We're Staying Right Here
Theatre review by Steve Bennett
14/03/2019 … We’re Staying Right Here, the new play being premiered at North London’s Park Theatre, will do little to challenge the ‘tears of a clown’…
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Thu 14 March 2019
Robert White: The Tank Top Tour
Gig review by Steve Bennett at the Leicester Square Theatre, London
14/03/2019 … ‘Come on, it’s 2018!’ says Robert White as he urges permissiveness from his audience, before quickly correcting his internal calendar.
Mon 11 March 2019
Angela Barnes: Rose Tinted
Tour review by Steve Bennett at the Leicester Square Theatre, London
11/03/2019 … Panel show regular Angela Barnes is a consummate pro, with her latest stand-up tour offering a brisk canter between the topical and the personal, with a dependable…
Sat 09 March 2019
© Netflix After Life
09/03/2019 … Followers of Ricky Gervais’s work will spot elements form across the CV in his new Netflix series.
Tue 05 March 2019
© C4 Home
Channel 4's new comedy about an asylum-seeker, reviewed by Steve Bennett
05/03/2019 … Think of the usual media image of refugees, and you’ll probably think of the caravans of wretched humanity, crossing deserts or overcrowding into unseaworthy…
Mon 04 March 2019
© BBC/Two Brothers Fleabag series 2
04/03/2019 … It’s been 571 days 19 hours and 26 minutes after the dramatic climax of the last series of Fleabag, so the title frame tells us.
Thu 28 February 2019
Eighth Grade
28/02/2019 … From his earliest 'pubescent musical comedy' released on YouTube, to his sitcom, Zach Stone Is Gonna Be Famous, Bo Burnham has always had a wry, nuanced…
Tue 26 February 2019
Warren
26/02/2019 … Curmudgeons have forever been a cornerstone of comedy, but the problem with Martin Clunes’s Warren – well, one of many problems – is…