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From the very start, Celine Kuklowsky’s Bed Boy clearly demonstrates its potential. The show has a solid base, but it perhaps suffers with issues that admittedly will resolve themselves with fluency and energy. One overarching theme of the hour is the fact that throughout their comedy, we can see the direction which Kuklowsky wants to go, how far they appear to be itching to take a joke, and how much they rein themselves in just as they are getting started.
Comedy streaming service Dropout announced the premiere date of talk-show-style series Adventuring Academy
Singing in a large group and hearing other people sing is famously a great time always, and one of the great things about protests is that it gives people the opportunity to participate in something that is usually reserved for theatre kids and religion. Now we have our Defying Gravitys and Hadestowns and Hamiltons and RENTs of course, but these songs have been thoroughly claimed by theatre kids.
Comedy streaming service Dropout today released the trailer for the new season of their fan favorite actual play series, Dimension 20. The new season, Gladlands, is set to premiere January 7th with episodes dropping every Wednesday.
Rosalie Minnitt has announced a new UK tour of her cult comedy hit, Clementine. Partnering with exciting theatre and comedy producers Liebenspiel, the tour will be stopping off at some of the UK’s most vibrant theatre venues between January and June, 2026.
Comedy streaming service Dropout today announced the return of the fan favorite interview improv series, Very Important People, for its third season.
To use words like delightful, hilarious, immersive - despite being accurate - would be to greatly undersell Nick Helm’s No One Gets Out Alive. The best descriptor would therefore be something along the lines of ‘what if a car crash was positive?’ in the way that the show itself is indescribably forceful and chaotic as well as the fact that we just simply can’t look away from Helm’s performance.
In Bog Witch, Bryony Kimmings attempts to create a theatrical spectacle, with all the flash that we associate and expect from a production of this nature. The issue arises when we peel it all back and ask the question, “So what?” And in answering that question, it becomes clear very quickly that the emperor really does not have any clothes and all the tech and clever storytelling is just a surface-level mirage.
There is a slight element of risk to Ben Pope’s The Cut. If a comedian is talented enough and crafts a joke well, the risk of taking a big swing with a punchline or topic can pay off in a very major way. The Cut is an example of when the opposite happens.
Comedy streaming service Dropout today announced their new standup comedy competition series Crowd Control. Hosted by Jacquis Neal and voiced by Chioke I'Anson, each episode will feature a trio of comedians as they compete against one another with no pre written material allowed.
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