© BBC/Avalon Not Going Out 100th episode
Review of the Christmas special of Lee Mack's sitcom
24/12/2023 … A hundred episodes is quite some achievement for any UK sitcom.
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Sun 24 December 2023
© BBC/Avalon Thu 21 December 2023
© DJ Shin/CC BY-SA 3.0 We Forced A Bot To Write This Show
21/12/2023 … There’s much talk about whether Artificial Intelligence will ever outperform humans in their jobs.
Tue 12 December 2023
© Marc Brenner Pandemonium by Armando Iannucci
Review of the cod-Shakespearean Covid satire at Soho Theatre
12/12/2023 … Boris Johnson would like to see himself as a hero of Greek myth, though he sits more squarely in tragedy, with the qualities that made him – frivolous…
Fri 08 December 2023
© Alex Harvey-Brown Glacier
Review of Alison Spittle's new play
08/12/2023 … Premiering at Oxford’s Old Fire Station Theatre, the second play from Irish comedian Alison Spittle revolves around the world of wild swimming.
Thu 07 December 2023
Potted Panto at Wilton's Music Hall
Review of the festive favourite back in London
07/12/2023 … Potted Panto is a serious academic study of the evolution of pantomime from its roots in the commedia dell’arte tradition to the modern day.
Tue 05 December 2023
Sophie McCartney: Tired & Tested
Review of the 'mumcom' stand-up show now on tour
05/12/2023 … ‘Congratulations,’ says the doorman, shaking me by the hand as I enter the 400-seat Leicester Square Theatre.
Mon 04 December 2023
© Steve Ullathorne Leicester Square Theatre New Comedian Of The Year 2023
04/12/2023 … It was a fairly open field that contested the 14th Leicester Square Theatre New Comedian Of The Year competition.
Thu 30 November 2023
British Comedian Of The Year 2023
Review of the final at the Comedy Store
30/11/2023 … Its £10,001 prize has previously wooed some of the circuit's biggest hitters, such as Ian Stone, Steve Gribbin, Mike Gunn and Jeff Innocent.