Love Hunt
26/05/2025 … Through a brilliant mix of character work and clowning, Charlie Mulliner introduces us to Amber, newly dumped from a ten-year relationship that was more toxic than…
Latest Reviews
Here are our reviews of comedy Gigs
Mon 26 May 2025
Candace Bryan: MILF (Mom I'd Like to Find)
26/05/2025 … Candace Bryan was raised by a single dad in Memphis, Tennessee, deep in the Bible Belt and – as she likes to remind us – the murder capital…
Hill and Jones Comedy Catastrophe
26/05/2025 … It shouldn’t be a surprise when a comedy sketch show is actually funny.
James Arthur Isn't a Mathematician and Other Lies
26/05/2025 … It’s billed as a work in progress for Edinburgh – albeit one Chortle was invited to – so I’ll avoid too detailed an analysis of…
Thu 22 May 2025
© Channel 4 The Horne Section TV Show series 2
22/05/2025 … Would The Horne Section TV Show exist if its frontman weren’t also responsible for Channel 4’s most successful comedy format? The question might be moot,…
Mon 19 May 2025
© Paul Gilbey Mr Swallow in Show Pony
Review of Nick Mohammed's new tour
19/05/2025 … In keeping with the overwhelming trend in stand-up, Mr Swallow promises that Show Pony is his most personal show yet.
Sun 11 May 2025
Scott Bennett: Blood Sugar Baby
Review of the comedian's show about a medical ordeal
11/05/2025 … Today’s stand-up scene can very loosely be divided those comics who put gags front and centre, normally born from the club circuit, and those who lead with…
Wed 07 May 2025
Harun Musho’d: A History of the Last Conservative Government, In Their Own Stupid Words
07/05/2025 … Harun Musho’d calls this show the ‘worst idea I’ve ever had’, given he had to plough though a pile of piss-poor Tory political memoirs so…