Spinal Tap: Back From The Dead
01/01/2009 … I’ve now seen every gig in Spinal Tap’s 25th anniversary World Tour – although they did, admittedly, make it easy by playing just one show, Glastonbury warm-up…
Thu 01 January 2009
Film With Me In It
01/01/2009 … This deliciously dark farce, set in a grimy Dublin flat, lies somewhere between Shallow Grave and Withnail And I.
Sandra Bernhard: Without You I'm Nothing 2009
01/01/2009 … Sandra Bernhard is certainly defiant.
Argus! The Musical
01/01/2009 … What a good idea this is: to take stories from the local newspaper and improvise scenes around them, topical and relevant to the town you’re performing in.
Comedy Store's 30th Anniversary Charity Gala
01/01/2009 … The bill boasted Jack Dee, Jimmy Carr, Paul Merton, Phill Jupitus and Alan Carr – but the biggest star of the night was the darkened basement we were sitting in:…
Laughing Horse New Act Final 2009
01/01/2009 … The Laughing Horse is the behemoth of open mic organisations, running 11 club nights a week, Edinburgh’s far-too-vast, open-to-anyone Free Festival, a thriving…
Max and Ivan: Televisionaries
01/01/2009 … If you want a format that can embrace just about any sketch you can think of, chose a TV parody.
Lynn Ruth Miller: Ageing Is Amazing Redux
01/01/2009 … Gleefully sticking two fingers up to all expectations of how a 75-year-old should behave, Lynn Ruth Miller serves up a unique, life-affirming variety act.