Rudi Lickwood’s Five Minutes To Shine
New act final review by Steve Bennett
09/10/2019 … New act finals can be stressful enough for the inexperienced comedian at the best of time, but Rudi Lickwood’s Five Minutes To Shine added an extra –…
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Here are our reviews of comedy Gigs
Wed 09 October 2019
Frisky & Mannish: Pop Lab
Gig review by Steve Bennett at the Y Theatre, Leicester
09/10/2019 … It is a quarter-filled theatre in Leicester on a school night, but Frisky and Mannish are performing like it’s a sold-out London Palladium.
Mon 07 October 2019
© BBC/Merman Motherland Series 2
07/10/2019 … It’s a welcome return for Motherland, the comedy that does for parenthood what The Thick Of It did for politics – revealing in ugly detail the stresses…
Mo Gilligan: Momentum
07/10/2019 … Some comedians set themselves away from the norm, others want to show they are just like you.
Birmingham Comedy Festival Breaking Talent Award 2019
Gig review by Steve Bennett at the Glee comedy club
07/10/2019 … It has to be the least impressive trophy in comedy.
Fri 04 October 2019
Russell Howard: Respite
Gig review by Alex Bruce at Wembley Arena
04/10/2019 … In Russell Howard’s new show solid observational material is – as usual – elevated by his superb, sustained pace, energy, and physical performance.
Tue 01 October 2019
Ben Elton Live 2019
Gig review by Steve Bennett at the Nottingham Playhouse
01/10/2019 … What is Ben Elton’s place in the world? At 60 years old and 15 years away from the front line of live comedy, can the stand-up who made his name by being radical…
Mon 30 September 2019
Elf Lyons: Love Songs To Guinea Pigs
Gig review by Steve Bennett at the Soho Theatre, London
30/09/2019 … She’s a comic whose become known for her long-limbed physicality and the sort of buffoonery that can only be honed at French clown school.