Bo Burnham - review
Shepherd's Bush Empire, LondonThere is a moment in Bo Burnham's show when, crossing the stage from guitar stand to keyboard, he breaks into a dementedly silly walk. "Never waste a moment," he barks;...
View ArticleLiam Williams – Edinburgh festival 2013 review
Just the Tonic at the TronThe comedy of disenfranchised, disillusioned Generation Y is upon us. It's been coming: Alfie Brown's show last year – a fierce attack on comedy and our cultural life – was a...
View ArticleBo Burnham – Edinburgh festival 2013 review
Pleasance CourtyardFrom neuroscience to paedophile frogs, the creative profusion of this former YouTube star makes for an exhilarating showWow. Bo Burnham is back, with a full-frontal assault of music...
View ArticleThis week's new live comedy
Liam Williams | Andrew Maxwell | Bo BurnhamThere's something terribly exciting about watching Liam Williams set out his comedy stall. While his stock-in-trade is that of a deadpan miserabilist (who,...
View ArticleAmy Schumer and Bo Burnham among standout standups in live fall comedy
From the established shtick of Dave Chappelle to internet stars and unknown quantities, this autumn there’s an abundance of laughs to be hadBo Burnham may have launched his career posting suggestive...
View ArticleBo Burnham's Make Happy review – YouTube sensation's growing pains
The former teen star’s theatrical shtick is nothing new but his mix of music, wit and experimental comedy creates a freshness rarely seen on stagePlayStation Theater, New YorkIt was less than a decade...
View ArticleDon't wait for the punchline: Jordan Brookes and comedy's rule breakers
Shows that delight in flouting conventions, like Brookes’s Body of Work, make us question our expectations of standup – including whether it should all be funnyAn offstage voice announces his entrance,...
View ArticleThe 50 best films of 2018 in the US: No 4 – Eighth Grade
YouTuber turned comedian Bo Burnham makes his directorial debut with a piercingly honest study of teenage anxiety in the social media eraSee the rest of the US countdownSee the rest of the UK...
View ArticleRoyals, rogues and Rudolf Nureyev: the best films of 2019
Christian Bale plays Dick Cheney, Nicole Kidman goes undercover, Olivia Colman is Queen Anne and Timothée Chalamet gets addicted to meth Dir: Yorgos LanthimosOlivia Colman excels as an emotionally...
View ArticleVideo killed the Hollywood star: will vloggers take over the film world?
Eighth Grade director Bo Burnham was discovered via social media, the latest in a new cohort entering the industry Let Eighth Grade count the ways in which social media has warped teenage life beyond...
View ArticleEighth Grade review – the exquisite agony of growing up | Peter Bradshaw's...
Elsie Fisher is magnificent as a vulnerable teenager facing trouble at school and at home in Bo Burnham’s gripping dramaIn all its boredom punctuated by sudden moments of unforgettable discomfort and...
View ArticleEighth Grade review – brilliant coming-of-age debut
Bo Burnham’s first feature film is a note-perfect tale of a shy teenager’s struggle with our internet-obsessed cultureAccepting his directorial debut award from the National Board of Review in January,...
View ArticleBo Burnham: Inside review – this is a claustrophobic masterpiece
Netflix With electro-pop social commentary, bleak humour and sock-puppet debates, the comic’s lockdown creation is astonishingWell, now we know what Bo Burnham did with his lockdown. Inside is his new...
View ArticleHow Bo Burnham’s Netflix special Inside set the bar for quarantine art
The comedy special reflects the messy, diffuse, barely processable collective experience of the past year, by digging deep into the online conditionLast week, the comedian Bo Burnham released Welcome...
View ArticleAn Inside job: lockdown has finally been turned into the stuff of...
This strange time needs to be described and explored – and US comedian Bo Burnham has produced something specialIn the spring, I wrote about a wariness surrounding art that reflects on the pandemic–...
View ArticleSong of the summer 2021: our writers pick their favourite tracks
From Olivia Rodrigo to Leon Bridges to Bo Burnham, Guardian critics recommend their most played songs of the seasonThe unstintingly boppy Chvrches take a darker turn while paying due deference to goth...
View ArticleCollapsed laughing: how the gap between music and comedy has disappeared
Comedy and music have always co-existed – but with artists from Dry Cleaning to Bo Burnham cleverly blurring the two, it’s hard to tell where the jokes begin and endSome of my favourite music of this...
View ArticleEighth Grade to Don’t Look Now: the seven best films to watch on TV this week
From Bo Burnham’s astute and moving depiction of adolescence to Nicholas Roeg’s iconoclastic horror, here’s what to stream and watch on British screensContinue reading...
View ArticleHigh anxiety: film, music, games and art for the paranoid
From Dalí’s eerie streetscape to the fearful little crewmates in Among Us, our critics recommend culture for the irrationally threatenedThe world may be celebrating the 50th anniversary of The...
View ArticleBo Burnham’s Inside is a masterpiece – even these outtakes are hilarious
Much of the leftover material from Burnham’s twisted Netflix special sparkles as brightly as the original A year after the release of his Netflix special Inside– by any measure, one of the most iconic...
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