Christmas Carole
Suranne Jones stars in yet another Dickens adaptation
24/12/2022 … Of the many, many, many versions of Charles Dickens’s classic tale produced each year, Sky’s retelling adds an intriguing twist or two – but can’t…
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Here are our reviews of comedy Gigs
Sat 24 December 2022
Fri 23 December 2022
© BBC/Merman Motherland: Last Christmas
Review of the comedy's festive special
23/12/2022 … If spending Christmas with the family fills you with stress, Motherland’s seasonal special – rightly promoted to BBC One from its normal BBC Two home…
Thu 22 December 2022
© BBC Inside No 9: The Bones of St Nicholas
Review of the Christmas special
22/12/2022 … ‘Come on,’ says Reece Shearsmith’s Pierce enthusiastically.
Tue 20 December 2022
© Ellie Kurttz Liz Kingsman: One Woman Show in the West End
Review of the opening night at the Ambassadors Theatre
20/12/2022 … The opening-night buzz in London’s cute Ambassadors Theatre was palpable.
Mon 19 December 2022
Peter Kay Live
Review of his comeback stand-up tour, from the first of many nights at the O2
19/12/2022 … As if dozens of arena dates stretching into 2025 weren’t enough to prove how much the public loves Peter Kay, the generous standing ovation he received on…
Tue 13 December 2022
© Steve Ullathorne Leicester Square Theatre New Comedian Of The Year 2022
13/12/2022 … With 14 acts, the final of the Leicester Square Theatre New Comedian Of The Year competition could have been an interminable affair.
Fri 09 December 2022
© Matt Crockett A Christmas Carol-ish by Mr Swallow
Review of the latest offering from Nick Mohammed's alter-ego
09/12/2022 … There are already nine major versions of A Christmas Carol on the London stage this winter.
© ITV Plebs: Soldiers Of Rome
Review of the comedy's feature-length finale
09/12/2022 … It’s a sign of how much Plebs has become important to ITV that its feature-length farewell episode was heralded as one of the launch highlights of its newly…