Comedy Reviews
Brydon, Mack and Mitchell, Portsmouth Guildhall review - family-friendly funTuesday, 17 September 2019
Rob Brydon, Lee Mack and David Mitchell are the host and team captains respectively of Would I Lie to You?, the long-running BBC One panel game. Now they are touring together in Town to Town, which is family-friendly fun (with occasional naughtiness from the delightfully sweary Mack). Read more...
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Romesh Ranganathan, Brighton Dome review - transgressive, edgy and very likeableMonday, 16 September 2019
One question springs immediately to mind on hearing that Romesh Ranganathan’s new stand-up show, The Cynic’s Mixtape, is touring: how does he find the time? Ranganathan has overtaken Jack Whitehall as Britain’s most media ubiquitous comic, with a deluge of TV shows and appearances, a column in the Guardian newspaper and even a recent autobiography. Read more... |
Sofie Hagen, Soho Theatre review - sex weekend in Swansea, anyone?Wednesday, 11 September 2019
Memory is a funny thing: it can get you through exams; it can comfort you or distress you; it can last a lifetime or go in an instant. In Sofie Hagen's case, her idiosyncratic one has provided material for her new show Bumswing, which started life at the Edinburgh Fringe and is now at Soho Theatre. Read more... |
Edinburgh Fringe 2019 reviews: Jordan Brookes/ Catherine CohenSunday, 25 August 2019
Jordan Brookes Pleasance Courtyard ★★★★ Jordan Brookes doesn’t tell gags. Well, he does but not in a traditional stand-up way. Rather, his jokes are subtly inserted into I’ve Got Nothing’s seemingly disjointed narrative. Read more... |
Edinburgh Fringe 2019 reviews: Alun Cochrane/ Sarah Keyworth/ Glenn Moore/ Sophie DukerFriday, 16 August 2019
Alun Cochrane Pleasance Courtyard ★★★★ Read more... |
Edinburgh Fringe 2019 review: Arabella Weir - Does My Mum Loom Big In This?Thursday, 15 August 2019
If nothing else, Arabella Weir quips, she can thank her mother for providing the material for her first Fringe show. Read more... |
Edinburgh Fringe 2019 reviews: Catherine Bohart / Matt Parker / Nigel Ng / Zoë Coombs MarrWednesday, 14 August 2019
Catherine Bohart Pleasance Courtyard ★★★★ Catherine Bohart has a most unusual starting point for her new show, Lemon. Last year at the Fringe, a woman was so appalled by the Irishwoman mentioning her sexuality – she’s bisexual – in her show Immaculate that she pronounced herself “disgusted” by its sexual content. Read more... |
Edinburgh Fringe 2019 reviews: Phil Wang/ London Hughes/ Jack Gleadow/ Mr. ThingTuesday, 13 August 2019
Phil Wang Pleasance Courtyard ★★★ Read more... |
Edinburgh Fringe 2019 reviews: Joanne McNally/ The Crown Dual/ Maisie Adam/ James McNicholas/ Titania McGrathMonday, 12 August 2019
Joanne McNally Assembly George Square ★★★★ The area Joanne McNally treads (actually stomps might be a better word, given her fantastically high-energy performance) in The Prosecco Express is not new – she’s 36 and wondering if she should settle down and have children, or would that mean settling for less – but the Irish comic makes it her own. Read more... |
Edinburgh Fringe 2019 reviews: Clive Anderson / GoodbearFriday, 09 August 2019
Clive Anderson Assembly George Square **** Read more... |
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