© BBC/Objective Fiction The Road To Brexit
26/03/2019 … It’s a big ask to magnify the absurdity that already exists in the whole Brexit debacle, but if anyone can, Matt Berry and his Toast Of London collaborator…
Latest Reviews
Here are our reviews of comedy Gigs
Tue 26 March 2019
© BBC/Objective Fiction Sat 23 March 2019
Paul Mayhew-Archer: Incurable Optimist
Gig review by Steve Bennett at the Soho Theatre, London
23/03/2019 … In 2011, at the age of 58, Vicar of Dibley co-writer Paul Mayhew-Archer was diagnosed with Parkinson’s.
Fri 22 March 2019
© Idil Sukan Henry Paker: Man Alive at Soho Theatre
22/03/2019 … They don’t write love songs for married people, Henry Paker notes, setting up a routine about how the best part about being in a relationship is when you’re…
Sat 16 March 2019
Seann Walsh: After This One I'm Going Home
Gig review by Steve Bennett at The Stables, Milton Keynes
16/03/2019 … Seann Walsh isn’t the first comedian to open his set with a variation on: ’So I’m single…’, nor will he be the last.
Fri 15 March 2019
Benjamin
15/03/2019 … Simon Amstell is a film-maker who’s made a film about a film maker making a film about his inability to love, a topic that long informed his stand-up.
Thu 14 March 2019
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’…
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…