© Steve Ullathorne John Dowie at the Poetry Cafe
20/05/2016 … This is John Dowie's first gig in 14 years, and it's a low-key affair in the basement of a Central London poetry cafe.
2016 Reviews
Here are our reviews of comedy Gigs
Fri 20 May 2016
© Steve Ullathorne Thu 19 May 2016
Mouse. The Persistence of an Unlikely Thought
First review of Daniel Kitson's new show
19/05/2016 … Daniel Kitson likes to do everything himself.
Wed 18 May 2016
© BBC Lenny Henry's Rogues Gallery
18/05/2016 … There’s more than a whiff of Tales Of The Unexpected about Lenny Henry’s new radio series – and as a child of the 1980s, I’m sure he wouldn’t want it any…
Tue 17 May 2016
For Little Alan
Gig review by Steve Bennett at the Lyric, Shaftesbury Avenue
17/05/2016 … Party like it’s 1994! The boys in the Pub Band are back together – and exploding into silliness.
Mon 16 May 2016
Notflix
Brighton Fringe review by Steve Bennett
16/05/2016 … Showstoppers! brought musical improv to the West End… while Notflix only serves to show how wide the gulf between rank-and-file improvisers and their starry cousins…
Sun 15 May 2016
Best Boy
15/05/2016 … Male double act Best Boy have a handful of excellent ‘tentpole’ sketches – most notably an enjoyably anarchic finale – but they prop up some pretty flimsy…
Dave Bailey: Beige Against The Machine
Brighton Fringe review by Steve Bennett
15/05/2016 … True to the title, Dave Bailey spends a portion of his set berating those people with limited drive and conformist taste, calling them ‘beige people’.
Fri 13 May 2016
Mum
13/05/2016 … Mum, the new sitcom from Him & Her writer Stefan Golaszewski, is a quietly lovely piece of work: funny, poignant and sharply observed – and with an…