© BBC Inside No 9: Hurry Up And Wait
31/05/2021 … This week’s episode of Inside No 9 hit that sweet spot between spookiness and humour that Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton are so good at finding.
2021 Reviews
Here are our reviews of comedy Gigs
Mon 31 May 2021
© BBC Fri 28 May 2021
Jessie Cave: Sunrise - Soho Theatre On Demand
28/05/2021 … I hope this isn’t a sign of how slowly we’re opening up.
The Preacher, by Anthony Noack
28/05/2021 … It sounds like the sort of thing a trendy RE teacher would come up with.
Mon 24 May 2021
© BBC Inside No 9: Lip Service
24/05/2021 … One of the more subdued entries in the Inside No 9 canon, Lip Service takes place in a gloomy and uninviting hotel room where Felix, a sad data entry manager, is…
Thu 20 May 2021
We Are Lady Parts
Preview of Channel 4's new comedy about an all-Muslim female punk band
20/05/2021 … Simply by focussing on a group of Muslim women, We Are Lady Parts comes packaged with all sorts of cultural expectations about representation that no white suburban…
Tue 18 May 2021
Girl Stuck In Basketball Hoop
Ian Smith's Radio 4 comedy documentary
18/05/2021 … Comedians have been finding all sorts of alternative lines of work as the pandemic ravages their usual livelihoods.
Mon 17 May 2021
© BBC Inside No 9: Simon Says
17/05/2021 … If last week’s Inside No 9, mixing heist movie with commedia dell’arte, flaunted Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton’s inventive creative ambitions,…
© Christian Sayers The very first comedy gig of 2021
Steve Bennett joins Angel Comedy's cheeky midnight gig as lockdown eases
17/05/2021 … Comedy’s often best when it feels illicit – and gathering at midnight to partake of an activity banned by the government for the past five months certainly…