Good Luck to You, Leo Grande – Emma Thompson hires sex worker in charming comedy
Thompson gives an emotionally generous performance as a former teacher seeking sexual gratification in an amusing and compassionate two-hander
March 2021
Paintball Massacre review – splatterhouse horror with scattershot acting
This school-reunion paintball outing struggles to live up to illustrious Brit comedy-horror predecessors like Hot Fuzz and Dog Soldiers
April 2019
Comedians pay tribute to Ian Cognito after standup dies on stage
Jimmy Carr and Katy Brand among those to pay public respect to ‘fearless’ comic who fell suddenly ill during Bicester gig
May 2018
3 Women review – many snappy returns in Katy Brand's barbed drama
Katy Brand: 'We don’t want to replace men – we just want equal airtime'
September 2017
Katy Brand review – standup goes on an interstellar adventure
I Could Have Been an Astronaut is an amusing ramble through Brand’s childhood obsessions, fate and the factors that make us who we are
April 2017
The funniest thing
Katy Brand: ‘Victoria Wood's Two Soups is the funniest sketch ever’
The comedian and sketch-show doyenne on the things that make her laugh the most
December 2016
A new year that changed me
I spent new year by myself in Sharm el-Sheikh. I’ve never felt happier
Katy Brand
In 2007, after my cul-de-sac of a relationship came to an end, I decided to take my first holiday alone. I discovered that I was excellent company
August 2016
How I get ready
Katy Brand: ‘I can’t remember the Single Ladies dance I did for Sport Relief’
Katy Brand at Edinburgh festival review – confessions of a former teen Christian
July 2016
Katy Brand: 'I was praying demons out of people at 15'
The comedian relives her teenage years as a fervent evangelical Christian in her new show. As she prepares for the Edinburgh festival, she talks about preaching in shopping centres and comic resurrection
September 2014
Sex uncovered 2014
Katy Brand: We're not good at talking about sex. Laughter is a useful way to start the conversation
Katy Brand
Katy Brand: Comedy may help address some of our greatest taboos, but nothing should be off-limits
July 2014
Heard the one about women on TV?
Victoria Coren Mitchell
Victoria Coren Mitchell: Not getting on the box means female comics don’t earn the money to tour and hone their skills
June 2014
Observer New Review Q&A
Katy Brand interview: 'Standup is like wearing an uncomfortable coat all day'
The comedian and writer talks to Viv Groskop about religion, women on panel shows and avoiding Beyoncé at weddings
April 2014
What I see in the mirror
What I see in the mirror: Katy Brand
'I have plump lips which are good for messing about with lipstick, but I have a blobby nose'
September 2011
Celebrity squares
Katy Brand: 'It promises so much and delivers so little'
Celebrity squares: Actress, comedian and writer Katy Brand is not as keen on her robot vacuum cleaner as she is on her coffee maker
April 2010
Katy Brand
New Victoria theatre, Woking The Big Ass Show star's brand of caustic nonsense wins round an initially frosty crowd, writes Brian Logan
August 2008
Is this it?
'I look disturbingly like the Queen in makeup'
Her Big Ass Show spoofs Kate Winslet, Kate Moss and Russell Brand, but does Katy Brand know what’s going on? Yes! It’s all about Mitch Winehouse
