Róisín & Chiara: Sex On Wheels
Review from the Vault Festival, London
09/02/2023 … When we first see Roisin and Chiara, each are adopting a grotesque parody of the supposed beauty ideal built on Botox, fillers and implants.
2023 Reviews
Here are our reviews of comedy Gigs
Thu 09 February 2023
Mon 30 January 2023
Ben Pope: Holy Cow
Review from the Vault Festival, London
30/01/2023 … Having just turned 30, Ben Pope wittily puts himself in the demographic of ‘old enough to know the dream is dead, not old enough to change’ in its pursuit.
Fri 27 January 2023
Guz Khan Live
Review of the Taskmaster and Man Like Mobeen star on tour
27/01/2023 … His many TV appearances suggest a larger-than-life personality.
Thu 26 January 2023
© Tiger Aspect Productions Deep Fake Neighbour Wars
Review of ITVX's new impressions show
26/01/2023 … Today, there’s a news story about how Artificial Intelligence could destroy humanity.
Mon 23 January 2023
© C4 Everyone Else Burns
Review of Channel 4's new apocalyptic cult comedy
23/01/2023 … It’s the end of the world… and it’s remarkably mundane.
Fri 20 January 2023
© Manuel Harlan The Unfriend in the West End
Review of Reece Shearsmith and Amanda Abbington in Steven Moffat's comedy
20/01/2023 … How many farces are based on an English character’s social awkwardness and the misunderstandings that arise from their inability to be unambiguous, paralysed…
Thu 19 January 2023
© Alistair Muir Alex Edelman: Just For Us
Review of the Jewish comic's tale of meeting racists
19/01/2023 … Alex Edelman barely needs any more praise for Just For Us, given that its much-extended off-Broadway residency last year attracted plaudits from the likes of Jerry…