Brighton Fringe: Walk Like A Black Man
17/05/2012 … Walk Like A Black Man somehow seems a crassly provocative title for a stand-up show – but for the sort of theatrical, personal monologue that Rafiq Richard presents,…
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Thu 17 May 2012
Wed 16 May 2012
Brighton Fringe: The Great Puppet Horn
16/05/2012 … What is it with puppets and knockabout satire? The Great Puppet Horn (the ‘Horn’, we are told, is ambiguous) might be a potential successor to Spitting Image…
Brighton Fringe: Beesquit
16/05/2012 … The blurb for Beesquit promises so many highfalutin artistic concepts, it’s surely likely to scare off more potential punters than it woos.
Tue 15 May 2012
Brighton Fringe: An Austrian And Someone From Slough
15/05/2012 … Britain’s vibrant stand-up scene is a veritable United Nations of comedy – and now, representing Austria, we have Alice Frick.
Sat 12 May 2012
Jerry Seinfeld at Birmingham NIA
12/05/2012 … He’s a car nut, so this should be an appropriate analogy: Jerry Seinfeld is the Mercedes S-class of comedy.
Fri 11 May 2012
The Humble Quest For Universal Genius
11/05/2012 … One of the most pertinent questions that could be asked in this comedy quiz show is: Why aren’t there more people here?The Humble Quest For Universal Genius has…
Thu 10 May 2012
Angie Le Mar: In My Shoes
10/05/2012 … It is possibly a mistake to market In My Shoes with its jovial poster of a beaming Angie Le Mar and a flyer blurb that uses 'comedy' as three of its first 20 words.
Wed 09 May 2012
Brighton Fringe: Ria Lina: It's Not Easy Being Yellow
09/05/2012 … Ria Lina’s debut hour is a loose mixture of passable stand-up and jaunty ukulele songs, but without a strong raison d’etre beyond apparently the need to fill…