![]() Recognise, Represent, Reset, and the addition of Recap, which ties them all together, show a comedian at the pinnacle. Whoever came up with the idea to film all of James Acaster’s R-titled stand-up shows at once deserves a medal. She makes you feel able laugh about something that’s difficult to laugh at – now, that’s something to admire. She jokes about her miscarriage when she was pregnant with twins, a line she manages to toe deftly. There’s a lot of raunchy sex talk, but what makes her such a special comedian, in both this hour and her next Hard Knock Wife, is her honesty. There aren’t many comedians who perform stand-up while seven months pregnant – a point Ali Wong makes hilariously in Baby Cobra, while demonstrating the difference between male and female comedians’ parenting. Where to watch: Amazon Prime Ali Wong: Baby Cobra Her show tackles feminism, body image, social media influence and compassion. ![]() Now you know it’s a thing, you’ll never be able to stop noticing black turtlenecks in TV appearances. ![]() Don’t worry, she’s still got all of that in her wardrobe, but for her latest show, she picked out a different item of clothing: the Serious Black Jumper, or the uniform of a celebrity who wants to be seen as a “successful independent woman”. Long-term fans of Jayde Adams will know her for the glitz and glamour, the costumes, props and musical numbers. He’s shocking, hilarious, disgusting and devastating all in the space of minutes. In Jackie, he shows just the sort of pessimistic, wry outlook that suits someone who lives here and loves it, despite everything. It affords him the perspective of someone who understands the intricacies of life in the UK, but also the ridiculousness. Where to watch: Soho Theatre On Demand Rob Delaney: JackieĪmerican-born Rob Delaney has been living in London since he and Sharon Horgan co-created Catastrophe, one of the best TV comedies of recent years. Definitely go and check that out, but if you want to start slightly further back, head over to Soho Theatre’s on demand site, which holds Us, her fantastic 2017 show about sexuality, loneliness and identity. The stand-up show that it grew out of – Dope – was filmed as part of Netflix’s Comedians of the World series. New West End Company BRANDPOST | PAID CONTENTĪ whole legion of new Mae Martin admirers join us after the runaway success of her Channel 4 show Feel Good’s first series (you can still watch that here ).It plays such complex games with irony and perspective that you end up dizzy – but not so much as to miss the real-life trauma Acaster both conceals and reveals. Joke after joke operates on a plane to which standup seldom ascends, culminating in the extraordinary anecdote about Acaster being dumped by his agent. There’s a rush you get when you watch a routine that has been burnished to gem-like perfection, every phrase and pause chiselled and grooved to maximise the surprise I felt drunk on it after two hours of this set. The result – two sets for the price of one, effectively – is an absolutely cracking night of comedy from an act at the peak, surely, of his powers. To the meticulous, mind-warping standup we expect, Acaster now adds a personal intimacy from which he’s hitherto fought shy. But with this West End show, he raises his game still higher. We had no right to ask more of James Acaster – already a five-times Edinburgh Comedy award nominee and the first UK comic to shoot multiple Netflix specials.
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