What We Did On Our Holiday
Movie review by Jay Richardson
23/09/2014 … In production notes for What We Did On Our Holiday, producer Dan Winch stresses that writer-directors Andy Hamilton and Guy Jenkin haven't simply transferred the…
Latest Reviews
Here are our reviews of comedy Gigs
Tue 23 September 2014
Lee Mack: Hit The Road Mack
Gig review by Steve Bennett at the De Montfort Hall, Leicester
23/09/2014 … Lee Mack can boast some wonderfully funny gags, but what really makes his stage show is the shifting dynamic with the audience, which he playfully manipulates.
Mon 22 September 2014
Sunday Night At The Palladium with Jason Manford
22/09/2014 … 'The home of variety is back!' enthused Jason Manford, hosting the second Sunday Night At The Palladium last night – as ITV continues its bold commissioning strategy…
Cripes! I'm Prime Minister
Review by Steve Bennett at the Canal Cafe Theatre, London
22/09/2014 … This must be the first time a musical has ever been penned to a prospective parliamentary candidate for the seat of Uxbridge and South Ruislip.
Sun 21 September 2014
© Marc Turner Still Game
Show review by Jay Richardson at the SSE Hydro, Glasgow
21/09/2014 … In the end, the Scots were unanimous and spoke with a single voice.
Sat 20 September 2014
Steve Day Faces The Deaf Sentence
Gig review by Steve Bennett at the Museum of Comedy
20/09/2014 … Making a mountain out of a molehill is what comedians do, but Steve Day’s gripes about the bureaucratic incompetence of the British criminal justice system is…
Thu 18 September 2014
Comedy Knights Fresh Comedian Of 2014
Review by Steve Bennett at The Forge, Camden
18/09/2014 … Sometimes it seems as if every new act night runs its own competition.
Wed 17 September 2014
Michael Palin: Travelling To Work
Review by Jay Richardson at King's Theatre, Edinburgh
17/09/2014 … John Cleese recurs throughout Michael Palin's amiable Travelling To Work show as the jaded voice of cynicism.