Morgan & West: Parlour Tricks
21/01/2016 … The setting couldn’t be better for a couple of Victorian time-travelling magicians; the elegantly restored Wilton’s music hall near Tower Bridge, steeped in…
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Thu 21 January 2016
Wed 20 January 2016
Comic Strip Presents... Red Top
20/01/2016 … Collusions between the top echelons of media and politics exposed by the phone-hacking scandal prove a treasure trove of inspiration for Comic Strip guru Peter Richardson.
© Robert Workman Bad Jews
Theatre review by Steve Bennett
20/01/2016 … Take three highly-strung young Jews, trap them in a shoebox Manhattan studio apartment with an all-American WASP and a lifetime of simmering animosity that only…
Mon 18 January 2016
James Haslam: Life In A Goldfish Bowl
Gig review by Steve Bennett at the Leicester Square Theatre
18/01/2016 … Life In A Goldfish Bowl is an odd choice of title for cabaret performer James Haslam’s solo show.
Ninia Benjamin, Jasper Cromwell Jones etc...
18/01/2016 … It may have been two and half years since Lee Hurst reopened his Backyard Club in Bethnal Green, but it still lays claim to being London’s newest purpose-built…
Thu 14 January 2016
Trygve Wakenshaw: Nautilus
Gig review by Steve Bennett at the Soho Theatre
14/01/2016 … The resurgence of physical comedy was given another boost last August when Trygve Wakenshaw picked up an Edinburgh Comedy Award for this ambitious 90-minute show.
Wed 13 January 2016
Billy Connolly: High Horse
Gig review by Steve Bennett at the Hammersmith Apollo
13/01/2016 … 'I'll tell you about my medical issues,' Billy Connolly offers about 15 minutes into his High Horse show.
Tue 12 January 2016
Robert Newman: The Brain Show
Gig review by Steve Bennett at the Soho Thetare
12/01/2016 … He is dressed as he should be – as if he's about to deliver a lecture to the Royal Institution, in tweed jacket, smart waistcoat and bow tie, which he occasionally…