Here are our reviews of comedy Gigs
Review of Sami Abu Wardeh's tour show
03/02/2026 … Beyond taking potshots at easy targets like Donald Trump and Nigel Farage, vanishingly few comedians grapple with big political themes in an artistic zeitgeist dominated…
Review of the comic's return to stand-up
03/02/2026 … Sue Perkins conducts a straw poll at the top of her show to gauge audience expectations.
Review of the comic's tale of tracking down his biological father
30/01/2026 … Mock The Week might be back this weekend, but Dara Ó Briain’s stand-up show has nothing to do with jibes about Donald Trump or Nigel Farage.
Review of Bradley Cooper and Will Arnett film based on John Bishop's comedy origin story
29/01/2026 … There can't be many New York open spots triumphantly decompressing after their first gig by reciting Liverpool FC's 'Allez, Allez, Allez’ terrace…
© Steve Ullathorne 11/01/2026 … Leicester Square Theatre’s New Comedian Of The Year whittled down more than 300 acts across 40 heats to just 14 hopefuls for yesterday's final, competing…
New documentary about the comedy pioneer
09/01/2026 … Becoming Victoria Wood is an affectionate documentary that gives full context to the sexism and body-shaming – often internalised – that the comedian…
© Marc Brenner Review of Romesh Ranganathan's West End debut
08/01/2026 … Romesh Ranganathan is unlikely to win awards for the boundless versatility of his acting, but he’s well-cast in his West End debut as a socially awkward, repressed…
© BBC/Big Talk Studios Review of Dawn French and Mark Heap's new BBC comedy
07/01/2026 … In 2007, the papers were full of news of John Darwin, who turned up more than five years after he was declared dead in a canoeing accident so his wife Anne could…
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