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Margaret Cho

July 2024

  • Collage of Madonna and Sandra Bernhard; The Wizard of Oz; Queer as Folk; Kenny Everett; Edward Scissorhands

    Loud and queer: Gareth Thomas, Rosie Jones and more on the culture that helped them find their true selves

    From a rugby great to a former MP, LGBTQ stars spill the beans on the shows, songs and films that made them understand their identity

January 2024

  • Margaret Cho’s dog Ralph

    The pet I'll never forget
    The pet I’ll never forget: Margaret Cho on Ralph the dog, ‘truly the love of my life’

    The vet didn’t think Ralph would survive, but I took him from the animal shelter and nursed him to health. We became constant companions

April 2021

  • Margaret Cho

    'Rehab made me grateful to be alive': Margaret Cho on sobriety, solitude and Stop Asian Hate

    One of the world’s most outrageous comedians, Cho is leading the battle to end racism against Asian-Americans. She discusses hatred, hope and how humour saved her life

December 2017

  • Awkwafina: ‘YouTube was a landscape where not a lot of people saw an Asian-American woman being entirely unashamed.’

    The ones to watch in 2018
    Awkwafina: ‘I was just rapping about my genitalia – not making a feminist message’

    New Yorker Nora Lum, AKA Awkwafina, has been going places since My Vag went viral on YouTube – now she’s playing a scrappy wingman in the movie Ocean’s 8

November 2017

  • Scatological skits … Margaret Cho.

    Margaret Cho review – queen of lurid bad taste roars back from rehab

  • Margaret Cho by Albert Sanchez

    The funniest thing
    Margaret Cho: ‘I love Pauline and her pens from The League of Gentlemen’

  • ‘Comedy is about coping with your own suffering’: Margaret Cho.

    No holds barred and funny as hell: the fierce humour of Margaret Cho

  • ‘If you haven’t endured sexual abuse, you probably shouldn’t talk about it’ … clockwise, from centre: Margaret Cho, David Cross, Doug Stanhope, Fern Brady and James Corden.

    Don't go there? Standups on Weinstein, taboos – and the gags they regret

December 2016

  • The Ancient One (Tilda Swinton) in Doctor Strange.

    Tilda Swinton releases Margaret Cho emails about film role diversity

    White actor, cast as character in Doctor Strange originally written as Tibetan man, criticised by Asian-American comedian

December 2015

  • Margaret Cho: Psycho tour

    Margaret Cho review – sex-positive comedy with knobs on

  • Ian and Janette Tough aka The Krankies

    Margaret Cho sparks Ab Fab Twitter storm after accusing movie of 'yellowface'

November 2015

  • Margaret Cho: ‘I’m both insightful and crass.’

    Observer New Review Q&A
    Margaret Cho: ‘If Trump becomes president, the whole world’s in big trouble’

  • Margaret Cho in Los Angeles October 2015.

    Shaved and savage: has comedian Margaret Cho finally gone too far?

September 2015

  • Oddball Comedy And Curiosity Festival<br>CLARKSTON, MI - AUGUST 30: Comedian Amy Schumer performs during the Oddball Comedy And Curiosity Festival at DTE Energy Music Theater on August 30, 2015 in Clarkston, Michigan. (Photo by Scott Legato/Getty Images)

    Fall arts preview 2015
    Amy Schumer and Bo Burnham among standout standups in live fall comedy

    From the established shtick of Dave Chappelle to internet stars and unknown quantities, this autumn there’s an abundance of laughs to be had

October 2012

  • Neil Hamburger

    This week's new live comedy
    This week's new live comedy

    Galway Comedy Festival | Margaret Cho: Mother | David O'Doherty: Seize The David O'Doherty

May 2012

  • Korean-American Margaret Cho has some exceptional set pieces

    Comedy gold: the best standup on DVD
    Comedy gold: Margaret Cho: I'm the One That I Want

    Leo Benedictus: In this remarkable comeback gig, one of comedy's great survivors demonstrates her superbly polished style – and her fearless honesty

August 2011

  • neil hamburger

    This week's new live comedy
    This week's new live comedy

    Neil Hamburger | Edward Aczel | Margaret Cho | Asher Treleaven

  • Margaret Cho

    Margaret Cho – review

    Comedy audiences will find few more luridly intimate, but big-hearted accounts of the hedonistic lifestyle, writes Brian Logan
  • Isy Suttie at the Pleasance

    Edinburgh fringe comedy roundup

    From Isy Suttie and Margaret Cho to Dave Gorman and Asher Treleaver, Stephanie Merritt on the best of this year's Edinburgh fringe comedy offerings

December 2004

  • Margaret Cho

    New Players Theatre, London

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