Elton John among stars pledging support for Labour in general election
Celebrities including actor Kit Harington and comedian Jason Manford back Keir Starmer’s party
April 2024
The best theatre to stream this month
The best theatre to stream this month: Jekyll & Hyde, Daniel Kitson’s Tree and more
Forbes Masson stars in Gary McNair’s version of the gothic novella, Tim Key joins Kitson in an Old Vic two-hander and Jason Manford celebrates all musicals great and small
December 2023
‘Look at the bloody tip!’: Jason Manford blasts messy theatre audiences
The comedian posted a video of the ‘shocking’ amount of litter left behind after his performance in a panto, saying, ‘You wouldn’t treat your own home like that, would you?’
August 2023
Georgie Grier plays to sell-out Edinburgh crowd 24 hours after tearful tweet
Actor and writer posted yesterday after performing her show Sunsets to one audience member
July 2023
The Q&A
Jason Manford: ‘My celebrity crush? The Rock. He should be president of the world’
The Wizard of Oz review – over the rainbow and into an arcade game
November 2022
Panto first-timers prepare to party: ‘I’ll wave that wand with everything I’ve got!’
Jason Manford, Keala Settle, Carrie Hope Fletcher and Chelsea Hall get set for the glitter and gags of festive season
April 2022
‘My worst nightmare and my biggest dream!’ The Olivier awards’ best quotes
Host Jason Manford, Cabaret stars Jessie Buckley and Eddie Redmayne, and a host of other presenters and winners gave some candid speeches at the ceremony
February 2022
The watcher
Starstruck: the bizarre twist on Stars in Their Eyes that will make your soul feel empty
Three strangers all pretending to be the same celeb! One of the oddest judging panels ever! Olly Murs! ITV’s bombastic new singing contest is very, very bad
January 2022
Sunday with Jason Manford: ‘I have six children so there’s lots of dad-taxiing’
The comedian tells Michael Segalov about his busy Sunday brunch, pub quiz all-star family and recording his radio show at home
May 2021
Lockdown culture
A Killer Party review – Jason Manford hosts cheery, tuneful murder mystery
The cast of a whodunnit are all suspects when an impresario is found dead in this likably silly, hummable show
March 2021
Lockdown culture
Funny Festival Live review – BBC series puts standups back on stage
This chance to see new comedy faces, including Judi Love, Michael Stranney and Toussaint Douglass, reaps easygoing rewards
May 2020
Hope in a time of crisis
Fast walking, light relief and a comic's supermarket rejection
Three stories to bring a glint of joy amid the coronavirus gloom
March 2020
Olivier awards replaces cancelled ceremony with greatest moments show
Jason Manford will present programme of past highlights from the awards show, which has been postponed this year due to the coronavirus outbreak
December 2019
Curtains review – the arresting case of Kander and Ebb's musical whodunnit
Jason Manford is a charming, showtune-obsessed homicide cop in this fun companion to Chicago and Cabaret
July 2018
Jason Manford review – confessions of a 'muddle-class' comic
The standup’s new show, ostensibly about class in Britain, is often amusing, very likable but stubbornly middle-of-the-road
August 2017
Sing when you're grinning: Jason Manford and the resistible rise of dad-music
Who will be next in the major-label hunt to sign every two-bit TV mainstay?
July 2017
25 years of shooting comedians
Photographer Rich Hardcastle is raising money through Kickstarter to publish 110 of his comedian portraits to celebrate 25 years in the business
January 2016
TV and radio blog
The Great Sport Relief Bake Off – as it happened
This year’s charity edition of the baking show began with four contestants: Samantha Cameron, David James, Jason Manford and Maddy Hill. Were there soggy bottoms and tears in the technical?
March 2015
The Producers review – Jason Manford and Phill Jupitus in crass meisterwerk
Mel Brooks’s comedy about a Nazi-themed musical is revived in a charming, gleefully disrespectful steamroller of a production, writes Brian Logan
