Jim Bowes: Obsession
29/08/2010 … Though an affable and engaging presenter, Jim Bowes lacks a strong direction in a show too short on strong punchlines to stand apart.
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Sun 29 August 2010
Checkley Bush
29/08/2010 … I have to admit my heart sank at the start of Checkley Bush, as the first scene involved two over-the-top ‘Lanarkshire lezzas’ doing little more than belting…
Gyles Brandreth: The One To One Show
29/08/2010 … I hereby diagnose Gyles Brandreth as suffering from a new condition called appellative dyspraxia.
Roisin Conaty: Hero, Warrior, Fireman, Liar
29/08/2010 … Like a lot of comedians, Roisin Conaty was the weirdo outsider at school, a painfully uncommunicative creep unable to make friends.
Sat 28 August 2010
Kissing The Goldfish
28/08/2010 … ‘Brilliant lyrics’ the Daily Express said of Kissing The Goldfish – praise they proudly include in their progamme blurb.
Lach: The Day I Went Insane
28/08/2010 … Lach is a big deal in the New York singer-songwriter movement, responsible for the city’s longest-running open mic comedy and music night Antihoot – a format…
Phil Nichol: Welcome To Crazytown
28/08/2010 … Phil Nichol’s evocative recreation of a 1974 Baltimore jazz cellar is so authentic that you’d swear the low-ceilinged Stand was blanketed in fug of cigarette…
Tommy Tiernan: Crooked Man [Edinburgh 2010]
28/08/2010 … Tommy Tiernan takes to the stage in a smart grey suit – but that’s where the conventional aspects of this performance begin and end.