Bristol Comedy Competition Semi-Final Two
24/01/2025 … Day two of the Bristol Comedy Competition semi-finals, and the standard was (almost) as good as the first.
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Here are our reviews of comedy Gigs
Fri 24 January 2025
Thu 23 January 2025
Bristol Comedy Competition Semi-Final One
23/01/2025 … Bristol has always punched above its weight when producing comedians, and the city’s new comedy festival – in addition to the big-name Comedy Garden…
Wed 22 January 2025
Glamrou: Drag Mother
Performer's new autobiographical show at the Soho Theatre
22/01/2025 … ‘Complicated,’ is the best – yet somehow still barely adequate – way of describing Glamrou’s relationship with their mother.
Fri 17 January 2025
Nina Conti: Whose Face Is It Anyway?
Review of the ventriloquist's new tour
17/01/2025 … Nina Conti came to prominence with tightly-scripted, high-concept shows deconstructing the psychology of ventriloquism, as if needing to add some artistic weight…
Mon 30 December 2024
Bill Bailey: Thoughtifier
Review of the musical comic's ' new slab of noodling'
30/12/2024 … That blip of winning Strictly aside, not much changes in the world of Bill Bailey, who landed on his formula of stand-up and musical comedy skits long ago and has…
Fri 27 December 2024
© BBC/Hat Trick Productions Outnumbered Christmas special
Review of the Brockmans' return after eight years
27/12/2024 … It was never going to trump the Gavin and Stacey finale , but the return of Outnumbered after eight years was still a low-key pleasure.
Wed 25 December 2024
© Toffee International Gavin & Stacey: The Finale
Review of the last ever episode
25/12/2024 … Note this review inevitably contains some spoilers for the episode which has just aired on BBC One, though we’ve tried to keep them to a minimum Well,…
Sun 22 December 2024
© Sky UK Bad Tidings
Review of the Sky Christmas film with Chris McCausland and Lee Mack
22/12/2024 … Chris McCausland’s runaway success on Strictly is tipped to lead to all sorts of telly offers.