Comedy
Tom Ward, Brighton Komedia review - offbeat observational gagsMonday, 12 December 2022
Tom Ward does his audience research at the top of the show, asking fairly mundane questions about their ages and where they live before he poses an unexpectedly pointed “Who is in an open relationship?” It's the beat before “They're aware of...”... Read more... |
Sara Pascoe, Assembly Hall, Tunbridge Wells review - motherhood and the perils of fameFriday, 25 November 2022
Sara Pascoe comes on stage to tell us there has been a small wardrobe malfunction. She's made an effort and is wearing something glitzy, but it restricts her movement in one direction and gives too much in another. Should she go and change into... Read more... |
Jerry Sadowitz, Eventim Apollo review - brilliantly darkFriday, 18 November 2022
If anyone in the audience at the Eventim Apollo was expecting Jerry Sadowitz to rein things in after the spot of bother he ran into at the Edinburgh Fringe in August, then they were quickly disabused.The Pleasance had cancelled the second of two... Read more... |
Helen Bauer, Soho Theatre review - rollicking show about how to be a modern womanSaturday, 05 November 2022
Confidence, says Helen Bauer, is a good thing. As a woman who casts herself as the leading lady in any situation, including funerals, she has oodles of it – as well as bucketloads of energy in a show that starts with a declaration of intent: “I'm... Read more... |
Dave Gorman, Touring - comic in skittish moodThursday, 20 October 2022
Although PowerPoint has been around since 1987, and several comics have incorporated it into their shows, it's Dave Gorman who remains king of the form. And here he is again in PowerPoint to the People, an amiable evening in which he, as ever,... Read more... |
Dara Ó Briain, Touring review - a comic on tip-top formSaturday, 15 October 2022
Some people learned how to make sourdough bread during the pandemic lockdown, while others discovered the joy of Zoom quizzes. Dara Ó Briain, on the other hand, wrote this brilliant show, So... Where Were We?, his most personal yet.He starts with... Read more... |
Harry Hill, touring review - uneven madcap showMonday, 10 October 2022
It has been a long time since Harry Hill went on tour – 2013 – so one can assume that many of the youngsters in the multi-generational audience hadn't seen him perform live before, but were there because they know him from his deliriously funny... Read more... |
Kim Noble, Soho Theatre review - final part of trilogy about lonelinessWednesday, 28 September 2022
A dead pigeon. A dead squirrel. A dead fox. Lots of maggots – very much alive. I might be describing your worst nightmare (throw in a rat or two and it would be very close to mine) but this array of wildlife forms an important part in Kim Noble's... Read more... |
Rob Rouse, Rewind the Fringe review - unstructured but gleeful funFriday, 16 September 2022
It's a pleasure to see Rob Rouse back doing standup, as these days he's as well known for his acting – he plays the idiot savant Bottom in BBC's Upstart Crow, the theatre version of which is opening shortly in the West End after its 2020 premiere... Read more... |
Dave Edinburgh Comedy Awards 2022Wednesday, 31 August 2022
The Dave Edinburgh Awards went abroad this year – Australian Sam Campbell won for best show at the Fringe, while American Lara Ricote won best newcomer.Campbell won against strong competition from Seann Walsh, Liz Kingsman, Delightful Sausage, Alfie... Read more... |
Edinburgh Fringe 2022 reviews: Joseph Parsons / Njambi McGrath / Josh JonesFriday, 19 August 2022
Joseph Parsons, The Mash House ★★★Joseph Parsons is wearing a Bristol City shirt for Equaliser, which is about being a gay man who loves football. Actually, he loves most sports – he's the kind of guy who will set his alarm to watch curling... Read more... |
Edinburgh Fringe 2022 reviews: Jake Lambert / Bella Hull / Jack HarrisThursday, 18 August 2022
Jake Lambert, Pleasance Courtyard ★★★★Jake Lambert warms up the audience by describing how much he enjoyed lockdown (despite a relationship break-up), and he suspects that football players enjoyed playing for a season without spectators too – “... Read more... |
