Canned Laughter
Glasgow comedy festival review by Jay Richardson
18/03/2016 … Seventies showbusiness has had a bad press recently, to put it mildly.
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Fri 18 March 2016
Thu 17 March 2016
© BBC/Comedy Unit Robert Florence & Iain Connell: Uncles
Gig review by Jay Richardson at the Glasgow comedy festival
17/03/2016 … Almost nothing was revealed in advance about this new show from Burnistoun creators Robert Florence and Iain Connell, yet Uncles greatly surpasses the expectations…
Tue 15 March 2016
Deirdre O'Kane – Original Review
15/03/2016 … This warm, down-to-earth Irishwoman is a fine spinner of stories, expertly recounting incidents from her own life with a delightful charm and wit.
Sun 13 March 2016
Witsherface
Glasgow comedy festival review by Jay Richardson
13/03/2016 … Comprising an amorphous line-up of around 20 performers, Witsherface is less a sketch ensemble than a community, a showcase for female Glaswegian comic talent with…
Fri 11 March 2016
© BBC Scotland Stop-Start
11/03/2016 … We live in sensitive times, when comedians forever run the risk of being pilloried for a misconstrued joke taken out of context and broadcasters, not least the embattled…
Thu 03 March 2016
Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle: Series 4 Episode 1
03/03/2016 … Accused of intellectual snobbery, Stewart Lee hits back, pointing out that it’s a valid performance device, under the theatrical technique of Brechtian alienation.
Wed 02 March 2016
Fri 26 February 2016
Hosptial People
26/02/2016 … Have they learned nothing? BBC One are giving airtime to another dodgy, oddly-dressed DJ who likes to hang around hospitals… After years entertaining Edinburgh…