Mark Simmons: Quip Off The Mark
Review of the pun-loving comedian's latest tour
10/11/2023 … In the age of superstar comedians emerging from nowhere – or rather TikTok – Mark Simmons has been doing things the old fashioned way: relentlessly gigging…
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Fri 10 November 2023
Wed 08 November 2023
© Johan Persson Backstairs Billy
Review of the new comedy play about the Queen Mother's confidant hitting the West End
08/11/2023 … It’s easy to see why playwright Marcelo Dos Santos was drawn to the uniquely fascinating relationship between the Queen Mother and Billy Tallon, the loyal…
Tue 07 November 2023
BBC New Comedy Award 2023 final
07/11/2023 … A recurring tongue-in-cheek complaint that's heard increasingly at new act competitions is that comedy is now full to bursting, with established acts wishing…
Beat The Frog World Series Final 2023
Review of the climax of the new act competition
07/11/2023 … Often new act competitions have a clear winner – a stand-out star-in-the-making, clearly head-and-shoulders above their contemporaries, however talented.
Mon 06 November 2023
Hot Water Breakthrough Act Of The Year Final
Review of the Liverpool club's talent showcase
06/11/2023 … Hot Water’s breakthrough act of the year competition is one of the comedy circuit’s less structured competitions.
Fri 03 November 2023
John Robins: Howl
Review of the comic's reflective new stand-up show
03/11/2023 … It really is the way you tell them.
Maybe A Ghost Story by Daniel Kitson
Review of the comedian and storyteller's Halloween yarn
03/11/2023 … In his blurb for Maybe A Ghost Story, DanieI Kitson insists: ‘I don’t believe in ghosts and I’ve never been comfortable with (or really, any good…
Tue 31 October 2023
© Tom Howard Jeffrey Bernard Is Unwell
Review of Robert Bathurst in an immersive version of the play in Soho's Coach And Horses
31/10/2023 … It’s a one-man show, but it has two stars.