© Andy Hollingworth Latest Reviews
Here are our reviews of comedy Gigs
Mon 24 February 2025
© Andy Hollingworth Sat 22 February 2025
Comedy at Cadogan Hall with Ed Gamble
22/02/2025 … Everyone knows comedy works best in slightly shabby low-ceilinged rooms, preferably underground.
Thu 20 February 2025
© Hat Trick / Channel 4 Picnic On Craggy Island by Lissa Evans
Review of a new memoir about the making of Father Ted, by its producer
20/02/2025 … Thirty years after its Channel 4 debut, Father Ted retains a degree of fan devotion that is reserved only for the first rank of sitcoms.
Wed 19 February 2025
Jordan Brookes: Fontanelle at Soho Theatre
Edinburgh Fringe hit comes to London
19/02/2025 … Jordan Brookes had to suffer through a dismal Titanic musical - now it’s our turn.
Kiran Saggu: Slacks
Review of comedian's debut, at the Soho Theatre
19/02/2025 … It’s quite the achievement for any comedian to perform their first solo show at the Soho Theatre.
Tue 18 February 2025
Deirdre O’Kane: O’Kaning It
Review of the comic's latest tour
18/02/2025 … Deirdre O’Kane is one of those comedians who may have been around a bit but has found a new audience through social media – Instagram and podcasts in…
Mon 17 February 2025
© Dylan Woodley Huge Davies: Album For My Ancestors (Dead)
Review of the musical comedian's first tour
17/02/2025 … Huge Davies’s third solo show – and the first to tour – is not an easy ride for the audience, given he treats us with absolute contempt.
The Island with Stephen Mangan
Review of Radio 4's new comedy based on Desert Island Discs
17/02/2025 … The Island is based on a wonderful, whimsical idea: what if the celebrities on Radio 4’s Desert Island Discs really did get washed up on a remote beach? That’s…