven of its cast took part in a virtual round table for an audience including Buzz’s Billie Ingram Sofokleous.

Category: Comedy, Interviews

KIRI PRITCHARD-MCLEAN | INTERVIEW

August 13, 2021

Welsh standup queen and smash hit podcaster Kiri Pritchard-McLean’s latest venture arrives via the airwaves. If Carl Marsh’s enthusiastic testimony is anything to go by, Radio Wales’ The Learners is one of the best sitcoms set in a language learning class you will ever encounter.

Category: Comedy, Interviews Region: Wales-Wide

GŴYL 2021 | INTERVIEW

March 2, 2021

GŴYL 2021 | INTERVIEW The latest example of making lemonade from lemons, where lemonade is neat looking online events and lemons are a global pandemic, arrives on the first weekend …

Category: Comedy, Music Region: South Wales

“Political debate in Britain at the moment is fairly predictable.” HENNING WEHN | INTERVIEW

March 16, 2020

HENNING WEHN Speaking to Sam Pryce, the self-styled German Comedy Ambassador discusses starting out in standup, appearing on ‘Question Time’, and his thoughts on – ahem – Brexit. When Henning …

Category: Comedy, Interviews, upfront Region: South Wales

STAGE LISTINGS | MARCH 2020

March 2, 2020

STAGE LISTINGS | MARCH 2020 SUNDAY 1 MARCH Alice Congress Theatre, Cwmbran. 1 + 5pm, £9/£6.50. Info 01633 868239. Presented by the SL Dance Academy. I assume by the graphics …

Category: Comedy, Listings, Theatre Region: South Wales

ROUNDUP | MARCH

February 29, 2020

PHIL WANG The smartly silly comedian is making two stops off in Wales with his imaginatively self-titled tour Philly Philly Wang Wang. Covering his British-Malaysian heritage, his tragic dating life, …

Category: 10 Things To Do This Week, Art, Comedy, Dance, Film, Music, Photography, Previews, Roundups, Theatre Region: South Wales

MARK STEEL | INTERVIEW

February 23, 2020

MARK STEEL INTERVIEW Comedian and Independent columnist Mark Steel chats to Sam Pryce about divorce, Twitter trolls, the mystery of the Newport accent, and just how silly the Scilly Isles are. …

Category: Comedy, Interviews, upfront Region: South Wales

FASCINATING AIDA: THEY’RE BACK AT LAST | STAGE REVIEW

February 17, 2020

FASCINATING AÏDA: THEY’RE BACK AT LAST St David’s Hall, Cardiff Sat 15 Feb ***** With a career spanning almost four decades, Fascinating Aïda still manage to delight, charm and shock …

Category: Comedy, Music, Reviews, Theatre Region: South Wales

COUNT ARTHUR STRONG | STAGE REVIEW

February 10, 2020

COUNT ARTHUR STRONG: IS THERE ANYBODY OUT THERE? Sherman Theatre, Cardiff Fri 7 Feb **** There is no question that Count Arthur Strong – the legendary comedy creation from the …

Category: Comedy, Reviews, Theatre Region: South Wales

ROUND THE HORNE | UPFRONT

February 9, 2020

ROUND THE HORNE The latest of the classic radio comedies to hit the stage is Round The Horne. The original show ran on BBC Radio between 1965 and 1968 and, …

Category: Comedy, Previews, Theatre, upfront Region: South Wales

FASCINATING AÏDA | INTERVIEW

February 8, 2020

Delighting audiences with their sophisticatedly silly songs since 1983 and now viral sensations, Fascinating Aïda have established themselves as the undisputed queens of cabaret. Buzz talks to chief songwriter Dillie …

Category: Comedy, Interviews, Music, upfront Region: South Wales

“I think ‘foodbank’ is a worse word than ‘c*nt’!” – JANEY GODLEY | INTERVIEW

February 6, 2020

You wouldn’t expect your average 59-year-old Glaswegian woman (if there is such a thing) to be an internet superstar. But for stand-up star Janey Godley, her political voiceover videos – …

Category: Comedy, upfront Region: South Wales

COUNT ARTHUR STRONG | INTERVIEW

February 2, 2020

COUNT ARTHUR STRONG | INTERVIEW From cookery to crooning, there’s nothing that self-proclaimed doyen of light entertainment Count Arthur Strong can’t do. Turning his hand to stargazing, the legendary comedy …

Category: Comedy, Interviews, Previews, upfront Region: South Wales

ROUNDUP | FEBRUARY

February 1, 2020

Looking for a way to feed your inner culture vulture? We’ve rounded up eleven for you right here, with some of the best things happening across Wales in this month’s …

Category: 10 Things To Do This Week, Comedy, Dance, Film, Previews, Roundups, Theatre Region: South Wales

“The internet is its own animal, with its own force” – DAVID BADDIEL | INTERVIEW

December 19, 2019

DAVID BADDIEL David Baddiel has enough strings to his bow as it is – comedian, novelist and, most recently, playwright. As he gears up to go on the road again …

Category: Comedy, Interviews, Theatre, upfront Region: South Wales

Comedy superstar TIM MINCHIN returns to touring (again) with BACK ENCORE

I left feeling rather depressed – THE TIGERFACE SHOW | STAGE REVIEW

Cheek-achingly funny, unforeseeably educational – JAYDE ADAMS | STAGE REVIEW

CLINTON BAPTISTE | STAGE REVIEW

CLINTON BAPTISTE | INTERVIEW

SIMON AMSTELL | STAGE REVIEW

BRIDGET CHRISTIE | PREVIEW

MYRA DUBOIS | STAGE REVIEW

SIMON AMSTELL | INTERVIEW

GHOSTS: THE CAST | INTERVIEW

KIRI PRITCHARD-MCLEAN | INTERVIEW

GŴYL 2021 | INTERVIEW

“Political debate in Britain at the moment is fairly predictable.” HENNING WEHN | INTERVIEW

STAGE LISTINGS | MARCH 2020

ROUNDUP | MARCH

MARK STEEL | INTERVIEW

FASCINATING AIDA: THEY’RE BACK AT LAST | STAGE REVIEW

COUNT ARTHUR STRONG | STAGE REVIEW

ROUND THE HORNE | UPFRONT

FASCINATING AÏDA | INTERVIEW

“I think ‘foodbank’ is a worse word than ‘c*nt’!” – JANEY GODLEY | INTERVIEW

COUNT ARTHUR STRONG | INTERVIEW

ROUNDUP | FEBRUARY

“The internet is its own animal, with its own force” – DAVID BADDIEL | INTERVIEW

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