© BBC Tracey Ullman's Show series 2
03/02/2017 … Received wisdom is that sitcoms only hit their stride in the second series.
Latest Reviews
Here are our reviews of comedy Gigs
Fri 03 February 2017
© BBC 
Simon Munnery: Standing Still
Gig review by Steve Bennett at the Old Market, Hove
03/02/2017 … Simon Munnery could be his generation’s Peter Cook.
Thu 02 February 2017
© Mark Dawson The Maydays: Happily Never After
Gig review by Steve Bennett at the Vaults Festival, London
02/02/2017 … Happily Never After promises long-form improv with a Tim Burtonesque slant, all based on a solitary suggestion from the audience, based on the occupation of one…
Tue 31 January 2017
The Miller Comedy Festival opening night
Gig review by Steve Bennett in London
31/01/2017 … Creating a comedy festival in a venue that already hosts such shows every night of the week is a tall order.
Mon 30 January 2017
© Lalitjee Photography NATYs final 2017
Gig review by Steve Bennett at Leicester Square Theatre, London
30/01/2017 … It’s always the most eclectic of the new act competitions, attracting more than its fair share of crazies, hoovering up the peculiar variety turns and oddball…
Thu 26 January 2017
Phil Mann: Nothingism
Gig review by Steve Bennett at the Vaults Festival, London
26/01/2017 … The Vaults Festival, an underground Edinburgh Fringe-type warren of venues beneath Waterloo station, has kicked off its six-week comedy programming with Phil Mann’s…
Mon 23 January 2017
...And This Is My Friend Mr Laurel
Theatre review by Steve Bennett at the Slapstick Festival, Bristol
23/01/2017 … Jeffrey Holland is still best known to millions as Hi-Di-Hi’s earnest holiday camp comedian Spike Dixon – but it doesn’t take more than a few moments on…
Thu 19 January 2017
Comedy At The Hippodrome
Gig review by Steve Bennett at the London Hippodrome
19/01/2017 … The first comedian to play the London Hippodrome was Charlie Chaplin, who was a youngster in extravagant 1900 circus variety show, headlined by Little Tich and featuring…