The best theatre, dance and comedy tickets to book in 2024
The new year’s hottest shows include stage versions of Minority Report, Spirited Away and La Strada, performances by Keeley Hawes and Ian McKellen – plus laughs from Julia Masli, Rhod Gilbert and Ania Magliano
TV tonight
TV tonight: Mo Gilligan throws a raucous Christmas party
The Lateish Show does Christmas, with Leona Lewis, Fred Sirieix and Joel Dommett among the visitors. Plus: the World’s Strongest Man kicks off. Here’s what to watch this evening
Christmas crackers! It’s your ultimate guide to the UK’s best festive TV
From the rush of seeing Ncuti Gatwa as the new Doctor, to the tearjerking final ever episode of Ghosts – here’s your authoritative guide to the finest television
May 2023
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TV tonight: Mo Gilligan is the undisputed king of Friday night comedy
Adrian Lester is a guest on the raucous chatshow. Plus: Poopdeck Pete the parrot assists Sister Boniface on her return. Here’s what to watch this evening
February 2023
Brit awards viewing figures up after Saturday night TV debut
Sunday with Mo Gilligan: ‘I drop everything on a Sunday’
January 2023
Brit awards 2023: Wet Leg and Harry Styles lead male-dominated nominations
In the second year of non-gendered categories, the five nominees for artist of the year are entirely male
December 2022
TV review
That’s My Jam review – Mo Gilligan’s singing show is just … awkward
‘This is it. I’m winning!’ Mo Gilligan on his new Saturday night TV blockbuster
August 2022
The Big Breakfast returns: ‘It was fun and joyous – that’s what we want to bring’
Channel 4 show returns this weekend, 20 years after it was axed, and its hosts say it has modernised for today’s audience
July 2022
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TV tonight: another bad decision in the quietly devastating Avoidance
Jonathan (Romesh Ranganathan) goes for a drink with his boss. Plus: Judi Love saves the day on Celebrity Gogglebox. Here’s what to watch this evening
May 2022
The best original photographs from the Observer
Original Observer photography
TV tonight
TV tonight: Mo Gilligan’s Bafta-winning chatshow returns
The watcher
The Lateish Show With Mo Gilligan: you wouldn’t watch Ant and Dec doing this
‘I never thought I’d sell out the Apollo’: Mo Gilligan on why he’d rather be gardening than partying
February 2022
Mo Gilligan: There’s Mo to Life review – superstar comic just keeps rising
Adele sweeps gender-neutral Brit awards dominated by women
November 2021
Brit awards 2022 to remove gendered categories
The Q&A
Mo Gilligan: ‘My greatest achievement? Getting a house. I didn’t think that was possible’
October 2021
Mo Gilligan review – expert social anthropology from the boy next door
Gilligan’s cartoonish parade of misunderstandings and manipulations have perspective and heart
