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Reggie Watts

April 2022

  • The Late Late Show with James Corden<br>LOS ANGELES - SEPTEMBER 30: The Late Late Show with James Corden airing Thursday, September 30, 2021, with guests Beth Behrs and Andy Serkis. Pictured with: Tim Young, Reggie Watts, Hagar Ben Ari, Guillermo Brown. (Photo by Terence Patrick/CBS via Getty Images)

    ‘The industry is predictable – there’s a lot of gatekeeping’: Reggie Watts is the last weirdo left on TV

    For the past decade the bandleader role has been critical to late-night talk shows, a place where they can project inclusiveness without having to scrap the white, middle-aged male host

June 2017

  • US comedian Reggie Watts. For g2 Arts. Photo by Linda Nylind. 2/6/2017.

    Freak out! Reggie Watts on jamming with James Corden and tackling Trump with improv

    The freestyle standup and bandleader on The Late Late Show is in London for a gig and has no idea what he’ll perform. Improv, he says, can free the mind – and maybe silliness can help save the world

July 2016

  • Katy Brand

    Open mic
    Scared of standup? Making the leap from the safety of sketch comedy

    Katy Brand and Kieran Hodgson were intimidated at first by the idea of going it alone on stage. But plenty of comedians journey between sketch troupes and solo performance – taking refuge in one and soul-searching in the other

June 2016

  • Reggie Watts

    How I get ready
    Reggie Watts: ‘I would like clothes a lot more if I were 20lb lighter’

    The musician and comedian talks hair, beards and exercise regimes

May 2016

  • Clockwise from top left, Sara Pascoe, Reggie Watts, Bridget Christie, Pappy’s.

    Summer arts preview 2016
    Fun factory: the finest comedy of summer 2016

    David Baddiel airs his own family’s failings, Bridget Christie grapples with a Motörhead vibrator, there’s a raft of improv – and Mr Swallow recreates Houdini’s finest escape

July 2015

  • Reggie Watts in 2009.

    Comedy heroes
    Reggie Watts: the one-man jam band

    Improvised performance is ultimately about getting on a stage and taking a flight of fancy – and few people soar higher than this king of nonsense

November 2014

  • Hannibal Burgess

    The 10 best things to see at the New York comedy festival

    From topical gameshows to controversial standup, with some ‘minor nudity’ along the way, New York offers a comedy smorgasbord this week – here’s the pick

December 2013

  • Reggie Watts

    Status update
    Reggie Watts: 'I'm just interested in human culture'

    The comedian-musician-anthropologist, who just played a sold-out show at New York’s Irving Plaza, opens up about his comedy philosophy

June 2013

  • Reggie Watts – review

    Looping his voice was a good idea, but the effects gags do get repetitive, writes Brian Logan

May 2013

  • Sarah Silverman teamed with will.i.am for the song Perfect Night

    YouTube Comedy Week day 2: Sarah Silverman and Scooby Doo

    Brian Logan:With plenty of mickeys being taken – including out of Rick Astley and Mumford & Sons – the musical content is the funniest so far

July 2010

  • The Big Comedy Caravan

    This week's new comedy

    The Big Comedy Campervan | Sara Pascoe | This Is Reggie Watts

January 2010

  • Nina Conti

    This week's comedy previews

    Leicester Comedy Festival Preview Show | Cardinal Burns | Dave Hill: Big In Japan

July 2009

  • Reggie Watts

  • Flight of the Conchords season two: Bret and Jermaine

    Who's hot and who's not in comedy right now

July 2008

  • Comedy preview: Carlsberg Comedy Carnival

    Iveagh Gardens, to Jul 27

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