Dapper Laughs On The Pull
30/09/2014 … Once upon a time, when ‘legend’ meant an a heroic story, not a bloke who vomits Jagermeister on a Tiger Tiger toilet attendant, and when ‘banter’ was playful…
2014 Reviews
Here are our reviews of comedy Gigs
Tue 30 September 2014
Sat 27 September 2014
Lee Evans: Monsters
Gig review by Steve Bennett at the O2
27/09/2014 … Can 15,000 people a night be wrong? Lee Evans’s latest, dreary tour, Monster, is proof they might be.
Fri 26 September 2014
Andrew O'Neill's History Of Heavy Metal
Gig review by Steve Bennett at the Garage, Highbury Corner
26/09/2014 … ‘I can’t do this at Jongleurs,’ says Andrew O’Neill as he cracks a gag about Lars Ulrich.
Thu 25 September 2014
Greenwich Comedy Festival opening night
Gig review by Steve Bennett at the National Maritime Museum
25/09/2014 … By his own admission, last time Stewart Lee played the Greenwich Comedy Festival marquee – in front of a beered-up crowd in 2010 – it was a disaster, and the…
Wed 24 September 2014
Andy Zaltzman - Satirist For Hire
Gig review by Steve Bennett at Soho Theatre
24/09/2014 … As topical comedy’s king of the convoluted, Andy Zaltzman loves a challenge.
Tue 23 September 2014
Lee Mack: Hit The Road Mack
Gig review by Steve Bennett at the De Montfort Hall, Leicester
23/09/2014 … Lee Mack can boast some wonderfully funny gags, but what really makes his stage show is the shifting dynamic with the audience, which he playfully manipulates.
What We Did On Our Holiday
Movie review by Jay Richardson
23/09/2014 … In production notes for What We Did On Our Holiday, producer Dan Winch stresses that writer-directors Andy Hamilton and Guy Jenkin haven't simply transferred the…
Mon 22 September 2014
Cripes! I'm Prime Minister
Review by Steve Bennett at the Canal Cafe Theatre, London
22/09/2014 … This must be the first time a musical has ever been penned to a prospective parliamentary candidate for the seat of Uxbridge and South Ruislip.