Will Adamsdale review – a masterclass in self-deprecation
The singular standup’s new show FaceTime is a delightful, devastating and stealthy account of his domestic woes
October 2018
The Lost Disc review – tall tale of a great Glastonbury bootleg
Will Adamsdale shapeshifts to play a crooner, a troubadour and a country singer in an ambitious mockumentary show
May 2016
The Joke review – an Englishman, Irishman and Scotsman walk into a show
Will Adamsdale, Lloyd Hutchinson and Brian Logan find themselves trapped inside a gag in a piece that pays homage to the theatrical imagination
November 2015
Will Adamsdale: power tips to avoid jingle hell this Christmas – video
The comedian’s Edinburgh award-winning self-help coach Chris John Jackson is back with some festive advice including how to survive the office party
January 2015
Vote for Partridge: the characters who should follow Pub Landlord into politics
Al Murray’s comic creation is standing against Nigel Farage in South Thanet with a ‘13-point common-sense action plan’. But what would Otis Lee Crenshaw and The Boy With Tape on His Face do for Westminster?
August 2014
Edinburgh festival 2014 review: Will Adamsdale – subtle, self-deprecating and smart
Carefully concealing his masterful control of the show, the former Perrier winner explores the interzone between comedy, theatre and spoken word, writes Alex Needham
Will Adamsdale: 'Comedy today is tweeting with one hand and playing a ukelele with the other'
The comedian returns to the Fringe 10 years after winning the Perrier award. How has comedy changed in that time? And what is comedy anyway?
Will Adamsdale: sitting at the cheap bar between theatre and comedy
Ten years after his Perrier victory with Jackson's Way, the one-time Human Computer is back at the Edinburgh festival with a new show about borders
August 2013
Edinburgh comedy diary
Stewart Lee returns … and Will Adamsdale puts his back out
Will Adamsdale pulls out of Edinburgh play owing to injury
May 2013
The Victorian in the Wall – review
This show, which Will Adamsdale co-wrote, co-directed and stars in, seems to have one prime purpose: to make us warm to his tousled charm and lovably helpless hero. I remain distinctly unwarmed, says Michael Billington
January 2011
Jackson's Way – review
Will Adamsdale: the guru of nonsense
October 2008
Theatre's sound revolution: The Receipt
Listen to a clip from Will Adamsdale and Chris Branch's atmospheric collaboration
August 2007
The Guardian Live at the Gilded Balloon
The Heckle 12: Byte-sized jokes
In today's comedy podcast from Edinburgh, Brian Logan meets spoof hospital radio DJ Ivan Brackenbury. Plus, Pascal Wyse encounters human computer Will Adamsdale.
Theatre blog
The Heckle 12: Byte-sized jokes
In today's comedy podcast, our guests include 'human computer' Will Adamsdale and spoof hospital radio DJ Ivan Brackenbury.
The Human Computer
Will Adamsdale's one-man show is a deliciously low-tech take on the hi-tech world of computers, says Lyn Gardner.
August 2006
The Guardian UK Culture Podcast
Arts and entertainment: 08.08.2006
The Guardian UK Culture Podcast
Arts and Entertainment: 08.08.2006
August 2004
Comedy novice wins Perrier for his life lessons
Little-known actor Will Adamsdale recognised for his motivational speaker spoof, Jackson's Way.
