Tom Gleeson: Going At It With A Big Stick
01/04/2009 … Tom Gleeson can get a lot out of a very little; taking the slightest of anecdotes and stringing them out to extended routines.
2009 Archives
Wed 01 April 2009
Justin Hamilton: Goodbye Ruby Tuesday
01/04/2009 … Justin Hamilton is either following the old adage ‘write what you know’ or being particularly short-sighted in his inspiration, as this is his second comedy…
Luke's Got Cancer
01/04/2009 … As yesterday’s funeral of Jade Goody proves, the media go big on cancer, as long as it follows the script.
Keir McAllister – Original Review
01/04/2009 … Keir McAllister starts with undistinctive fare: talking about ginger people and mining national stereotypes about the arrogant English and the relentless upbeat…
Jim Smallman – Original Review
01/04/2009 … Jim Smallman doesn’t start at all well, making a feeble joke about his surname and trying to pass off a bog-standard heckle putdown as genuine material.
Trevor Crook – Original Review
01/04/2009 … Deadpan almost to the point of comatose, Trevor Crook provides his own ongoing review.
Nick Wilty – Original Review
01/04/2009 … Wilty has the sort of easy-going, blokey style that could convince a hundred bar-room loudmouths that they could oh-so easily become stand-ups.