EastEnd Cabaret: Sexual Tension
31/07/2014 … They may be called EastEnd Cabaret, but nowadays they show little trace of the London district where the act was conceived, with sensibilities that are more Pigalle…
2014 Archives
Thu 31 July 2014
Beasts: Solo
31/07/2014 … It’s an unwritten rule of sketch comedy that troupes must be forever bickering, at odds with each other to create some dramatic tension.
Ben Verth: Anxious
31/07/2014 … Ben Verth can be pretty amusing as he takes apart his minor personality deficiencies, using stand-up to celebrate the things that could otherwise socially embarrass…
Chris Turner: Pretty Fly
31/07/2014 … Chris Turner's many, many gags in this remarkable debut hour elicit a mixture of responses.
Robin And Partridge: Robin Dies At The End
31/07/2014 … Robin Clyfan and Charlie Partridge are greeted on stage with the sort of whoops that you’d expect if One Direction themselves had decided to have a bash at comedy.
Brenda Monk Is Funny by Katy Brand
31/07/2014 … Books about stand-up comics are legion, but Katy Brand’s first novel starts from the people so often overlooked in fiction – as they are in the green room – …
Radio 4 sitcom for Susan Calman
And a new show for Robert Newman
31/07/2014 … Susan Calman is to star in her own Radio 4 sitcom.