Mark Thomas - Check Up: Our NHS At 70
Review by Steve Bennett at Latitude
15/07/2018 … For his theatre show marking the 70th anniversary of the health service, Mark Thomas is more documentarian than comedian.
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Sun 15 July 2018
© Stuart Hogben Harry Hill at Latitude
15/07/2018 … Harry Hill is often described, not least by his own publicity, as a ‘wide-collared loon’: the absurd, cartoonish character who cheerily belts out snippets…
Alan Davies at Latitude 2018
15/07/2018 … Alan Davies has clearly lived the middle-aged version of festival life in the 24 or so hours between the QI session that opened the Latitude comedy arena on Friday…
Sat 14 July 2018
Mo Gilligan at Latitude
14/07/2018 … Mo Gilligan has shot to success via an unconventional route, building his fan base via character sketches online, largely bypassing the traditional industry until…
Amusical at Latitude
14/07/2018 … Much as they profess a love for the purity of their artform, few comedians aren’t slightly jealous of the razzle-dazzle of some of the showier parts of the…
© Stuart Hogben Bridget Christie at Latitude
14/07/2018 … She was the Friday headliner in the vast comedy tent, but there were still plenty of places to sit for Bridget Christie’s Latitude set.
© Stuart Hogben Sean Patton at Latitude
14/07/2018 … Visiting American acts, however good, often struggle with the dynamics of Latitude – see Janeane Garofalo in 2009 for the prime example.
Fri 13 July 2018
© Stuart Hogben Jonathan Pie at Latitude 2018
13/07/2018 … It’s testament to the power of Jonathan Pie’s rhetoric that he can get a round of applause from an audience for calling them morons.