Peter and Bambi Heaven: The Magic Inside
29/07/2016 … Oh, will we ever tire of mocking cheesy cruise ship entertainers with their elaborate sequined costumes, shit-eating grins and showbusiness insincerity? No, probably…
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Fri 29 July 2016
Alice Fraser: The Resistance
Melbourne comedy festival review by Steve Bennett
29/07/2016 … There’s something almost literary about Alice Fraser’s incisive, dextrous hour of compelling storytelling: the way she brings characters to vivid life, then…
Zoe Coombs Marr: Trigger Warning
Melbourne comedy festival review by Steve Bennett
29/07/2016 … Zoe Coombs Marr’s inventive, intense and insane hour looks set to be the must-see show of the festival: a takedown of tired comedy tropes that spins wildly into…
Mon 25 July 2016
© Manuel Harlan Groundhog Day: The Musical
Steve Bennett reports back on a preview performance
25/07/2016 … The musical version of Groundhog Day, with music and lyrics by Tim Minchin, began previews at London’s Old Vic Theatre last week, although its first night is not…
Wed 20 July 2016
The Rebel
20/07/2016 … ’Television is obsessed by the youth,’ says Simon Callow in Gold’s new sitcom The Rebel.
Mon 18 July 2016
© Stuart Hogben Josh Widdicombe at Latitude 2016
18/07/2016 … It’s testament to the success of The Last Leg that Josh Widdicombe finds himself, to his obvious delight and slight surprise, taking Saturday’s comedy headliner…
© Latitude Festival Marcus Brigstocke hosts Prince Fest
Gig review by Steve Bennett at Latitude
18/07/2016 … Marcus Brigstocke is as much a fixture of Latitude as the spray-painted pink sheep.
© Stuart Hogben David O'Doherty at Latitude 2016
18/07/2016 … David O’Doherty’s been starting his tour dates – Latitude included – by faux-boasting how this time next year, he’ll be huge.