From Caliban to the Taliban: 500 years of humanist intervention
01/01/2002 … As comedy titles go, From Caliban To The Taliban: 500 Years Of Humanist Intervention has all the pithy appeal of an Open University module.
Latest Reviews
Here are our reviews of comedy Gigs
Tue 01 January 2002
Al Murray: Who Dares Wines
01/01/2002 … It's been six years since Al Murray was first nominated for the Perrier award - yet, incredibly, this is his first national tour.
Fri 28 December 2001
Boothby Graffoe – Original Review
28/12/2001 … Behind this amiably lacksadasical façade hides a brilliantly inventive comic mind that never rests on its laurels.
Sat 01 December 2001
Dave Parton – Original Review
01/12/2001 … Despite cultivating the persona of a bitter misfit, Parton seems, at heart, to be an endearingly old-fashioned sort of a comic.
Simon Bligh – Original Review
01/12/2001 … Former teacher Bligh is one of those comics who has worked hard to achieve a perfectly polished 20 minute routine, and seems perfectly happy to stay on that plateau.
Janey Godley – Original Review
01/12/2001 … A spirited raconteur, Godley's stock in trade is the personal anecdote, engagingly told and dripping with the sort of bitchy, selfish cynicism that would make Jenny…
Thu 01 November 2001
Sally Bourne – Original Review
01/11/2001 … Bourne's a real audience-pleaser - but not necessarily in a good way.
Geoff Norcott – Original Review
01/11/2001 … A high-energy performer, Norcott's strength is his devastatingly accurate parody of the violently misogynist attitude that pervades the rap scene.