Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year 2017
26/02/2017 … There are never any qualifying heats for the Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year; all acts have been put forward by promoters and comedy industry bods from across…
Latest Reviews
Here are our reviews of comedy Gigs
Sun 26 February 2017
Sat 25 February 2017
Gemma Arrowsmith: Earthling
Gig review by Steve Bennett at the Vaults Festival, London
25/02/2017 … On September 5, 1977, Nasa launched its deep-space probe Voyager 1, now the most remote man-made object in the universe.
Sarah Johnson: Reminisce
Gig review by Steve Bennett at the Leicester Comedy Festival
25/02/2017 … Sarah Johnson’s sold-out Leicester Comedy Festival crowd are primed for a lively night out, buzzing with excitement at the show ahead.
Fri 24 February 2017
Nathan Willcock: State Of The Nathan
24/02/2017 … Nathan Willcock is upfront about his shortcomings, joking from the start that as white, twentysomething left-leaning white male from London who hasn't yet figured…
Thu 23 February 2017
© Channel 4 Television Gap Year
23/02/2017 … If you didn’t know the people behind Gap Year, E4’s new comedy about students backpacking around East Asia, you might expect a broad parody of some upper-class…
Tue 21 February 2017
© BBC/Sophie Mutevelian Inside No 9: The Bill
21/02/2017 … It’s been a while – the Yuletide release of the none-too-festive Devil of Christmas notwithstanding – but Inside No 9 has returned in…
Mon 20 February 2017
© Steve Ullathorne Joanna Neary: Faceful Of Issues
Gig review by Steve Bennett at the Leicester Comedy Festival
20/02/2017 … Very much in the tradition of Joyce Grenfell and Victoria Wood, and worthy of being mentioned in the same sentence, Jo Neary has created a delightfully uptight alter-ego…
Norman Lovett: Entertaining Moaner
Gig review by Steve Bennett at the Leicester Comedy Festival
20/02/2017 … ‘I don’t do much really,’ sighs Norman Lovett.