TV review: Cardinal Burns
It's a celebration of bravado over brainpower, says Julian Hall
30/04/2014 … The opening sketch of Cardinal Burns new series, promoted Channel 4 from E4, is quite literally fleet-of-foot.
2014 Reviews
Here are our reviews of comedy Gigs
Wed 30 April 2014
Over To Bill
30/04/2014 … First episodes of sitcoms have always been notoriously difficult, needing to set up unfamiliar characters, established the ‘sit’ and set the tone, as well as…
Katherine Ryan: Glam Role Model
Gig review by Steve Bennett at Soho Theatre
30/04/2014 … Katherine Ryan is like the very best sort of women’s magazine, luring in the casual punter with soft material about celebrities and motherhood as a Trojan Horse…
Tue 29 April 2014
The Bearpit Podcast (Podcast)
Gig review by Steve Bennett at Invisible Dot
29/04/2014 … What did East Anglia’s thriving media landscape ever do to deserve this? After Alan Partridge’s North Norfolk Digital comes Ipswich FM's premier live podcast,…
Sat 26 April 2014
Musical Comedy Awards 2014 final
Gig review by Steve Bennett at the Bloomsbury Theatre, London
26/04/2014 … There was a contest, but there was no competition.
Wed 23 April 2014
TV review: Derek
Julian Hall on the return of Ricky Gervais' docu-sitcom
23/04/2014 … Broad Hill care home is an idyll by comparison to some residences for the elderly, but in the second season of this docu-sitcom Ricky Gervais sharpens the enemy…
Mon 21 April 2014
The Rise Of El Jaguar
Melbourne International Comedy Festival review by Steve Bennett
21/04/2014 … Masked Mexican wrestler El Jaguar cuts quite the figure as he scurries around the venue in his revealing costume, hoping to drum up business in the few minutes…
Suns Of Fred: Excited!
Melbourne International Comedy Festival review by Steve Bennett
21/04/2014 … It’s not what they’d want to hear, but for a musical trio, Suns Of Fred tend to be better when they shut up.