© UKTV Beat The Internet With John Robins
15/11/2018 … Dave’s new gameshow Beat The Internet With John Robins is a very cheap production, which tries to make a virtue of its parsimony by wrapping it in a postmodern…
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Here are our reviews of comedy Gigs
Thu 15 November 2018
© UKTV Wed 14 November 2018
Flo And Joan: Alive On Stage
Gig review by Steve Bennett at the Soho Theatre, London
14/11/2018 … First impressions of musical comedy sisters Flo and Joan – which may well have been reinforced by those Nationwide building society ads – are of a couple…
Mon 12 November 2018
Iliza: Fluent In English
Gig review by Steve Bennett at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, London
12/11/2018 … Now, apparently, a single-name artist like Cher or Prince, Iliza Shlesinger returns to the London stage after a relatively brief absence, during which her…
Fri 09 November 2018
Ross Noble: El Hablador
Gig review by Steve Bennett in Tunbridge Wells
09/11/2018 … The trend in comedy is towards the carefully authored show, tightly structured with resonating themes and neatly resolved plot points.
Mon 05 November 2018
Simon Evans: Genius, on tour
05/11/2018 … All men are not created equal, that’s Simon Evans’s argument, nor should we pretend they are.
Thu 01 November 2018
James Acaster: Cold Lasagne Hate Myself 1999
Gig review by Steve Bennett at the Vaudeville Theatre, London
01/11/2018 … In his seventh solo show, James Acaster is still reinventing himself.
Wed 31 October 2018
Vodafone Comedy Carnival closing gala
Gig review by Steve Bennett at the Roisin Dubh, Galway
31/10/2018 … The people of Galway’s appetite for comedy is clearly insatiable.
Tue 30 October 2018
Vodafone Comedy Carnival: Lisa Casey and others
Gig review by Steve Bennett in Galway
30/10/2018 … What difference a couple of hours and a change of venue makes… and what perfect evidence of how unpredictable factors make live comedy such a joy.