Here are our reviews of comedy Gigs
© Andy Hollingworth Review of the stage revival of the cult sitcom
10/09/2025 … With 53 episodes, Ideal had an amazingly long run for a sitcom that never quite entered the national consciousness – but even so creator Graham Duff felt…
© Lore Photography Review of comedian Bill Posley's account of serving in the US military
08/09/2025 … Bill Posley is not your stereotypical soldier: a gentle, easy-going, unathletic type who seems more likely to be battling gluten than Al Qaeda.
© Rob Parfitt / Channel 4 Review of duo's return to sketch comedy
05/09/2025 … Conventional wisdom has it that the TV sketch show is dead – even as viewers gobble up short-form content online.
© Peacock TV LLC Review of the new mockumentary in the same world as The Office
04/09/2025 … Where David Brent was awful and Michael Scott was adrift, Ned Sampson – the boss in the latest iteration of the workplace mockumentary – is…
© Aly Wright Review of the visiting Indian comedian at Soho Theatre
28/08/2025 … Shamik Chakrabarti’s title, Despite Appearances, suggests we shouldn’t judge a book by a cover, but he seems to be very much the mild-mannered, easy-going…
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© Dylan Woodley Edinburgh Fringe theatre review
26/08/2025 … Goblins starts off as a comedy of sweetly awkward adolescence, but ends so bleakly that the increasingly bitter humour can no longer penetrate the gloom.
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
26/08/2025 … Not wishing to sound callous, but you know you’ve got a good story to tell when you can start with your best friend’s death, rather than build to it.
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
26/08/2025 … The first time I saw this show… well I didn’t see it at all, thanks to some appalling seating that afforded zero view of the stage.
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