Celebrity Save Our Sperm review – the horrified faces during the testicle massage scene are priceless
Three famous faces get their fertility checked, and go on a journey to combat the troubling fall in sperm counts. Although they draw the line at kneading their own scrotums …
April 2022
Comedy Q&A
Russell Kane: ‘A bad gig? The great dane that came up on to the stage’
The standup on courgette puns, comedy audiences and why John Kennedy Toole is his comedy hero
March 2021
Lockdown culture
LAUGHNow Comedy Club review – gremlins mess with the joy of jokes
Russell Kane saves the day with energetic Covid gags as technical issues and uninspired material blight the first edition of a new standup series
December 2020
Best culture 2020
What a joke: the 10 funniest comedy shows of 2020
There wasn’t a lot to laugh about as venues closed and gigs were cancelled. But standups still delivered silly, edgy and heartfelt gags. Our critic picks his favourite new material
November 2020
Russell Kane review – a cathartic shot of Covid comedy
Before live comedy disappears once more, Kane delivers a terrific, barnstorming set sending up the pandemic – and the government’s laughable response to it
February 2019
Russell Kane: The Fast and the Curious review – a comedy whirlwind
Cartoonish characters and an operatic vomiting routine animate conventional observations about Brits abroad, marriage and moving to the provinces
March 2017
The funniest thing
Russell Kane: ‘The funniest heckle I've ever had? Nick Grimshaw!'
The flamboyant standup on the things that make him laugh the most, from cult books and Tim Vine to reindeer’s blood pancakes
June 2016
Jokes about Queen's sex life in BBC show ruled out of order
Radio 4’s Don’t Make Me Laugh, broadcast on her birthday, made jibes that were personal, intrusive and demeaning, says BBC Trust
May 2016
TV review
Stupid Man, Smart Phone review – surely Google knows how to transport a camel?
Russell Kane and his hapless companion in a poignant – and entertaining – reminder of how dependent we are on our phones
March 2016
Russell Kane review – hyperactive tales of fatherhood and hangovers
The Essex comic’s new dad routine wins no prizes for originality, but there is still more material in two hours than many fit into a decade
December 2015
How I get ready
How I get ready: Russell Kane
I thought, ‘I’m married now, with a baby on the way – it’s time to grow up.’ So I went through my wardrobe, got rid of everything and bought 10 suits
August 2014
Edinburgh 2014 review: The Closure of Craig Solly – Russell Kane in unnerving form
Edinburgh festival 2014: 10 questions for Russell Kane
April 2014
Frank Skinner returns to Edinburgh festival for first time in seven years
Skinner will perform his show Man in a Suit at the fringe while Russell Kane and Richard Herring present dramatic works as well as comedy sets
March 2014
Russell Kane: kill BBC3 and you kill risk-taking comedy
Cutting the BBC's 'home of new comedy' means comics will have fewer opportunities to try and fail – it's an end to experimentalism, writes Russell Kane
August 2013
Russell Kane – Edinburgh festival 2013 review
Russell Kane: why I want to see the whites of their eyes
July 2013
Latitude comedy review: standup takes over the festival
Watch television with …
Russell Kane's favourite TV: Breaking Bad, The Apprentice, Through The Keyhole
March 2013
Laughing stock: the week in comedy
Stephen Fry takes US sitcom role and shark-attack jokes bite the dust
Brian Logan: Also this week, Russell Kane defends top comedians, Ross Noble is off the hook with the BBC Trust, and Britain gets its first comedy hotel
