Russell Brand: The Emperor’s New Clothes
Movie review by Jay Richardson
22/04/2015 … Russell Brand opens his new film, The Emperor’s New Clothes, reading Hans Christian Andersen’s short story across footage of The Lord Mayor’s Show in London,…
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Wed 22 April 2015
Dave Hill: New York City Via Cockfosters
Gig review by Steve Bennett at the Aces And Eights, London
22/04/2015 … Whatever the opposite of the humblebrag is, American comic Dave Hill is the master of it.
Mon 20 April 2015
Max & Ivan: The End
Melbourne International Comedy Festival review by Steve Bennett
20/04/2015 … Max and Ivan’s latest narrative sketch show is based in the sleepy, set-in-its-ways town of Sudley-On-Sea, a Ukip stronghold if ever there was one.
Rich Hall: 3:10 To Humour
Melbourne International Comedy Festival review by Steve Bennett
20/04/2015 … Rich Hall is back with a new tour, obscurely titled after a 2007 Russell Crowe remake of a half-century old Western.
Sun 19 April 2015
Frenchy: Live & Lanky
Melbourne International Comedy Festival review by Steve Bennett
19/04/2015 … Frenchy gets his sold-out show under way by asking who’s seen his work on YouTube.
Heidi O’Loughlin: A Woman Talking
Melbourne International Comedy Festival review by Steve Bennett
19/04/2015 … The debut that won Heidi O’Loughlin a best newcomer nomination at Melbourne’s Barry Awards is as much an episode of Who Do You Think You Are? as it is comedy…
Ronny Chieng: You Don’t Know What You’re Talking About review
Melbourne International Comedy Festival review by Steve Bennett
19/04/2015 … You don’t need Google to tell you how many comedy awards Ronny Chieng won last year, because he’ll tell you.
Sat 18 April 2015
Angus Hodge: Slow Death of the Spirit Animal
Melbourne International Comedy Festival review by Steve Bennett
18/04/2015 … Still a relative newcomer, Angus Hodge has the assured demeanour of an established comic and the well-practised rhythms and cadences of stand-up.