Stephen Buchanan: Talking Shop
Review of the Clydebank comic at the Soho Theatre
02/12/2021 … His easy-going, personable stand-up won Stephen Buchanan the BBC New Comedy Award back in 2018.
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Thu 02 December 2021
Wed 01 December 2021
Shagged. Married. Annoyed - Live
Review of Chris and Rosie Ramsey's record-breaking podcast tour
01/12/2021 … This gig broke the record for the biggest ever audience for a live podcast.
Review: 2Northdown’s New Act of 2021 final
11 up-and-coming comics compete for London venue's title
01/12/2021 … The big question from the latest new comedian final is: how the hell did they get so good? Despite trying to learn the craft of stand-up in a time when stand-up…
Tue 30 November 2021
© Craig Sugden La Clique returns to Leicester Square
Review of the sultry circus cabaret showcase
30/11/2021 … Seventeen years after first wowing the Edinburgh Fringe, La Clique returns to Leicester Square to reassert its dominance as the most successful, seductive and…
© Drama Republic Britney
Review of BBC Three's latest comedy pilot
30/11/2021 … It will always be known as the ‘brain tumour comedy’.
Thu 25 November 2021
© Steve Best British Comedian Of The Year 2021
Review of the final of the most lucrative competition in comedy
25/11/2021 … It’s described as the ‘FA Cup of comedy’, a competition for established stand-ups as well as newcomers – which explains why many of…
Tue 23 November 2021
Vandullz and The Golden Cobra
Review of two BBC Wales Festival Of Funny pilots
23/11/2021 … Comedies based around the camaraderie and tensions in bands are probably the sort of thing TV commissioners are pitched every week.
Thu 18 November 2021
© Nick Rutter Rob Brydon: A Night of Songs & Laughter
Comic's quips and croons at the London Palladium
18/11/2021 … If anything was made for the London Palladium stage it’s Rob Brydon’s one-man variety show, an unflaggingly good-natured evening of comedy, singing,…