Jerrod Carmichael is a superb standup – if only he’d stop checking his phone on stage

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Jerrod Carmichael is a superb standup – if only he’d stop checking his phone on stage

The US comedian, who won an Emmy for the remarkable 2022 special Rothaniel, makes a bemusing visit to London When Sarah Silverman took to the stage at Hammersmith Apollo one night in 2008, she couldn’t have been more hip, or more hyped – America’s most cutting-edge comic come among us. Forty-five measly minutes later, her reputation – at least among short-changed London comedygoers – was in tatters. I was reminded of this at Soho theatre this we…