Shirley Ghostman's Spooktacular
24/10/2016 … Shirley Ghostman is back from the dead – and just in time for Halloween.
Latest Reviews
Here are our reviews of comedy Gigs
Mon 24 October 2016
© BBC Gary Tank Commander Live
Gig review by Steve Bennett at the Hydro, Glasgow
24/10/2016 … The Scottish embrace their home-grown sitcoms with a passion rarely seen south of the border, enabling even a relatively modest ratings-grabber like Gary Tank Commander…
Tony Law: A Law Undo His-elf What Welcome
Gig review by Steve Bennett at Leicester Square Theatre, London
24/10/2016 … Damn Tony Law for making my job difficult.
Wed 19 October 2016
Shirley & Shirley: Not Just A One Night Stand
Gig review by Steve Bennett at the Museum Of Comedy
19/10/2016 … In their preamble, Shirley & Shirley promise characters, sketches and something called ‘scene studies’, which seems a bit drama-schooly.
Mon 17 October 2016
Prevenge
17/10/2016 … Prevenge was screened in the ‘laughs’ comedy strand of the London Film Festival, but the humour in Alice Lowe’s directorial debut most definitely…
Don't Think Twice
17/10/2016 … Don’t Think Twice is as accurate a portrayal as you’ll see of comedians’ psyches; but it’s also a touching and funny look at anyone delaying the onset of…
Sun 16 October 2016
Josie Long: Something Better
Gig review by Steve Bennett at the Soho Theatre
16/10/2016 … Today brings another barrage of worrying anti-foreigner rhetoric from the Conservative Party conference, another reminder of how the monster unleashed by the Brexit…
Sat 15 October 2016
Hans Teeuwen: Real Rancour
Gig review by Steve Bennett at the Brighton Dome
15/10/2016 … What to make of Hans Teeuwen? The Dutchman’s angry, absurd nihilism has made him an influential force among those who enjoy stand-up as an artform, driven by the…