Starstruck

Review of Rose Matafeo's new BBC romcom

25/04/2021 … The elevator pitch for Starstruck might well be a gender-reversed Notting Hill: a romcom in which a tongue-tied ‘civilian’ falls for a Hollywood…

Don Rodolfo

Ciaran Dowd’s swashbuckler comes to BBC Two

22/04/2021 … It’s a big week for 2018 Edinburgh Comedy Award winners.

Dreaming Whilst Black pilot

Review of BBC Three's latest comedy try-out

19/04/2021 … The BBC’s iPlayer blurb for Dreaming Whilst Black manages not to mention the entire reason the show exists – or what makes it so funny.

Frank Of Ireland

Review of Channel 4's new comedy with Brian and Domhnall Gleeson

15/04/2021 … Ireland has been at the forefront of slightly bonkers sitcom of late – and Frank Of Ireland is the nuttiest of the lot.

Melbourne Comedy Festival 2021 reviews

15/04/2021 … Here are our reviews from the 2021 MICF, a smaller event than usual because of the Covid pandemic.

Michelle Brasier: Average Bear at MICF

Melbourne International Comedy Festival review

15/04/2021 … Michelle Brasier doesn’t mean to be rude, she’s sure that all of our funerals will be a hoot – but her dad’s was the funniest.

Radio review: Bridget Christie: Mortal

by Steve Bennett

13/04/2021 … Bridget Christie has made a virtue of the limitations of lockdown.

Daniel Muggleton: Oh, More Mr. White Guy?

Melbourne International Comedy Festival review

10/04/2021 … It’s rare for an audience to be put at ease within the opening moments of a show by a relatively unheralded act - especially when they can’t actually…