Time Travel Is Dangerous
Review of an 'ambitious, charming oddity' of a sci-fi comedy film
27/03/2025 … Comedy and science fiction are notoriously difficult genres to combine.
2025 Reviews
Here are our reviews of comedy Gigs
Thu 27 March 2025
Wed 26 March 2025
© John Stead Teenage Cancer Trust Night Of Comedy 2025
Review of the Royal Albert Hall fundraiser
26/03/2025 … Massive charity gigs are there for the taking for lesser-known acts.
Tue 25 March 2025
The Change, series two
Review of the first two episodes of Bridget Christie's retuning comedy
25/03/2025 … Don’t watch the second series of Bridget Christie’s The Change without watching the first – and not just because you’ll be missing out on…
Mon 24 March 2025
© Guy Bell Plied and Prejudice
Review of a raucous new take on the Jane Austen classic
24/03/2025 … Shit-Faced Shakespeare has long desecrated/improved the Bard’s classics by having one of their cast act drunk… and now it’s Jane Austen’s…
Sun 23 March 2025
© Steven Shakeshaft. Liverpool Echo Ken Dodd: A Legacy Of Happiness
Review of the new BBC film about the legendary comedian
23/03/2025 … The premise of this lengthy documentary – an exhibition of Ken Dodd memorabilia opening in his Liverpool hometown – is by far the least interesting thing about…
Thu 20 March 2025
Last One Laughing UK
Review of the British version of the hit international format
20/03/2025 … Britain is the 29th country to make its own version of Last One Laughing, the Amazon Prime Video format in which comedians are sequestered in a reality TV-style…
Wed 19 March 2025
© Matt Waters Dulcé Sloan at Soho Theatre
Review of the visiting American comedian
19/03/2025 … Dulce Sloan may have come to prominence through The Daily Show, where she ended a seven-year stint early this year, but in her stand-up she eschews America’s…
Thu 13 March 2025
© Karla Gowlett Sophie McCartney: One Foot In The Rave
13/03/2025 … On turning 40, Sophie McCartney decamped to Magaluf with all her gal pals, aiming to recreate the hedonism of their youth.