Daniel Kitson detests audience participation but still manipulates us like marionettes
Brian Logan
The comedian’s show Collaborator involves 160 audience members getting speaking parts – and Kitson has anticipated every possible question, anxiety or misstep
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
November 2020
Dot. Dot. Dot. review – Daniel Kitson's unkempt everyman charts the strangest of years
The comedian – on a solo tour of UK theatres – finds warm and funny layers of humanity in the small details of everyday lives
August 2020
'Canary in the coalmine': Scarborough's Stephen Joseph theatre reopens for autumn
John Godber’s B&B drama – performed by the playwright, with his family – launches programme that includes one-woman Christmas show
September 2019
Best culture of the 21st century
The 50 best comedians of the 21st century
From apocalyptic standup Frankie Boyle to the many hilarious faces of Tina Fey, Steve Coogan, Sharon Horgan and Kristen Wiig, we present the funniest people of the era
August 2019
Daniel Kitson review – seat-of-the-pants caper funnier than it has any right to be
Kitson delivers a last-minute set of quarter-baked routines, but it’s still a pleasure to be entertained by his unique humour
January 2019
Keep review – want a list of every single thing in Daniel Kitson's house?
The standup and storyteller sets out to list all 20,000 of his possessions in a show that misfires despite some delightful apercus
May 2018
The week in radio and podcasts: Mental Health Minute; Chris Hawkins; Jo Whiley and Simon Mayo; British podcast awards and more
Mental health awareness week brought insights, Whiley and Mayo got off to a shaky start and gongs went to the best of UK podcasters
December 2017
Christmas culture 2017
Christie, Kitson and an unholy cabaret: the best comedy shows this Christmas
Bridget Christie promises a night of hope and despair, Daniel Kitson serves up a heartwarmer and Lucy McCormick delivers a trash take on the New Testament. Here are the funniest festive gigs
July 2017
Daniel Kitson can’t reclaim a racist word he’s never been the target of
Nosheen Iqbal
Daniel Kitson review – warts-and-all comedy is crammed with gags
June 2017
Summer arts preview 2017
The must-see standup of summer 2017: Daniel Kitson, Sara Pascoe, Rob Delaney and more
The star of Catastrophe brings carnality, the elusive Kitson attempts to ‘alter language’, Sara Pascoe goes dating, while Hannah Gadsby goes out with a bang
January 2017
TV & radio catch up guide
Catch-up and download: from Riverdale to Seth Meyers
Archie Comics gets the teen soap treatment, while the US chatshow continues to skewer The Donald
November 2016
Mouse: The Persistence of an Unlikely Thought review – Daniel Kitson charms with tale of loneliness
The awkward monologuist offers up a compelling and, at times, excitingly unpredictable one-man show about a small, furry protagonist
August 2016
Edinburgh comedy diary
Sketchy comedy: the perks and pitfalls of the work-in-progress
Mouse: The Persistence of an Unlikely Thought review – Daniel Kitson gets to the heart of friendship
December 2015
Daniel Kitson's A Show for Christmas – authentic, moving and so very British
Best culture 2015
Michael Billington's top 10 theatre of 2015
October 2015
Stories for the Starlit Sky review – Daniel Kitson wins the storytelling marathon
With three wobbly-hearted shows in one slow-burning evening, ever-funny Kitson tells life stories with scruffy humanity
August 2015
Edinburgh festival 2015 comedy review – heckling iPods, improv ballads and feminist rap
Ambitious Daniel Kitson, energetic Pippa Evans and chatty Jenny Bede play it their own way
