Comedy Reviews
Brandon Wardell, Soho Theatre review - US comic wings itThursday, 12 May 2022
Brandon Wardell is a big social media star – he has a large following on Twitter and Instagram, YouTube and TikTok – and has in the past appeared as support for fellow Millennial Bo Burnham. And now he is doing a short run at the Soho Theatre. Read more... |
Stratagem With Alan Partridge, touring review - he's back as a lifestyle guruMonday, 09 May 2022
After the latest disaster in Alan Partridge’s rollercoaster career, what would be the logical next move? To be a lifestyle guru, obviously. Partridge's creator Steve Coogan dipped into the idea back in 2008's Alan Partridge and Other Less Successful Characters and now, co-writing with Neil Gibbons and Rob Gibbons, Partridge is imagined as the purveyor of a lifestyle programme called Stratagem – where you turn STRAT into A GEM. Read more... |
Shaparak Khorsandi, touring review - sex, drugs and rock'n'rollWednesday, 27 April 2022
Shaparak Khorsandi has reverted to her given name since she last toured (she used to be known as Shappi) but other than that not much has changed in her brand of feelgood comedy, and her new show, It Was the 90s!, is an amusing look back at her youth from the perspective of middle age. Read more... |
String v SPITTA, Soho Theatre review - rival children's entertainers battle it outMonday, 11 April 2022
Spoofs of children's entertainment is a rich area for comics – whether it's the permanently drunk Jeremy Lion (Justin Edwards), or the permanently disappointed Funz and Gamez (Phil Ellis) – as they create adult fun in a seemingly innocent world. And now Ed MacArthur and Kiell Smith-Bynoe take an interesting new tack with String v SPITTA. Read more... |
Katherine Ryan, London Palladium review - a softer comic emergesMonday, 04 April 2022
A lot has happened to British-Canadian comic Katherine Ryan since she last toured and was expecting to go back on the road in 2020 – the “pandem”, which affected us all, of course, plus unexpected marriage and second-time motherhood. Updating us on that, plus her thoughts on much more, is a lot to pack in but she does so at pace in a show that barely stops for breath. Read more... |
Catherine Bohart, Soho Theatre review - anatomy of a break-upMonday, 14 March 2022
Catherine Bohart had a more eventful lockdown than most, as it marked the end of a five-year relationship and what she describes as a sort of breakdown followed. To add insult to injury, the break-up came not along after she and her girlfriend, fellow comic Sarah Keyworth (whom she doesn't name in the hour), had launched You'll Do, a podcast about – you've guessed – love and relationships. Read more... |
Sarah Millican, Winter Gardens, Margate review - enjoyable filthTuesday, 01 March 2022
Sarah Millican is clearly glad to be back on stage, and the noisy reception she gets at the Winter Gardens in Margate suggests her fans are glad to have her back too. Bobby Dazzler is a crowd pleaser in much the same vein as her previous shows – unflinching honesty about women's bodies, and scatological filth. Read more... |
Matt Forde: The Political Party review - topical stand-up and chatMonday, 07 February 2022
Nowadays, the jokes almost write themselves. As each new revelation of the Bacchanalia at 10 Downing Street appears (with much more to come, no doubt), political comics like Matt Forde must rub their hands with glee. Read more... |
Nish Kumar, Soho Theatre review - how a bad gig turned into a terrific showMonday, 31 January 2022
Nish Kumar comes on stage raring to go, and delivers 15 minutes of terrific political comedy that expertly skewers the Government and this country's leader “spraying jizz over us”. It's a barnstorming start to the show and worth the price of admission alone. Read more... |
Alan Carr, Milton Keynes Theatre review - comic keeps it relentlessly lightWednesday, 26 January 2022
Lots of stand-ups plunder their personal lives for material – whether it's about friends, parents, children or partners – and many a good show has been fashioned by the telling of tales about them, or comic exaggerations at least. But sometimes real life interrupts art in the rudest possible way. Read more... |
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