Ivo Graham: Organised Fun review – relentlessly trivial comedy
The nerdy comic takes his standup in a new direction with this partly participatory show but it doesn’t exploit his strengths
July 2023
Comedy Q&A
Ivo Graham: ‘My best heckle? Can you get money back from Eton?!’
The standup on his hateful first gig, battling with comedian DJs and whether he was right to pick A Fish Called Wanda as his funniest film
August 2022
Ivo Graham review – bashful posh comic grows up with a skilful new show
Maturity has made the awkward standup more at ease with himself and lent heft and fruitful battle-scarring to his shtick
August 2020
Lockdown culture
Edinburgh Unlocked review – a carnival of comedy from the festival that never was
Penguin’s fine pandemic audio festival delivers hours of laughs from comics including Jordan Brookes, Glamrou, Mo Amar, Michelle de Swarte and Sheeps
July 2020
Theatres that made us
'I've wrestled, climbed the walls and got a black eye' – theatres that made us
Nadia Albina, Ivo Graham, Cherylee Houston and more share memories of the theatres that they call home
August 2019
Ivo Graham review – old Etonian's awfully droll domestic jokes
The comic lets rip – if only a bit – for a fine hour of standup about new parenthood and his fogeyish tendencies
February 2019
My funny valentine: standups on their most disastrous dates
A night in a cemetery, a trip to a strip club, five hours in A&E … comics relive their woeful romantic rendezvous
January 2019
Comedian Ivo Graham: 'I'm obliged to talk about Eton – it's my only USP'
The apologetic old Etonian on his school days and graduating from his studenty image
December 2017
Christmas culture 2017
Comedians on how to banish festive fear and have a better Christmas
From faking illness to binning Brexit chat, standups including Rachel Parris, Milton Jones and Phil Wang share advice on taking the hassle out of the holidays
October 2017
Ivo Graham: Educated Guess review – Eton schooldays and leftie laughs
There’s plenty to admire in Graham’s new show, including a teenage appearance on The Weakest Link and a fresh-minted routine about the £1 coin
September 2017
When comedy's big hitters take a short cut to the punchline
Brian Logan
Autumn arts preview 2017
Angels and demons: the unmissable theatre, comedy and dance of autumn 2017
August 2017
Ivo Graham: 'Shaving my head was meant to give me an air of mystery and menace. It did not’
The up-and-coming standup whiz spills the beans about the things that make him laugh the most, from Lucky Jim to A Fish Called Wanda
January 2016
This week's new live comedy
This week’s new comedy
Isy Suttie: The Actual One | Ivo Graham: No Filter | Tiff Stevenson: Mad Men
August 2015
This week's new live comedy
This week’s best Edinburgh comedy
Ivo Graham | Joseph Morpugo | The Pin
'I wear black to hide the sweat patches': comedians on their stage clothes
Comics at the Edinburgh fringe reveal their sartorial secrets, from furry trousers to see-through numbers
Edinburgh fringe 2015: comedians play consequences
It’s an old parlour game with a new twist! With only the previous line to go on, Edinburgh-bound comics have to write a story. And it had better be funny…
November 2014
Open mic
Critics aren’t comedy snobs – I like Lee Mack as much as Stewart Lee
Brian Logan
Ivo Graham review – old Etonian comic revels in inadequacy
August 2014
Edinburgh comedy diary
Last days of the fringe – Edinburgh shows to make a comical dash for
Brian Logan reveals where to head for last-minute Edinburgh fringe fun, from debut comics to to wacky standups
