Mark Thomas: It's The Stupid Economy
20/05/2009 … The labyrinthine intricacies of hedge funds, quantitative easing and sub-prime mortgage markets – can comedy come from the incomprehensible financial machinations…
Latest Reviews
Here are our reviews of comedy Gigs
Wed 20 May 2009
Tue 19 May 2009
Gina Yashere: Brighton Comedy Festival
19/05/2009 … SHE'S five stone lighter and lives in the States now, but Gina Yashere's brand of comedy remains resolutely unchanged.
Sun 17 May 2009
Fri 15 May 2009
Sitcom Trials Final 2009
15/05/2009 … Sitcoms have been written off as a dying breed forever- – although no one would think to write off another genre, cop shows, say, in quite the same offhand way.
Wed 06 May 2009
Catie Wilkins – Original Review
06/05/2009 … Dry-as-dust newcomer Catie Wilkins exudes a miserable, detached ennui that is unlikely to fire up many crowds – but look beyond the low-energy deadpan, and you’ll…
James Acaster – Original Review
06/05/2009 … Mild-mannered James Acaster makes a lot out of a little; that’s just his style – elevating the most everyday occurrence into a grand anecdote and celebrating…
Tue 05 May 2009
Brendan Naughton – Original Review
05/05/2009 … Brendan Naughton is a lively- to-the-point-of-intimidating, comedian, ranting and furiously at countless irritations; yet he barely scratches the surface of most…
Fri 01 May 2009
Brett Sharpe – Original Review
01/05/2009 … Newcomer Brett Sharpe takes a rather hack line on a rather hack subject, and drags it out to a five-minute routine, which he delivers in a blunt, unspontaneous style.