The Day Shall Come
11/10/2019 … How to effectively satirise a world in which Donald Trump is President vexes some of the greatest minds of the artform.
Latest Reviews
Here are our reviews of comedy Gigs
Fri 11 October 2019
Frank Skinner: Showbiz
Tour review by Steve Bennett at G Live, Guildford
11/10/2019 … He was the face of the lad comics who dominated the 1990s, talking football on the telly and sex, in graphic detail, on stage.
Wed 09 October 2019
Rudi Lickwood’s Five Minutes To Shine
New act final review by Steve Bennett
09/10/2019 … New act finals can be stressful enough for the inexperienced comedian at the best of time, but Rudi Lickwood’s Five Minutes To Shine added an extra –…
Frisky & Mannish: Pop Lab
Gig review by Steve Bennett at the Y Theatre, Leicester
09/10/2019 … It is a quarter-filled theatre in Leicester on a school night, but Frisky and Mannish are performing like it’s a sold-out London Palladium.
Mon 07 October 2019
© BBC/Merman Motherland Series 2
07/10/2019 … It’s a welcome return for Motherland, the comedy that does for parenthood what The Thick Of It did for politics – revealing in ugly detail the stresses…
Mo Gilligan: Momentum
07/10/2019 … Some comedians set themselves away from the norm, others want to show they are just like you.
Birmingham Comedy Festival Breaking Talent Award 2019
Gig review by Steve Bennett at the Glee comedy club
07/10/2019 … It has to be the least impressive trophy in comedy.
Fri 04 October 2019
Russell Howard: Respite
Gig review by Alex Bruce at Wembley Arena
04/10/2019 … In Russell Howard’s new show solid observational material is – as usual – elevated by his superb, sustained pace, energy, and physical performance.