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Here are our reviews of comedy Gigs
Sun 10 January 2010
Wed 06 January 2010
Billy Connolly: Hammersmith Apollo January 2010
06/01/2010 … Billy Connolly has been British comedy’s elder statesman since before the newest of stand-ups were born, so it’s inevitable to ask whether, at 67, he’s ‘still…
Billy Connolly: Hammersmith Apollo September 2004
06/01/2010 … There’s no escaping the fact: at 61, Billy Connolly is officially old.
Fri 01 January 2010
Russell Peters
01/01/2010 … Before Russell Peters takes to the stage, he shows a big-screen video reminder of just how big a comedy superstar he is, with scenes of him performing all around…
Alternative Comedy Show
01/01/2010 … The Alternative Comedy Show is always one of the best club nights at Montreal – a break from the parade of slick acts talking about relationships in favour of…
Infidel
01/01/2010 … As film pitches go, ‘Omid Djalili plays a Muslim who discovers he’s a Jew’ is about as concise as you can get.
© Optimum Releasing / Film 4 Four Lions
01/01/2010 … Comic god Chris Morris may be, but he doesn’t exactly have a reputation for treading delicately around sensitive topics.
Huge
01/01/2010 … Live comedy is notoriously difficult to portray on film, the illusion of spontaneity, the appeal for empathy and the reality of jeopardy poorly served by the distancing…