Not The Messiah...
25/10/2009 … Unless you’ve been living under a rock – or a giant renaissance-art foot – you will probably be aware that this is Monty Python’s 40th anniversary.
Latest Reviews
Here are our reviews of comedy Gigs
Sun 25 October 2009
Fri 23 October 2009
Pablo Francisco
23/10/2009 … Early in his set, hyperactive Chilean-American comic Pablo Francisco does a typically spirited routine faithfully recreating the riffs of bands such as Metallica…
Thu 22 October 2009
Duncan Oakley's Favourite Things at the Manchester Comedy Festival
22/10/2009 … He’s a rock musician, who talks a lot about sex and uses the most offensive four-letter words with abandon.
Slap and Tickle Rehearsed at the Manchester Comedy Festival
22/10/2009 … Slap and Giggle – aka Sid Wick and James Bennison – run an regular student night in Manchester, which is unusual in that they perform a new set of sketch comedy…
Wed 21 October 2009
XS Malarkey, October 20, 2009
21/10/2009 … The one thing lacking from the regular XS Malarkey night held during the Manchester Comedy Festival was a lack of festival spirit.
Seymour Mace headlining Beat The Frog 2009 World Series final
21/10/2009 … Awkward outsider Seymour Mace is a strangely appealing mix of the deranged and the daft, one minute presenting himself – quite convincingly – as a creepy stalker…
Tue 20 October 2009
Katie Mulgrew at the Beat The Frog World Series Final
20/10/2009 … This spritely 24-year-old has an open and likeable style that gives her an easy rapport with the audience.
Adam Staunton at the Beat The Frog World Series Final
20/10/2009 … Adam Staunton is very young and very small, and he started off with expected lines on both – a Harry Potter lookalike gag, anyone? – before reinforcing a Scouse…