© Happy Tramp North Only Child
Review of Gregor Fisher and Greg McHugh's new BBC comedy
21/11/2024 … Clashes between generations are a fertile ground for comedy, which Only Child farms expertly.
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Here are our reviews of comedy Gigs
Thu 21 November 2024
© Happy Tramp North Wed 20 November 2024
Zainab Johnson: Live
Review of the American comic at Soho Theatre
20/11/2024 … Whatever happened to comedians being hapless, socially inept losers? Zainab Johnson is elegant, graceful and warm – a woman who seems to have her shit together…
Fri 15 November 2024
La Clique 2024
Review of the latest incarnation of the cabaret-circus spectacle
15/11/2024 … By packaging jaw-dropping circus skills with burlesque raunch, David Bates was pivotal in reinventing cabaret when he launched La Clique at the Edinburgh Fringe…
Thu 14 November 2024
© Phil McIntyre TV BBC New Comedy Award 2024
Review of the final as aired on BBC One
14/11/2024 … Given all the opportunities the BBC can afford, it’s no surprise that their New Comedy Award attracts the cream of emerging comedians – and the…
Tue 12 November 2024
Alok's Hairy Situation
Review of the comic's latest show in the West End
12/11/2024 … The promotional material for Alok Vaid-Menon’s stand-up show calls them ‘a transformative influence in contemporary art, culture, and advocacy’…
Mon 11 November 2024
Andrew White: Young, Gay And A Third Thing
11/11/2024 … Young, Gay And A Third Thing was an agent’s advice to Andrew White about how he should sell himself, reducing himself to clear classifications to be easily…
Red Richardson: Bugatti Live
11/11/2024 … There’s a section of Bugatti Live in which Red Richardson bemoans how fruitlessly time-consuming scrolling through social media can be.
Thu 07 November 2024
Juno Birch: Probed
Review of the blue alien comedian at Soho Theatre
07/11/2024 … She looks, well, out of this world, with blue face and towering peroxide beehive, dressed in wonderful 1960s-era psychedelic cropped trousers and waistcoat.