Leopardess
Gig review by Steve Bennett at the Vault Festival, London
31/01/2020 … Set at a funeral, this new show from sketch comedy team Leopardess shows off the acting chops of performers Rosie Frecker and Rosie Abraham but is let down by an…
2020 Reviews
Here are our reviews of comedy Gigs
Fri 31 January 2020
Thu 30 January 2020
Jamali Maddix: Strip Club Einstein
Gig review by Steve Bennett at the Vaults Festival, London
30/01/2020 … Strip Club Einstein is a good title for Jamali Maddix, a comic who is at once a wastrel and an intelligent and astute social philosopher.
Wed 29 January 2020
Alfie Brown: Imagination
Gig review by Steve Bennett at the Soho Theatre, London
29/01/2020 … ‘That is SO interesting,’ Alfie Brown concludes after dissecting one or other of his astute observations.
Tue 28 January 2020
Police Cops – Badass Be Thy Name
Gig review by Steve Bennett at the Soho Theatre, London
28/01/2020 … It’s the height of the Madchester scene: tunes are banging, pills are popping and the venue is filled with wide-eyed, hyperactive youngsters burning their…
Wed 22 January 2020
Avenue 5
22/01/2020 … It revolves around a hapless band of out-of-their-depth chancers trying to maintain a public veneer of trusted competence while privately reacting in panic to events…
Tue 21 January 2020
Rob Delaney: Jackie
Review of his Amazon Prime special by Steve Bennett
21/01/2020 … Rob Delaney’s been a British resident since his sitcom Catastrophe took off – and this country seems like the right home for him.
Fri 17 January 2020
Tom Basden: Sorry Thank You Please
Gig review by Steve Bennett at the Soho Theatre, London
17/01/2020 … Not only is this Tom Basden’s first stand-up show in a decade, but it’s also only his third overall, following his Edinburgh Comedy Award-winning…
Fri 10 January 2020
© BBC King Gary
10/01/2020 … At the press launch for King Gary, the creators spoke off the lack of working-class voices in sitcom.