John Cleese: Dinosaur Hour
Review of the comedian's new GB News show
29/10/2023 … Since he’s spent most of the recent years bemoaning woke culture, John Cleese finds a natural home at GB News, even if you might hope he has some reservations…
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Sun 29 October 2023
Fri 27 October 2023
Michael McIntyre: Macnificent
Review of the comic's first stand-up tour in five years
27/10/2023 … It’s been a long time since Michael McIntyre perfected his lucrative brand of exaggerated observational comedy.
Tue 17 October 2023
Ahir Shah: Ends at Soho Theatre
Review of the Edinburgh Comedy Award winning show
17/10/2023 … It’s clear why Ahir Shah won the Edinburgh Comedy Award with this remarkable piece of storytelling, setting the affecting tale of his immigrant grandparents’…
Mon 16 October 2023
Ricky Gervais: Armageddon at Wembley Arena
16/10/2023 … Quite a popular school of thought these days is how ‘you can’t say anything any more’.
Knock Knock
Review of four TikTokers turning their hand to stand-up
16/10/2023 … The idea of a night full ofTikTok comedians is not the sort of thing to fill a stand-up purist’s heart with glee.
Wed 04 October 2023
Bennett Arron: Loser
04/10/2023 … Is Bennett Arron a winner or a loser? That’s the simple premise of this affable Welsh comic’s show.
Alistair Barrie: Woke In Progress
Review of the circuit veteran's new tour
04/10/2023 … This is not a good title for Alistair Barrie’s 11th solo show.
Fri 29 September 2023
© Steve Ullathorne Funny Women final 2023
Gig review from the Bloomsbury Theatre, London
29/09/2023 … If the closing speeches at this year’s Funny Women awards were even longer and more self-congratulatory than usual, perhaps that can be forgiven.