Dawn French: 30 Million Minutes
13/11/2015 … She called her show 30 Million Minutes to mark how long she’s been alive, but Dawn French has been on the road with her autobiographical anecdotes for so long…
Latest Reviews
Here are our reviews of comedy Gigs
Fri 13 November 2015
Thu 12 November 2015
© Steve Ullathorne Tuesday's Tickles
Gig review by Steve Bennett at the Taurus Bar, Manchester
12/11/2015 … Promising up-and-comer Penella Mellor (pictured) makes no bones about the fact that this one-off that she's organised for the last night of the Greater Manchester…
Wed 11 November 2015
© C4/Angus Young Peep Show
Series 9 Episode 1 reviewed by Steve Bennett
11/11/2015 … A lot has been written about the last Peep Show series… and with good reason.
© BBC/Des Willie Josh: Episode 1
11/11/2015 … Telly commissioners always say they’re seeking distinctive voices in sitcom – and we’ve got a lot of them that fit that bill.
Tue 10 November 2015
Beat The Frog World Series Final 2015
Gig review by Steve Bennett at the Frog & Bucket, Manchester
10/11/2015 … The Beat The Frog World Series line-ups are always a miscellany.
Mon 09 November 2015
Penny Arcade: Longing Lasts Longer
Gig review by Steve Bennett at the Soho Theatre, London
09/11/2015 … ‘This is not stand-up comedy,’ avant-garde diva Penny Arcade declares.
Alfie Brown: -ism
Gig review by Steve Bennett at the Soho Theatre, London
09/11/2015 … Over the past handful of years Alfie Brown’s forged a reputation for being a smart, opinionated, contrarian full of firm beliefs, if sometimes difficult and intense…
Wed 04 November 2015
Kieran Hodgson: Lance
Gig review by Steve Bennett at the Invisible Dot, London
04/11/2015 … Nostalgic biographical comedies are all the rage on the TV at the moment, and in that sepia-tinted spirit Kieran Hodgson takes us all the way back to the halcyon…