What Women Want!
Brighton Fringe stand-up review
30/05/2022 … What women want is apparently a good job in Dubai – as that’s what Kimberley Datnow, the female half of this intended two-hander, is doing instead of…
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Mon 30 May 2022
An Audience With Stuart Bagcliffe
30/05/2022 … Ignore the billing that this is a ‘comedic one-man show’: that sets false expectations of what to expect, especially for a play staged in a stand-up…
Fri 27 May 2022
© Manuel Harlan The Unfriend
Review of Steven Moffat's new comedy play with Reece Shearsmith, Amanda Abbington and Frances Barber
27/05/2022 … Steven Moffat is best known as the showrunner on Doctor Who, Sherlock and Dracula – but those with longer memories will remember the ensemble twentysomething…
Thu 26 May 2022
© Channel 4 Big Boys
Review of Jack Rooke's Channel 4 comedy
26/05/2022 … In keeping with TV comedy trends, Big Boys is a thoroughly authentic story drawn from the real life of its creator – in this case comedian Jack Rooke’s…
Tue 24 May 2022
© Netflix Ricky Gervais: Supernature
Review of his new Netflix special
24/05/2022 … ‘Comedy evolves,’ Ricky Gervais tells his SuperNature audience as he explains the nature of stand-up.
Fri 20 May 2022
Athena Kugblenu: Shaking Her Class
20/05/2022 … Class will be a cornerstone of British comedy as long as it’s also a cornerstone of British society – which is to say, forever.
Wed 18 May 2022
BBC Comedy Festival Live
Reviews of the stand-ups showcased in Newcastle
18/05/2022 … Comedy industry gigs can be tough work for comedians given such audiences are notoriously unresponsive, even without the pressure of knowing those who might hold…
Thu 12 May 2022
Andy Zaltzman: Satirist For Hire
Review as the News Quiz host brings his show to the Soho Theatre
12/05/2022 … Andy Zaltzman’s been ridiculing current affairs for so long now – 4,228 episodes of The Bugle podcast alone – that he surely has a gag for…