© Andy Hollingworth Archive Romesh Ranganathan: The Cynic's Mixtape
Gig review by Steve Bennett at the Brighton Dome
16/09/2019 … Romesh Ranganathan has quickly supplanted Jack Dee as comedy’s favourite grouch.
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Here are our reviews of comedy Gigs
Mon 16 September 2019
© Andy Hollingworth Archive Wed 11 September 2019
Bill Burr: Paper Tiger
Review of his Netflix special by Steve Bennett
11/09/2019 … At one point in his new special Bill Burr asks: ‘You know what’s funny about sexual assault? It’s a deliberately provocative opener to a…
Fri 06 September 2019
© BBC Scarborough
06/09/2019 … When Scarborough was announced, it seemed to have a lot in common with creator Derren Litten’s long-running hit Benidorm, being set in a seaside resort town…
The Crown Dual
Gig review by Steve Bennett at Wilton's Music Hall, London
06/09/2019 … This is the pantomime version of The Crown, distilling the first series of Netflix’s lavish royal drama into a little over an hour and on a budget that wouldn’t…
Thu 05 September 2019
Greenwich Comedy Festival 2019 opening night
05/09/2019 … The Greenwich Comedy Festival is always a late-summer treat: a chance to catch top names on a line-up bill, often after they’ve done boot camp of Edinburgh…
Tue 03 September 2019
Tom Ballard: Enough at Soho Theatre
03/09/2019 … Tom Ballard was, for a while, a big deal in his native Australia, He was host of the topical TV show Tonightly, which he likens to The Mash Report but for two…
Thu 29 August 2019
Chris Ramsey: Approval Needed
Review of his Amazon Prime special
29/08/2019 … ‘This is the heist of the century for me,’ Chris Ramsey trills excitedly as he establishes one of his anecdotes.
Flo & Joan: Alive On Stage
Review of their Amazon Prime special
29/08/2019 … Flo and Joan seem to be growing in confidence as both performers and writers, year on year.