Fostering is getting a shot of much-needed millennial energy – just ask Kiri Pritchard-McLean
Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett
Comfort Eating with Grace Dent
S6, Ep 9: Kiri Pritchard-McLean, comedian
March 2022
Kiri Pritchard-McLean: Home Truths review – a comic and her country
The standup reflects on returning to her native Wales in a show that lacks the purposefulness of her earlier campaigning routines
November 2021
New organisation launched to tackle sexual harassment in live comedy
Get Off! was set up by standups Kiri Pritchard-McLean and Nina Gilligan in order to create safer workplaces within little-regulated industry
March 2021
Lockdown culture
Aisha (the black album); Putting a Face On review – more pointed monologues
Jade Anouka sprints through American history, while all is inexorably revealed in Kiri Pritchard-McLean’s subtle play about gaslighting
February 2021
'People think it’s some weird rite of passage': standing up to sexual harassment in comedy
Live comedy’s lack of regulation has enabled sexist and predatory behaviour but a group of female standups have ambitious plans to overhaul the industry
January 2021
Radio 4 standups zoom through angst from all angles
The BBC’s new comedy series brings together half-hour sets from Kiri Pritchard-McLean, Imran Yusuf and Joz Norris
September 2020
Greenwich Comedy festival review – starry lineup relishes return of live banter
Sara Pascoe, Rich Hall and Aisling Bea warm to an excited crowd – and a divine heckler – in the chilly outdoors
August 2020
Lockdown culture
Forecast is funny: the best comedy shows to stream this summer
'I've had men rub their genitals against me': female comedians on extreme sexism in standup
June 2020
Lockdown culture
Comedy at the Covid Arms review – the perfect formula for lockdown standup
Consummate host Kiri Pritchard-McLean sets the stage for Frankie Boyle and others in a show with true comedy-club feel
April 2020
Seriously funny: political comedians on humour in horrific times
The Mash Report has always turned tough topics into comedy. As it returns in lockdown, host Nish Kumar and standups Kiri Pritchard-McLean and Tom Mayhew talk about satire’s role in a crisis
Lockdown culture
Corona comedy: Facebook cabaret, gamer gags and a WhatsApp panel show
From Iain Stirling’s Fifa banter to Jayde Adams live from her lounge, comedians isolated by the lockdown are reaching audiences online
Lockdown culture
Home fooling: Kiri Pritchard-McLean's virtual comedy club
The standup’s Saturday gigs have quickly become a fixture on the online circuit – and raised £20,000 for the Trussell Trust
August 2019
Tarot review – anarchic sketch trio play their cards right
Sordidly silly sketches including a semi-clothed standoff, a gory childbirth and an appearance by Satan bring the house down with their delinquent humour
August 2018
Young women are smashing it at Edinburgh as the #MeToo legacy kicks in
Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett
2018 may be the year of young women as their influence goes far beyond the fringe, says Guardian columnist Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett
June 2018
Best culture 2018
The 50 best podcasts of 2018
From Julia Davies’ dark comedy Dear Joan to track by track teardown Dissect, Marc Maron to Meat and beyond, here are this year’s finest audio offerings
August 2017
An Indiana Jones spoof and the destruction of Palmyra – the six best shows at Edinburgh fringe 2017
Six of the best from Edinburgh including Mat Ewins’ barrage of one-liners, a German teacher placement at a secondary school and a transgender journey
Gein’s Family Giftshop review – purist sketch group's most memorable show yet
The trio play depressed, maladroit losers with absolutely straight faces, and give an object lesson in offbeat humour
Kiri Pritchard-McLean review – thorny issues tackled with sharp wit
Voluntary work with vulnerable children is an unlikely subject for comedy but this show is packed with plenty of insights – and laughs
