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.
Latest Reviews
Here are our reviews of comedy Gigs
Mon 07 October 2019
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.
Tue 01 October 2019
Ben Elton Live 2019
Gig review by Steve Bennett at the Nottingham Playhouse
01/10/2019 … What is Ben Elton’s place in the world? At 60 years old and 15 years away from the front line of live comedy, can the stand-up who made his name by being radical…
Mon 30 September 2019
Elf Lyons: Love Songs To Guinea Pigs
Gig review by Steve Bennett at the Soho Theatre, London
30/09/2019 … She’s a comic whose become known for her long-limbed physicality and the sort of buffoonery that can only be honed at French clown school.
Sun 29 September 2019
© Graeme Hunter Still Game Live: The Final Farewell
Gig review by Andrew Duthie at the SSE Hydro, Glasgow
29/09/2019 … Family.
Thu 26 September 2019
Frayed
26/09/2019 … In recent years, stand-up Sarah Kendall has made a name for herself with nostalgic, whimsical storytelling shows, both live then adapted for Radio 4, which draw…
Mon 23 September 2019
Clinton Baptiste In The Paranormalist Returns
Gig review by Steve Bennett at the Palace Theatre, Watford
23/09/2019 … It would probably have taken a real clairvoyant to foresee a tour from Phoenix Nights medium Clinton Baptiste, 18 years after the single episode of the sitcom in…
Fri 20 September 2019
© marianasbits Funny Women final 2019
Gig review by Steve Bennett at the Bloomsbury Theatre, London
20/09/2019 … With so much of today’s best comedy, especially on TV, coming from women, it seems more ridiculous than ever to think of female-led comedy as a sub-genre.