Mike Birbiglia and Dana Gould
22/04/2010 … An appealing storyteller with a strong sense of timing, Mike Birbiglia conjures up some fantastic comic images in his first stand-up DVD, released this week on Pias.
Latest Reviews
Here are our DVD / CD and miscellaneous reviews
Thu 22 April 2010
Thu 04 March 2010
Jim Gaffigan: King Baby
04/03/2010 … There’s little criticism you can level at Jim Gaffigan that he hasn’t already thought of himself.
Tue 16 February 2010
Richard Herring: The Headmaster's Son
16/02/2010 … Richard Herring’s one of the safest bets in Edinburgh, reliably producing thoughtful, stimulating and well-constructed shows.
Mon 25 January 2010
Comics of great import
Steve Bennett reviews DVDs from three acts you've probably never heard of
25/01/2010 … Dutch indie label Pias – a catchy acronym for Play It Again Sam – is a new player in the British comedy DVD world, currently dipping its toes in the potentially…
Mon 11 January 2010
Ed Byrne: Different Class
11/01/2010 … Ed Byrne’s second DVD missed our pre-Christmas reviews, but it turns out to have been one of the season’s finer offerings.
Wed 23 December 2009
Mock The Week: Too Hot For TV 2
23/12/2009 … Mock The Week seems to be on such constant rotation on Dave that buying a DVD would seem redundant – there’s hardly a time of day that it’s not on, it would…
Tue 22 December 2009
Otto Kuhnle and Henning Wehn: 1000 Years Of German Humour
22/12/2009 … With the plunging cost of technology, every comedian can release a DVD now; never mind waiting for Universal Pictures, or even a respected indie such as Go Faster…
Mon 21 December 2009
Roy Chubby Brown: Too Fat To Be Gay
21/12/2009 … It’s been several years since I watched a Roy Chubby Brown DVD, and, to admit my own prejudices, I was probably never going to be enamoured by a show with such…