Jack Whitehall’s Next Special, “Settle Down,” Sets January 30th Premiere For Netflix
Jack Whitehall: Settle Down. Courtesy of Netflix. English comedian & actor, Jack Whitehall, has been touring the globe this past year on his critically acclaimed Settle Down tour. After previously revealing from the British Comedy Guide that the new tour would be taped for Netflix, Whitehall has finally shared the premiere date for his newest […]
Gorilla Specials: Axel Blake Shows Why He Won Britain’s Got Talent ‘In Style’
Watching Axel Blake is like watching the coolest person you know perform stand-up. There’s a lot of movement, a lot of friendly punchlines, and an incredibly accessible point of view in his act, which helped win him top prize on Britain’s Got Talent recently. Capitalizing on all of this, he’s designed a special that plays […]
Gorilla Specials: Hilarious Heartbreaker Olga Koch Will Leave You Desperate To Be ‘Just Friends’
Olga Koch’s special Just Friends opens with a great hook: Koch was broken up with by a Disney adult and decided she wanted to have a threesome. Instead, what the audience has the pleasure of hearing, is the story of how she found love with Sam, a would-be threesome partner. There are jokes a plenty, […]
Gorilla Specials: Jen Brister Will Make You An ‘Optimist’ After Watching Her Special
In Jen Brister’s special, The Optimist, the comic walks through, and partially relives, the struggles of lockdown. As much as she can, Brister looks for levity, but more interestingly, she relitigates the tedium and hell of having to be trapped home with people you supposedly love, while the world gets stupider, but no better. There […]
New A24 Comedy Series From Kat Sadler, Such Brave Girls, Coming To Hulu
Hulu has unveiled its newest comedy series produced by A24, Such Brave Girls. What is Such Brave Girls about? The disfunctional family sitcom is a show “exploring life and love in all its ugly chaos. The story follows a single mother, Deb (Louise Brealey), and her two daughters, Josie (Sadler) and Billie (Lizzie Davidson – […]
Jack Dee To Tape Next Comedy Special, “Off the Telly,” This Month
Jack Dee. UK stand-up comedian, actor & podcaster, Jack Dee, has announced he’s taping his next hour in London at Leicester Square’s iconic Comedy Store on 22 November. The comic is a household name in the United Kingdom having starred in the sitcoms Bad Move, Lead Balloon and Josh. Dee is also the presenter for his […]
Gorilla Specials: Harriet Kemsley’s Taken A Hilarious Journey To Becoming A ‘Woman Child’
On stage for her special, Harriet Kemsley radiates hugh-energy as she prowls the small stage like a caged lion. Animated and prone to gesticulating, she lobs jokes like a comedy Andre Agassi, sending one after another into the small audience, crushing each time. Punctuating premises with up-spoken punchlines, Kensley demonstrates again and again what makes […]
Jimmy Carr Promises To Be “Terribly Funny” On New US Tour
Jimmy Carr: His Dark Material. Courtesy of Netflix. UK comedian Jimmy Carr is bringing his Terribly Funny tour to the US, a brand new hour of stand-up. The US-trek begins October 7th at Houston’s Cullen Performance Hall and includes dates into the Fall & Spring around the country in Dallas, Nashville, Detroit, Chicago, Boston, Washington, […]
New Comedy Special from Sean McLoughlin Available Now via 800 Pound Gorilla
Sean McLoughlin is back with his brand new stand-up special, So Be It, available today via 800 Pound Gorilla & available for free on YouTube July 27th. The world may be a strange and scary place, but life is still worth living says Sean McLoughlin. Sure, the west is collapsing, the corporations now control our […]
Huge Davies’ Debut Special “The Carpark” Is Available Now
800 Pound Gorilla is proud to present Huge Davies‘ first special, The Carpark, available now to watch exclusively on 800pgm.com. Combining his confident on stage presence, dark humour, surreal material and his one-of-a-kind customised keyboard, Huge has quickly risen to become one of the the most unique and hilarious acts in comedy. Join him as he […]