The Portsmouth native is good company, cheerfully goofing around for our entertainment, but the set feels one draft short of its full potential

Bridget Christie was a bag of nerves, Suzi Ruffell played Covid for laughs and Stephen K Amos was so rusty he needed a clipboard ... top comics on the thrill of returning

Bridget Christie pokes fun at Madonna, Suzi Ruffell talks smear tests and John Robins is heckled about Butlins – all through a specially sheathed mic. Our critic’s first standup gig in months is a riot of joy and tension

As the series Comedy Against Living Miserably launches, two comedians explain how their jobs affect their emotional wellbeing – and how they hope to help their audiences

A cool crowd warms to the standup’s animated stories, daft moves and disarming candour in Dance Like Everyone’s Watching

Nocturnal is notionally about the things keeping the standup awake at night, but this cheery set shows she has nothing to worry about